Is it a bad idea to clean a knife with alcohol?
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Is it a bad idea to clean a knife with alcohol?
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Alcohol is not going to hurt the metal on your blade and often is a good solvent to get sticky residue and crud off your blade.
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I use rubbing alcohol or vodka on my knives all the time, including high carbon steel knives. Works well to clean it. NEVER use bleach, very strong oxidizer. Alcohol will “disinfect” for food prep, but if you need to perform minor surgery you want a strong anti-microbal as well as other precautions. Alcohol does not eliminate everything.
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No, in fact sometimes the best way to clean a knife is with alcohol. Alcohol won’t hurt your knife in any way, and it is a good way to remove such things like tree sap and packing tape residue.
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It depends what kind of knife, and for what purpose you’re cleaning it. Alcohol is a great way to remove bacteria, and unless you own some extremely high quality knives that cost you $50+ a piece, it’s not going to be a problem. Most kitchen knives are made with stainless steel, a cheap and effective material that isn’t very durable. It’s easy to sharpen, but anything that’s easily sharpened is also easily dulled. Stainless steel knives have such a short lifespan that you could clean them with alcohol every day and it shouldn’t noticeably impact how long they’ll hold an edge.
If you’re asking about rust, then I don’t recommend alcohol. Rust is dangerous, and ingesting it probably wouldn’t be wise – don’t use a rusty or formerly rusty knife without properly cleaning it with the right product (especially if you’ll be cooking with it). Most hardware stores will have various rust removal sprays, and some are labeled as safe for cleaning kitchen knives. Always read the label and get every speck of rust off before you worry about something like disinfecting the knife.
As for high-end knives, always consult the manufacturer’s website. Periodically cleaning a high-end knife with alcohol shouldn’t harm it, but it shouldn’t be necessary for food preparation and it shouldn’t be the main cleaning agent you use. It should also be rinsed as thoroughly as possible afterwards if you use isopropyl alcohol. The only alcohol that is safe to consume is ethyl alcohol, which is the kind found in “adult beverages”. As for cleaning knives with straight-up liquor or other alcoholic beverages: Don’t. It could make the knife sticky and won’t necessarily clean it very well except for killing all the germs.
In any case, a dishwasher is perfectly acceptable for any knife that isn’t being used for surgery. The same goes for hand-washing with cheap soap and paper towels.
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Periodically cleaning a knife with isopropyl alcohol is a good idea, in order to get rid of the kind of gack that might accumulate on a knife over the months and years. It’s not a perfect sterilising agent, but it goes some way to restore a knife to food-safe status.
Bear in mind, however, that isopropyl alcohol is a very effective solvent. If you have a carbon steel knife that you store with a thin layer some kind of grease to prevent rust, cleaning with isopropyl alcohol will remove that thin layer of grease and leave your knife exposed to the elements. Similarly, if you have a folding knife of any description, cleaning it in isopropyl alcohol will remove some or all of the lubricant used in the pivot mechani…
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I use alcohol to clean my pocket knives all the time. I open boxes and packaging, and the tape residue comes off easily with alcohol. In a pinch, I even use hand sanitizer. Just remember to lubricate your knife after cleaning and you will be all good. The only caution would be on some cheaper knives or ones with a coating on the blade. Some blades are black or coated for looks, and the alcohol may remove the coating.
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If the type if steel requires that it be oiled for protection, alcohol will strip that protection.
So, reoil it if necessary.
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