Injection question??

[RhodesianBigBack]

Hey brothers. A fellow g-rat from the old school said that he always injects a small amount of IA (alcohol) in the same syringe as his gear to help reduce the chance of infection. Wouldn't this damage the gear? Thanks brothers

[one8nine]

gear already has alcohol in it
if anything hes making it worse by shooting unfiltered alcohol

[RhodesianBigBack]

gear already has alcohol in it
if anything hes making it worse by shooting unfiltered alcohol

Thanks for the reply, when you say worse do you mean as far as being sterile. I assumed it would be more painful, but does it damage the gear?

[one8nine]

Thanks for the reply, when you say worse do you mean as far as being sterile. I assumed it would be more painful, but does it damage the gear?

there are components to sterility
bacteria free, and particle free
gear gets 0.5%ba-2%ba to be bacteria free
and it gets filtered through a micron filter
if you add unfiltered alcohol you could be adding, although bacteria free, unneeded particles.
more harm than good

[one8nine]

besides to kill germs isopropyl alcohol needs to be 99% or a solution, ethyl or gran need to be 70%
i assume ia= iso alcohol