Dettol Antiseptic Liquid

I seem to be going back in time in the products that I am using in my home. Not only have I started to use vinegar and baking soda again but I have also started to use Dettol, not only in the first aid kit but also for cleaning. I think everyone has some childhood memories of Dettol. It was certainly in use when I was at school, a long time ago now! I went to a small country school with just 60 pupils and we had a very hard play ground on which we used to skin our knees and elbows. I regularly came home smelling of diluted Dettol and never once did my scratches and scrapes get infected. I have ... more

Dettol is a household name and one that I have come to trust. My parents and grandparents have used it and I have continued the trend with my children and grandchildren. Dettol is a disinfectant and an antiseptic liquid. It has a multitude of uses but I mainly use it now for antiseptic purposes. I remember cutting my knees as a child and my mum swabbing down my legs with this stinging liquid! It is a great product to have as it stops wounds becoming infecting. My poor husband suffers with in growing toenails and it is a daily battle with infection. We bathe his toes every night in this to keep ... more

I always remember Dettol from when I was a little girl, there was always a bottle in our medicine cabinet. A bottle of Dettol usually costs between £2 and £3 for a 250ml bottle and can be bought in chemists, supermarkets and even many discount style stores, I think that dettol is great value as you tend tyo use it diluted so you get much more than 250mls out of a bottle and it does a number of jobs. Dettol comes in a see through plastic bottle with an integrated handle on some of the bigger bottles to make it easier to handle, the liquid inside of it to be honest looks like concentrated wee ... more