18 Brilliant Uses for Rubbing Alcohol You’ll Wish You Knew Sooner

Just reach into the medicine cabinet the next time you need to clean chrome bathroom fixtures. Because it quickly evaporates upon contact with surfaces, it cleans and disinfects chrome, stainless steel, and glass without streaking, according to Carol Smith, the owner of Hire A Maid. Pour some rubbing alcohol straight from the bottle onto a soft, absorbent cloth and wipe the fixtures. There's no need to rinse, since the alcohol evaporates.