dh has watered down the liquid soap

[EricaNernie]

i dont like this practice
it doesnt feel nice for a start
is it safe?

Bl3ss
Bar soap is absolutely fine. I don’t see how it can hold onto cv. Cv can land on it when sitting unused in the same way as it could land on the sink or liquid soap bottle.

Biochemist DD not a fan of antibacterial soaps as she considers them contributing to antiobiotic resistance.

Any soap does the job.

This is one of my room 101’s.

It will still work though.

X1402 coronavirus isn’t a bacteria, it’s a virus. Soap breaks down the cells that protect the virus, so any soap is fine (including bubble bath etc).

Why are people so worried about anti bacterial?? Anti-bac kills bacteria not viruses! It’s the washing and scrubbing that kills covid.

Instead of watering down because the pump dispenses too much, put a band around the bit between lid & pump so it only depresses a half pump. Needed if you have kids and like nice hand wash-

Anything with ‘soap’ works as covid is a virus with a fatty viral envelope.. antibacterial or not makes zero difference here. By soaping up you are sweeping/dislodging virus from your skin surface, then flushing it down the sink!

Wouldn't the soap kill the germs anyway?

Shower gels, handwash and the like have a list of ingredients. Most of it is SLS.

Pure soap like Simple soap and own brand versions have few ingredients and has been used for centuries. Handwash is a relatively new concept. Like shower gel, face wash and conditioner most of it goes down the drain.

Agree with pp about the amount of handwash dispensed. If you water it down, do it gradually until you find the right consistency. The handwash will be used up quickly so deterioration of product is unlikely.

I'm not a scientist but I'm a bit obsessive about hygiene.

How odd. Is he a general skinflint?

I always add water when it gets low, it reduces waste. I also take the top off and pour the last out when it gets right down but I think most people do that..

Why are people so worried about anti bacterial?? Anti-bac kills bacteria not viruses
^This

However, watering down an alcohol hand gel (the ones you use without water when out and about) would be stupid.

It’s the washing and scrubbing that kills covid
I might be wrong, but washing your hands is about washing the virus away which is why doing it properly is so important.

I always add a little water to the End of the bottle.
Not loads just to get the last bit out. It still lathers so still works. You don't need a/b soap just a good lather and good handwashing technique. Even washing up liquid, shampoo, shower gel all work.

I think the manufacturers did this themselves. I have in my bathroom a refill dispenser of Carex, the refill is now empty (bought about 6 months ago) but when I put on in it visibly sticks to my hands. The bottle of carex in my kitchen, bought once Coronavirus had started is runnier and doesn’t stick to my hands visibly in the same way.

Why are people so worried about anti bacterial?? Anti-bac kills bacteria not viruses

I think advertising has done a mind job on a whole generation or two, and advertising in recent years has tried to sell us antibacterial everything.

Also, lots of people my age (40s) and younger seem never to have been taught the basics of cleaning, stain removal, laundry and so on. I’m lucky I had two cleaning-mad grand and A-level biology

My DH did that once and the kids just spray it everywhere, so it wastes more than before and I spend longer cleaning up the mess.

Grans not grand

I always add a little water to the End of the bottle.
Not loads just to get the last bit out Are you my DH? He does that. So I pump away, knowing that it's almost empty and I'm going to struggle getting that last bit out - and what happens is a torrent of water ejaculates over me.

I might be wrong, but washing your hands is about washing the virus away which is why doing it properly is so important.

There's 2 parts. The first is that the surfactant (be it soap, hand gel, washing up liquid, shower gel ... anything which would clean off grease) breaks down the fatty layer which forms the 'skin' of the virus. The second part is to wash it away, which is one of the reasons washing, if you're able to, is better than alcohol gel as that only does the first part.

And the final step is to dry properly which apparently many don't do properly.

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/coronavirus-hands-have-to-be-dried-better-too-9ddbkdwt8?shareToken=ef590f66ae7d1e4e622987ab93e3185f

Watered down the liquid soap .... don’t you just end up with a bottle of bubbles?

We're currently using up shower gel in a handwash bottle (mainly because I've switched to soap in the shower and we have a few old bottles kicking around) and it works fine. You could use shampoo, shower gel or even washing up liquid in your handwash pump.

Soap is soap is soap.

@ErrolTheDragon Thanks for that article, I'm forever telling my husband to dry his hands properly, sometimes he walks away with them still soaking wet.

hmm, i might just add some of the shower gel as suggested

Soap is not automatically antibacterial (and as pp said that's causing antibiotic resistance anyway) soap works because it's a surfactant lather lifting dirt and bacteria off the skin and disrupting cells and viral envelopes.

We're using some leftover facewash teenage SIL left here. Anything that's Sodium Laurel/Laureth Sulfate is soap and will work.

Why though? I spent £2 on two bottles of soap the other day. It's not expensive and I'm low income. You must be very frugal to feel the need to do this