How do those fresh hands metal soaps work?

[Kelly1978]

like here Can anybody explain it to me? We have one and it's great for getting garlic and chilli off which will not be beaten by soap.

strange question, I know, but it's been bugging me!

Do they really work then? I've seen these and often wondered if or how that can be.

I rub my hands on the mixer tap if I've been cooking with garlic. It's just stainless steel so it does the same thing!

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why ergh?

ours is a nasty cream sink, so can't get away with that!

they def work.

odours are sulphur containing compounds.
Sulphur binds to the metal instead of your hands.

It is quite a complex mechanism, but this is the easiest way to explain it.

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fab tip hunker

Thank you Gingerbear.

You sound a bright scientific type..am now filing your name away in my memory bank for the next load of science homework we get that I inevitably won't be able to answer

...and if you don't have stainless steel taps, use a teaspoon.

Really.

Thanks gingerbear, now I know. I can remember a teeny bit of a level chemistry so I think i know what you are getting at. i dropped it after three months, waay over my head!

Oh, please don't tell me I am an expert! Martianbishop is your gal - she has an 'ology' you know. {grin]

I wear latex gloves to chop garlic and chili

Somebody beat me to it i was going to suggest the tap or a tea spoon, it does work. Spoon is best because you can do it under running water which has the best effect.