I love foaming hand soap, but I don’t love how much more expensive it is than regular soap. I think what you are really paying for is the pump because it’s more complicated than a regular pump. When I learned how easy it is to make foaming soap on my own, I was super excited!
Materials:
- Liquid Hand Soap (Softsoap, Dial, antibacterial, etc) *Don’t use the thick and creamy soaps. The clear-based soaps foam best!*
- 1 Empty Foaming Hand Soap Bottle
Directions:
- Fill the empty foaming soap bottle with approximately 1 inch of your liquid hand soap.
- Slowly fill the rest of the bottle with tap water.
- Put lid back on, and gently tip upside down and side to side to mix. Don’t shake. It will get too sudsy.
I’m not a germaphob, so watering down soap doesn’t freak me out. I tried to do a little internet research to find out if watering down soap really made it ineffective. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to find much. You can decide for yourself whether or not you want to give it a try. I know this is how I’ll be getting my foaming soap from now on!
Source:
The Frugal Girls
soap is soap if you get a lather you are cleaning ..better to use less antubacterial anyway..most things are killed by regular soap, friction and sing happy birthday! This is from a person who taught interns how to wash their hands
Agreed! Thanks, Pat!
I have done this before, add some essential oils (i use eucalyptus and lavender) and then you have a yummy hand soap!
That’s a great idea!
It also works great when you use dish soap like Dawn.
A thought about your query about watering down soap: when we wash our hands, we use water, which waters it down, so it’s kind of all the same.
I like your thinking!
Works like a charm! The BF accidentally bought regular soap and filled our foaming dispenser with it, resulting in really annoying stringy soap until I saw this– thanks!