Liquid soap - is there an O/S version?

Gigervamp

Seriously, is it really worth risking your health for the sake of saving a few pennies?

ragz_2

Gigervamp wrote: »

Seriously, is it really worth risking your health for the sake of saving a few pennies?

Seriously? We didn't even wash our hands much when I was a kid as we didn't have running water let alone soap dispensers with anti bac gubbins in... I hardly ever got a tummy bug and neither did the rest of the family. You are just buying things you're told you need just because the adverts make them look essential. If you think about it, you wash your hands then touch the taps again and get all those germs back... oh and there's germs on everything else too... better not touch anything!

But I ditto what JenniO said about the cooled boiled water if you're that bothered.

Primrose

Diannec1985 wrote: »

Thanks for all the replies. It was the handwash that concerned me more so than anything. I have a 7 year old son, a cat and, a dog so I think anti-bac handwash is a luxury I will continue to use

When I was child growing up during the war and post war, anti bacterial handwashes hadn't even been invented. We kept all kinds of pets and chickens and never suffered any kind of infections from them. I think a good ordinary handwash is good enough for keeping domestic infections at bay. I salute anti bacterials in hospitals though, where people are ill or have weakened immune systems but wonder whether in the home, we've all fallen under the marketing mens' influence in believing that they're really necessary to keep us healthy. They're certainly becoming a money spinner but you don't have to believe everything you see on the TV adverts for them.

Gigervamp

Oh, I agree. I don't believe in all this anti-bac nonsense. I use a bar of soap and running water, but I know a lot of people seem to prefer the liquid soaps, so I had a quick look on the Tesco site. Their own brand anti-bac liquid handwash is only 55p for 500 ml. It's hardly going to break the bank is it?

meritaten

I too am one of those who think people today are far too concerned about germs! Soap and water are quite effective at cleaning and we all know that there are bacteria in and on our bodies which are essential for a healthy body! why would we want to upset that balance?
theres an old saying - we all have to eat a peck of dirt before we die!

valk_scot

Washing your hands with soap and warm water, then rinse, actually removes at least twice as many germs from your hands as anti-bacterial handwash sold for home use, which is totally rubbish at removing viruses. (Hospital stuff is different.) Also hand wash dries out your skin and in extreme caes causes it to crack, allowing direct entry for pathogens.

At this point btw dry your hands on a piece of kitchen towel rather than a hand towel or you'll put a whole pile of germs straight back onto your hands from the damp fabric towel that everyone else used that day too....

The only advantage of hand wash creams is that folk actually seem to like using it more than soap so more likely to wash their hands. But to be honest...and cheaper...you'd be better off using a 25p bar of soap and some discipline about hand washing.

zippychick

Hi, welcome to Old Style

we have a couple of threads which should help you

Liquid soap - is there an OS version?

homemade soap

using up old soap

and watering down milk

I hope those links help and we will merge this later on for you

Zip

babyshoes

I like the cheapy bath creme for handwash. The Wilkos brand has the same scents and same basic ingredients as their handwash, plus it is slightly moisturising so doesn't dry out your hands as much. It costs less than the handwash for a bottle at least twice the size.

Justamum

valk_scot wrote: »

At this point btw dry your hands on a piece of kitchen towel rather than a hand towel or you'll put a whole pile of germs straight back onto your hands from the damp fabric towel that everyone else used that day too....

For towels in the bathroom I have a load of flannels folded up in baskets. I got the idea from an elephant sanctuary in South Africa! I can't stand trying to dry my hands on a damp towel.

I haven't got the same thing in the kitchen though because there's no space

valk_scot

Justamum wrote: »

For towels in the bathroom I have a load of flannels folded up in baskets. I got the idea from an elephant sanctuary in South Africa! I can't stand trying to dry my hands on a damp towel.

I haven't got the same thing in the kitchen though because there's no space

Yes, that would work too. Or just a shake and air dry rather than use a dirty towel! There was a study done somewhere about how drying your hands on the edge of your own clothes was far more hygenic that using a communal towel, especially when outside the house.