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household soap - green and and carbolic....whats the difference

Went to buy some household soap in order to make some home cleaning products as I was running low.

In the shop they had the usual green as well as carbolic.

Done a bit of looking around and it seems they are similar but not much is said as far as using carbolic for things like gloop etc

Anyone able to clarify?

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  • Evil_Olive
    Evil_Olive Posts: 322 Forumite
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    edited 11 November 2014 at 1:28PM
    Dunno about the suitability for laundry gloop but carbolic soap is an old fashioned antiseptic soap - very good for killing bacteria, it was used in hospitals and schools right up to the 1970s/80s

    The added antiseptic ingredient is carbolic acid, which makes the soap a red/pink colour and gives it a coal tar type smell.
    That is, if it's real carbolic soap - some modern ones are fake - they don't contain any carbolic acid - they are just dyed red/pink and have artificial coal tar scents added.

    The real stuff kills bacteria and helps with B.O. ('Lifebuoy' brand was originally a carbolic soap) but some people find it can irritate their skin with prolonged use.
    Don’t try to keep up with the Jones’s. They are broke!
  • Thanks for the reply.

    So basically they have the same cleaning qualities except the carbolic also has the added antibacterial agent
  • That's my understanding, yes :)
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