liquid handwash

debbym

Tescos and Asda both do basic value BB at about 25p a litre - fills our old Carex bottle 4 times over

keelykat

on the subject of the gels that wash your hands without the need of water-i buy mine from asda (their own make) and it does last a long time. I carry mine in my bag everywhere! (very usefull for porta-loos when doing car booting lol)

keely.

fizzel81

can anyone help with a foaming handwash? have bought some for ds its running low being that it foams and its in a child desgined bottle i would like to be able to refill it without buying it at over inflated prices

moanymoany

I've run out of handwash and as it has been an expensive month (expensive OS that is!) I didn't want to buy more.

The last lot was Superdrug bath creme used up in old hand cleaner bottles. Also I found an old value one at the back of the cupboard under the sink.

I had put bars of soap on the sink, but they go nasty and then I noticed a bar of white household soap and I wondered if I grated some and put it in the bottle with water .........

It works a treat. I used about one and a half tablespoons of grated soap, topped it up with water and waited till it melted.

I use soap for showers and I might try this instead. It might save that soap dish horror.

looneyleo

I use anything soapy I have in for handwash. I've used Bath Foam, shampoo, shower gel etc all have worked fine. Good idea for using up old soap...will try that next time

toffee65

1 bar of imperial leather and a nearly full 500g box of soap flakes.

Whoops

I ended up with 2 kitchen washing up bowls of handwash,...I'd saved 3 of the squirty radox handsoap bottles.

I now have filled those plus...

3 ice cream tubs
500g marg tub
1 lenor bottle
2 jumbo hotdog jars
1 mayo jar.

Science wasn't my best at school sadly

Ben84

I normally buy the Sainsbury's basics bars. 13p for three large bars. They last well, don't go mushy, clean nicely and don't smell too strong.

As for anti-bacterial, I never use the stuff and think it's inappropriate for use in most houses. I believe anti-bacterial products are doing more harm than good.

Kills 99% of bacteria, they claim. So what is that last 1%? It's the really strong stuff, the hard to kill bacteria. And, helpfully enough, you just killed all its competition. I've grown enough bacteria plates to know that it divides and re-populates suitable environments amazingly fast. You can't kill it all, or even reduce the bacterial count long term. Anti-bacterial products just put a dent in the population short term.

The fast life cycle means bacteria evolve quick too, and when you're routinely killing all but the most resistant types you're going to end up with lots of resistant bacteria that won't be affected by your cleaning products, and potentially have other undesirable characteristics. It's much the same as antibiotic resistance. Another symptom of over use and misuse of bactericidal products.

There are many other issues, such as the huge volumes of antibacterial products going in to the sewers and causing further selection and resistance, but the simple reality is that we don't need to use this stuff at home. The average house has never needed heavy duty disinfectants like those used in hospitals. You can now buy antibacterial air fresheners that zap the bugs from the air and floor cleaners that kill MRSA and bactericidal washing powder - and not for special conditions, just for everyday washing. We're getting carried away and introducing these new products, most did not exist ten years ago, in to our houses at an amazing rate because we assume they're good for us. I think producers are exploiting a marketing fad, and that consumers are being misguided.

We're being told they make the germs go away, but in reality they can't do that, they just make them stronger.

Conversely, plain old soap and non anti-bacterial detergent does an extremely good job of attaching to bacteria and washing it down the drain without any nasty side effects or producing of new stronger strains. It also efficiently removes any dirt and grime that bacteria may feed on or live inside. As for the few that remain, most bacteria are harmless, and for the few that aren't, the majority of humans do have an immune system.

skintas_2

ive bought some of thoses gels as goin to egypt soon and eard the money is really dirty so dont want to get ill

mellywoo

That's funny, as just got back from Tesco about an hour ago, bought 4 tiny handbag size bottles of the no water type handwash, one for each of us ,we too are going to Egypt, we go next week, when I picked up the money on Saturday she recommended some and baby wipes too, they keep their money in a 'safe' place ,in their pants! apparently ,ugh.

angelatgraceland

There are some great ideas on this thread! Do revive it!