Bathroom - keeping it clean ( OT?)

I tend to use liquid soaps everywhere and also a water softener. It is pretty easy to keep everything clean.....

.andy

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"John" wrote | has anyone any views on a liquid soap regime?

It'll keep your bowels loose.

Bio washing liquid is ace for cleaning baths etc. Doesn't smell as nice as l'Occitan Eau de Contadour though.

Owain

Bar soap is made of fat, liquid soap is not. I haven't bought bar soap for years for the simple reason that it mucks up the washbowl. Liquid soap doesn't. Great stuff.

Liquid soap is the only thing which makes my hands dry.

Mary

Towels do it for me . :-) stuart

Now there's a novelty!

Mary

We've been using towels for this for years with no real problems. :-)

Cheers,

William.

It is true that soap is derived from animal fat but what about the significant amounts of human fat that comes from the skin?

Not always, much uses vegetable fat or even mineral oils these days.

The trouble with liquid 'soap' is that it isn't soap, it's more akin to washing up detergent. That's why it can be 'drying' to the skin and it feels nasty, in my opinion.

Mary

I disagree with that.

Bar soap is made from a strong alkali - Sodium Hydroxide. The bar soaps tend to be very stongly alkali as a result. Human skin is mildly acidic which is why hard soaps cause skin dryness (anyone with dry skin will tell you that)

The detergents tend to be better in that respect - although a cheap rough detergent such as a washing up liquid is very harsh. The bath ones tend to be a bit softer in that respect.

Scott

I've made soap and know a bit about chemistry. NaOH is indeed a strong alkali but it's neutralised during the process of saponification.

Mary

And full of salt .

Stuart

You don't use Dove with 50% moisturiser then

That's my opinion too...