Is Less Soap, Less Effective? | Save Money on Hand Soap

For a long time I have been using foam soap. I started by purchasing 4 soap bottles with foam pumps. They were already filled when they were purchased. Instead of buying more bottles or buying expensive special "Foam Soap" refills when they ran out, I just purchase a large regular liquid hand soap refill bottle for a few dollars. I then dilute the soap with water and voila...Foam soap. I refill 3 of these bottles that get used the most in the house about once per month. The refill jug lasts well over a year. So basically I only spend around $3 on hand soap or less per year.
My main question after getting into bacteria growing was...Does using a diluted soap make it less effective?
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[@seb612schuth]

Nice! I always wondered that. There is a beautiful experiment from a PhD student that questions about the "5 second rule" and she concluded that: 1) the type of food matters according to the water amount; 2) the type of floor matters, where more surface area exposed to the food augments the bacteria transfer chance; 3) just miliseconds of exposure from floor to food is enough to contaminate it.

[@aayesher9400]

Meh I’ll be fine

[@maratshaydullin57]

This guy is a healthy man's introvert. Love his videos :-)

[@user-lf6sw2pu6m]

You can't keep me away from foam never!!

[@a.k.salazr]

Thank you for going through the testing and trying to be as scientifically accurate as possible

[@thebeigesheep6132]

I would like to see a comparison with antibacterial soap. Although I've heard it's bad for you

[@joelsonanaque2226]

hey i loved you videos....you should have thousand of views..very informative..can you do experiments with uvc lights with ozone and uvc lights without ozone

[@GrowingAnswers]

Thanks. As far as ozone and uvc, there really wouldn’t be much change in effectiveness. The potency of sterilization is only as strong as the weaker link. In this case ozone is the weaker link. The only thing ozone adds to uvc is slightly improved efficiency.

[@mobleyMobley]

@@GrowingAnswers have you played with cold plasma or hydroxl radicals?

[@GrowingAnswers]

@@mobleyMobley if coronal discharge is cold plasma then yes

[@jmack4275]

Does music really affect a plants growth? Video idea!

[@GrowingAnswers]

It’s on my list.

[@mobleyMobley]

That's a good one, and different types of music, including frequency healing and total silence

[@lxlkeithanlxl]

@@GrowingAnswers DO ittt

[@enrico1174]

Nice video!!😃But what about the Mars Hydro giveaway?🧐

[@GrowingAnswers]

Already over

[@dpotter4963]

@@GrowingAnswers ?

[@resonantconsciousness9248]

Firstly, you wet your hands then apply the soap, this is so that the soap dose not damage your skin.

[@MartinOctavianus]

Hi , wondering you test with alcohol?

[@GrowingAnswers]

Shown in my other videos.

[@user-lj1fw8zo7c]

How about closing the tap unless you're ready to wash!

[@mobleyMobley]

Did you time your handwashing on any of the tests?

[@GrowingAnswers]

20 seconds. Longer on the last one.

[@-djsparx-2633]

I'm curious, what soap rinsed off the easiest between all of them?

[@GrowingAnswers]

The foam because there is little excess

[@rongopongo6375]

How do you use foaming hand soap tablets

[@GrowingAnswers]

I don’t use tablets

[@liononline84]

I appreciate the afford. But if you put them for us in the microscope so we can see how it looks like before they grow and after.

[@marklepka7994]

What's up bro

[@divyanshugogna6152]

2 L lasts you whole year ? you gotta be joking

[@fourtysix4646]

Why? With a foaming hand soap dispenser one of those 2L easily lasts my family a year. The foaming pump doesn’t magically change the amount of soap those pumps require to work properly. It’s not like he’s making it anymore diluted then any company would. Most foaming soap dispensers are 300-500ml, so that’s 75-125ml /100-166ml per refill(25-33%). With the highest numbers, 500ml filled 1/3rd you get 2000ml/165= 12 refills.

[@edg5218]

@@fourtysix4646 No way ! I have a family of 3 and we refill atleast 3 times a week. U must be using one pump everytime u wash.

[@edg5218]

I agree no way 2 are lasting a year, Unless the person is using 1 pump per wash and even then no way a yr !

[@person1860]

So basically there's no point in washing your hands?

[@GrowingAnswers]

Washing your hands reduces the amount that you could potentially inoculate yourself with but it never takes away everything

[@person1860]

@@GrowingAnswers Damn, well thanks for the insight! BTW, I asked this elsewhere as well, but what do you think about those devices that then water into a liquid ozone meant to be a disinfectant spray?

[@GrowingAnswers]

@@person1860 I haven’t done any research into infusing I was going into water except for proving that it works initially. But Ozone Itself breaks down in air it’s not a stable molecule so I don’t think it would last and water any different than air.

[@mgcustodio]

Learned from an infection control nurse that washing mechanically removes dirt and debris, but it needs to be followed up with alcohol for disinfection. P. S. Sorry, just realized this is a year old comment😅

[@person1860]

@@mgcustodio lol, no worries it's good insight!

[@adrian-victor2727]

Gosh, turn the water off while u are scrubbing your hands

[@fuzzyduck1989]

Karen?

[@return2earthvideochannel]

The speaker talks TOO quickly ...slow down, speak slowly and clearly PLEASE - it won't cost you any money

[@Carovanilla16]

You can slow down the speed of a video too!