WHAT’S inside a foaming soap dispenser

I really enjoy tearing things apart to see how they work. I was having some difficulty with my Foam soap dispenser so I pulled it apart to see if I can get it to move a little better. While I had it apart I decided to demonstrate how this soap dispenser goes together and how it creates the foam. Interesting hope you enjoy the video

[@reno1445]

Beyond innovative. People use it every day yet no one knows how or why it works the way it does. Well done my good man! The world needs more vids like this and people like you. So underrated.

[@JohnTico80]

My dispenser fell on the ground and the top popped off. While trying to put it back together, I lost the small ball and couldn't figure out why it wasn't working anymore. after watching this, was able to find it and put it back in, so it works perfectly now. Thanks for posting!

[@MaheshKumar-op5bz]

Same

[@laniehrlich9271]

No clue where my ball went 😢 Going to search my bath room now. Hopefully it didn’t go down the drain😮

[@anotherbelle]

Same! So glad I don’t have to buy a new dispenser…

[@katiepauls]

My daughter just asked me how foaming soap works, and since schools are closed right now I figured what a great opportunity for a teachable moment. We watched your video, thanks so much!

[@jeffgu6947]

Hi Katie,do you need to buy this?

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[@marygomes2706]

This video is a godsend! I’ve decided to take the pumps for my two soap dispensers apart to wash them. I’ve had them for about three years and they have started sticking. When I reassembled them, neither were working properly, and try if I might, I could not figure out why. Long story short, I washed away the little clear balls. I googled ‘foam soap pump assembly’ and found your video.

[@bredstic9836]

it’s 3am and i was so curious i just had to find out

[@muhamadzul9885]

same here

[@mansardmanor3869]

Same here 😝

[@neethunair7703]

I am also here at 3am....lol😂

[@neslyskitchen5820]

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[@neslyskitchen5820]

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[@michaelbokrosh7374]

Hey thanks for doing this we need to create foaming soap with our off the grid hand washing station dispensers using a foot pump, for our community ceremonies, and now we know how to do it thanks to you. Many blessings and stay healthy partner

[@youngin_shuffle]

Fantastic video! Super helpful, informative, and straight to the point. Thank you!

[@muhamadzul9885]

woa, that's quite an insane engineering for a foam soap dispenser

[@dain_pom]

A lecture such as this is very valuable for product designers who were not cut out to be engineers!

[@camb06]

I have one that just keeps getting harder and harder to pump. Thanks for putting this video together so I can disassemble and repair it!

[@chicofromph33nix64]

I'm so stoned, and just out of the blue, the thought ran through my mind and I couldn't figure it out.. I was stuck for a few hours(2 minutes, but felt like 3 hours) , im glad I looked it up and found your video.. this is amazing and now I can move on to my next thought,how was cheese invented?!?!?!?

[@WhiteOak09]

Thank you , i was curious what made it foam and looked everywhere and all i could find was the same videos about nothing i was looking for until i finally saw yours and you explained the mystery for me , thank you very much and new subscriber 👍.

[@camcordernonsense5264]

Cool. You got it apart. I always break them trying to separate the pieces. I want to make soap foam and spray wasps. This helps. Thank you

[@livefree6878]

The soap dispenser that I took part was sticking out push it down but there was friction on the way up. You can get it to work you just had to pull it up. So I took it apart and put some of the silicone grease on to help improve the upstroke. It works better but it doesn’t work like new right now. I’m hoping the grease will work in.Appreciate your comment thanks

[@Ian-xd2in]

@@livefree6878do soap dispensers pistons come pre greased? Very interesting video!

[@lisamarie9549]

Thank you for this video. I was trying to find a way to fix my sticking foaming pumps. Another video I watched recommended Vaseline, but since you mentioned that petroleum jelly breaks down plastics I’m going to buy some silicone grease.

[@livefree6878]

Glad you enjoyed the video. Silicone grease is a necessity. Anytime you encounter a plastic or rubber part, this gives you the confidence that you can put it back together and not have it fail because it breaks down the parts that are made from oil itself. You can find the silicone grease locally at Lowes or Home Depot in the plumbing section. The stuff I use is Dow Corning number four. Once you have the silicone grease in your arsenal, you’ll use it all the time.

[@lisamarie9549]

Awesome, thank you again!

[@Otterpop2724]

Hurray, this trick brought my soap dispensers back to life!

[@brokenrobot2004]

Awesome!!! Exactly the kind of video I wanted to find when I looked up how foaming handsoap is done!!! Thank you! Awesome video! 😀

[@esthervg4796]

I too am trying to get my dispenser working again (it’s not foaming) and have tried a bunch of things… thanks very much for your video. Now I have another idea to try!

[@laurawagner6052]

This video helped me to repair my very expensive foam self-tanner. Thanks a lot 🫶🏼

[@erikabbaware]

Thank you so much. Couldn’t get the pump apart to apply the silicone grease but was able to slip some into the general area with a toothpick. Works better than new now!

[@bcbock]

I wish I could convert my built in soap dispenser to a foaming dispenser. Not sure how to add an aerator to it.

[@eileenglynn2698]

Very concisely described . Thank you

[@sranses14]

thank you! that was a great tutorial, save me a few bucks and gave me the satisfaction of repairing and reusing something i though it was lost

[@mohanvvip]

The mesh gets clogged. Soak the pump in vinegar for a few hours. Place the entire pump under water in a bucket and pump till the mesh is clean. Will work like new again,

[@buzoff4642]

Thank you. I'd rather not take it apart.

[@74Voyeur]

Do you mean dunk the whole bottle in vinegar, or water?

[@mohanvvip]

@@74Voyeur just the pump. It's the mesh inside that has to be rid of the soap deposits. fill the bottle with just enough vinegar and pump it till you see the vinegar flow out, you'd have the mesh inside the pump soaked in vinegar. After letting it soak for a few hours, place the pump under water and pump vigorously to get rid of any traces of soap (a couple of minutes). Your foam pump should be as good as new. Just use dilute clear handwash (don't use any other kind) to refill.

[@74Voyeur]

@Maruti M, thanks very much for the clarification. I've got it sitting in vinegar right now.

[@laurenm9203]

Thank you! I recently took apart ours to clean it, but couldn’t remember where the little ball went when I was putting it back together!

[@74Voyeur]

Thanks for this detailed video. Having trouble pushing down the beak. Buying silicone grease tomorrow, and trying your solution.

[@electronic-mary]

I just woke up and got curious as my new facial soap is dispensed as foam but liquid inside haha thanks for this vid! 😁

[@kimvaughan2140]

Thanks heaps for your explanation... just when I thought it was chemicals!

[@Abhishek-iq1es]

Informative 👍🏻

[@brokenrobot2004]

Do you think any kind of soap could become foaming soap if you used those mechanics in the dispenser?

[@rubenphii]

Thanks for satisfying my curiosity. ❤

[@coryhug8311]

Very interesting. I've always wondered. I switched to all foaming soap dispensers in my home a few months ago. My question is, why they can't make these things so we can rotate/adjust the position of the spigot? It almost never lines up nicely with the front of the bottle and it bothers my OCD (I'm not really OCD, I just mean that little bit of OCD that's in all of us about certain things). I have one that comes out the side and one that even comes out the back! I've even looked at different brands and it seems everyone uses the same pump pieces even if the bottle itself might be different sizes and shapes.

[@Apuyina]

So it takes the air from the container? Does that mean that I could have infinite foaming soap if I just keep the dispenser? Obviously not infinite but until it breaks

[@jeevithaasandeep1018]

Wow that's awesome!!! I just fixed it.. Thanks alot!!!

[@jehx1379]

cool video dude 👍🏼

[@barbporter2564]

Would you happen to know if I could leave out any part from my foam pump to change to regular pump?

[@danielbuchanan1560]

thx i was wondering what the glass ball did exactly

[@saraelizabeth4264]

I love this video almost as much as i love foam soap

[@carmtiff]

Excellent. I use pump bottles for dish soap. I guess foamy dish soap is ok. It'll probably help me save on soap, too. Well see.😏

[@princegluttony9346]

Very nice

[@arpxdagoodone]

I tried to fix a similar pump, because when I pressed down the head it didn't come up to its original place, so I bought silicone grease and I did the same as it can be seen, but it didn't fix the issue. Still stuck when I press the head down. Could you please advise? All parts look fine by the way, but it doesn't work.

[@tammyshui]

Thanks for showing Btw you have a great voice!

[@74Voyeur]

Would you please show how you detach the plunger (the top piece that your hand pushes down to extract soap)? On mine, there's an arrow on top, pointing to the left for Open, so to close/lock it, you turn to the right. It would be very helpful to watch how you disassemble yours. Thanks very much again!

[@CheapExplorer]

00:42 this is the one I'm having problem with.. it doesn't come back up when i pump.. i tried to disassemble, rinse everything out, i also tried to rinse with warm water then reassemble everything, but it still doesn't work.

[@donarnold9720]

How does air enter the filter component at the top? Isn't the air injected along with the soap as it enters the nipple of the piston? There are small ribs inside the bore of that nipple that would create gaps to allow air to be pushed into that area to join the soap. Also, I see that there are breather holes through the shoulder of the piston to allow intake on the upstroke. Is there are check valve membrane on the underside of that area to block air passage on the downstroke?

[@Hueffed]

Loved the video, but why does the foaming quit foaming the soap?

[@carlospajuelo7748]

thank you very much explaining in detail everything what's going on with a soap dispenser, but i noticed a soap dispenser that we use in a recreation park are attach to the wall, and when they are not in use the nozzle get sticky and the soap doesnt't come out. So the patrons get the lid out of the dispenser and they put their hands inside the dispenser to wash their hands. Who do you think I should call to get those dispensers fix. This place is in Sherman Oaks , Ca.

[@marioelburro1492]

I got bored one day and tooky mine apart. I always wondered about the ball

[@ruchpal]

Please also show how to take it apart, somehow I am not able to take the ring out

[@milleniumfalcon9677]

Don't think that you had to lubricate that part with silicone: it was in soap, and soap is itself a lubricant.

[@mygoldfishrocks]

I already disassembled everything because it became impossible to pump. But the head is intact. How does the head Mitt allow water to pass? I don't mean when it's assembled - I mean just the head... you fill it with Easter and not even a drop of water passes. Why? I can't take it apart to look inside since it's all one piece.

[@fashionista16]

Neurodivergent coded. 10/10 friend!

[@13byo8]

If it keeps pumping out the liquid from the sealed bottle, how does it manages the possible negative pressure(vacuum) in the bottle? If there is a hole, the liquid may leak during transportation.

[@AyyGin]

My soap dispenser has about 35% left and suddenly started dispensing the soap in a very watery form. No one added water to the bottle or disassembled anything. Why would this happen?

[@Cre8ionz.]

Interesting 🤔 thx for sharing ! ... Shit 😂 I just lost the small ball :( 🤦‍♂️

[@Cre8ionz.]

Edit: found another small ball from a 'a necklace' ?!? It has a holy in it but works fine 😄

[@rmf-s2460]

I love foaming handsoap and have several glass disoensers. But each time I use one for a while, the top stops depressing and I can't get any soap out of the bottle. So I buy a new top. It happens all over again. I don't know how I'm breaking them. Help?! I'm not taking anything apart and changing it.

[@patrickrenschler]

thanks for sharing, where does the aerator suck in air from?

[@MerkleAkrunphleuphle]

Any idea what's wrong when 1/10th the foam comes out and sporadically? As if the chamber is only getting air?

[@allenmayberry2555]

Could you tell me if the ball is glass or plastic

[@jennyanderson6499]

PLEASE HELP. I have matching foaming soap dispensers in my kitchen (hand/dish). My husband loves the foaming hand, but not the dish. Can I convert the same foaming dispenser to regular so they still will both match?

[@asperp5874]

Mine dispences from front and back,how to fix it???

[@krystalyvezcruz]

I think I loss the small ball on my foaming bottle when I’m cleaning it because it clog. Is there any remedy to fix my foaming bottle? The bubbles appear inside instead of outside. I think I put it in apposite direction but when I see your vlog you say there’s a small ball inside,

[@MsLIVINGALONE]

Can you show how to get the handle separated from the rest of the handle apparatus? I am having trouble

[@arpxdagoodone]

ahhh....so we need silicone...I didn't know why that piece stopped to move up and down...I mean I had some ideas but now I get it...I need some silicone

[@user-rq8fr4wu8g]

i Just don't understand i have been in a frenzy trying to figure out foam pumps but i ca nnot wrap my head around it. technology is crazy.

[@alvinlawanto]

1:22 may i know what is the diameter of the screw things? Id like to buy just the head and then put it to another bottle. Thanks

[@DeathlyBower959]

Thank you so much

[@bgregg55]

so I wonder why the pumps gets sticky after I use my own foam soap mix to refill?

[@ZhipFrag]

Maybe you need to grease the piston like he did

[@mohanvvip]

Soak the pump in vinegar for a few hours. Hold the pump under water in a bucket and keep pumping until you feel it become easier to pump. The mesh gets clogged with soap, this will clear the mesh.

[@buzoff4642]

"after I use my own foam soap mix to refill" Sounds like your refill, likely with regular liquid soap, is not diluted enough. Should be about 1/3 liquid soap, 2/3 water. Else it's much too thick for the aeration to take place.

[@mohanvvip]

Make sure the liquid soap you use is the clear kind. And dilute it till it is just a little soapy but still watery, if it is too watery, you can add a little more soap. You'll get the hang of it soon. I've been using this method since the Covid19 thing started, I've cleaned the pump by just soaking it in water overnight and pumping it under water a dozen times to clean the mesh, once in a couple of months now and it has been working great.

[@bgregg55]

@@ZhipFrag Yes. That was the answer. Pull the pump apart & reapply silicone grease on the piston.

[@furrrfect]

thank you for this

[@Damian007.]

Interesting!

[@coak3580]

Can anyone help me the spring came out only the spring I can't get it back in

[@AppleMenace]

Also it doesn't work with thick soap. Make sure soap is 4 parts water 1 part soap. Thought I could just refill.. But no.

[@mansardmanor3869]

I wonder how the pump introduced air But I see no air, just a rapid push of soap thru two screens 👍 got it thanks Ps the perfect formula you take thick liquid hand soap and thin with water a ratio of 2:1 50% water 25% liquid hand soap Mix with a thin stick as not to make bubbles 😂

[@elizabethvenny98]

How to open them, coz mine is broken

[@sean123456789]

...and that's how they make a plumbus.

[@cliffcox7643]

Live Free, so with this, we dont need to thicken alcohol for us in areas with high covid number and no sanitizer on the shelves. A lot of people are looking for aloe to mix with their ethanol or isopropyl. We can just put it into this dispenser and there we have it right?

[@buzoff4642]

Overkill, unless you can't avail yourself of soap and water. Soap and water gets it off your hands and sends it down the drain. Anti-bacterial soap kills it before sending it down the drain, and is just more pollutant load on the water systems.

[@cliffcox7643]

You cannot avail yourself to soap and water while shopping, and pushing the cart, handling the doors of the freezer items, handling items on the shelf, etc. If you go about your day and wash at the end of the day, then whatever you touched during your outing gets spread around everywhere. Best to alcohol after touching items in your day as you do it.

[@buzoff4642]

@@cliffcox7643 We've two major clean-hands essentials: touching your eyes/nose/mouth, and touching your food. My hand sanitizer addicted coworker got ... MRSA.

[@cliffcox7643]

THey must have touched themselves in between obviously or had improper technique.

[@buzoff4642]

@@cliffcox7643 MRSA is antibiotic resistant infection. The "technique" evolving these, are prolific and improper overuse.

[@lukej557]

I still don’t understand where the air comes from like surely it needs more then a mesh screen I don’t get where the air comes from

[@AnushaAnu-kq3di]

Can I use it for dishwasher

[@thebrownlizard3988]

i cant fix it !!!!!!!! its stopped pupmping suddenly it was wporkign like charm then stoped an dwont pump hwo cna i fixxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[@uaeboats4sale837]

does it work with normal soap liquid or we have to add some water ?

[@funkyhand]

To make foam, put 1/5 of soap and 4/5 of water into.

[@uaeboats4sale837]

funkyhand Thanks for your reply

[@Lic.en.derecho]

i need to disassemble it but didn't help...thx

[@علوشغنام-ك5ش]

بعد الفك والتنظيف لم يعمل ويرتفع السائل ويعمل فوم لماذا❓

[@leslielevy2144]

He just installed pump on an overfilled container - water will enter the air chamber and the pump will fail

[@lain11644]

All of my Method pump broke after a few months 😕

[@TeresaRodriguez-ol4ux]

Did you have any luck with them replacing it? I’m going to try this but I was thinking of emailing them for a replacement

[@lain11644]

@@TeresaRodriguez-ol4ux I found that if you keep pressing the pump really fast then the soap would eventually come out. Not the best solution...but it works.

[@buzoff4642]

@@TeresaRodriguez-ol4ux I did email them (late 2019) and they sent replacement pumps.

[@manjunath7497]

Hey please anyone help what happens if we put sanitiser liquid inside that bottle

[@sharingsfromaaizahandsamar6968]

Can we create one

[@Cacophony314]

There's literally a video for everything.

[@iggymitchell6608]

how did you take it apart?

[@davidfreet7162]

Duh? That's exactly my question -- how does seeing how it goes together help me know each step to take it apart???

[@simmonslack9088]

Mystery solved. My new bottle has a missing ball. Manufacturing error. Guess I have to find an old bottle and cannibalise that part.

[@bmead144]

Why oh why do these things always ultimately stop returning to the start position-in other words they stay depressed and do not retract and you have to pull the plunger up manually after a while? It seems all foaming dispenser pumps succumb to this eventually! Just one more instance of how EVERYTHING is SO CHEAPLY made now days! We tend to blame it all on cheap Chinese manufacturing but if there was no demand for it - it wouldn't exist. It's the greedy capitalist system that is to blame-buy cheap sell high- while adding absolutely NO value-just profits for the greedy capitalists! Anywho-thanks for a great vid-I'm sure it'll be helpful to many!

[@mist4926]

why do they stop making foam. mine dosn't anymore

[@mohanvvip]

Clean the mesh. Soak in vinegar.

[@reishin4346]

Everytime I took it apart it stopped working, NOW I KNOW WHY!!!

[@mastercraftcocktails8979]

HEY can you make me a 100k of them, theyre sold out everywhere

[@ImKindOfPerplexed]

🤣

[@Robert-gq9os]

AS A FORMER U.S ARMY COMBAT ENGINEER WHY WOULD YOU GO TO THE TROUBLE TO DO A GREAT VIDEO BUT, EXPLANATION

[@LSnium]

Interesting but the worst, foaming soap doesn’t work as good as normal blobs of soap, and you’re getting scammed paying more for less.

[@melanies.6030]

Well, that's probably why there's dozens of videos on "how to make your own foaming soap".

[@arunajmera8213]

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[@lorzs1270]

........now he should wash his dirty fingernails..............LOL.