"What is this 'soap' of which you speak?"
Posted on 03/16/2020 12:16:48 PM PDT by bitt
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Became a faithful 20 second soap-and-water guy after seeing this proven on Mythbusters years ago.
Dawn dish detergent dissolves fat/grease and probably works pretty good as a hand soap for this, but it will dry your hands out quickly.
“You can’t, even for a million dollars, get a drug for the coronavirus – but your grandmother’s bar of soap kills the virus. “
Eat a bar of soap. There will be someone out there that will read this and believe it.
I cannot find any hand sanitizer. I will carry a bottle of water and a small bar of soap with me.
OK, good to know but is there a common ingredient in soap that causes this breakdown of the virus? Soap is marketed as Goats Milk, Oatmeal and so on. I doubt those type ingredients make viruses coil in fear.
Does hand sanitizer expire?
“I cannot find any hand sanitizer. I will carry a bottle of water and a small bar of soap with me”
If you can track down 99% alcohol, Aloe Vera jell and some essential oil, like lavender or Tea Tree oil you can make your own. Alcohol will be the tricky one. 99.9% is recommended so you will need to probably find it on-line like I did.
I bought a BIG bottle of 99% alcohol on Amazon just a few days ago!!
Good article, thanks for posting it.
I don’t think the essential oil is essential. I believe it’s for smell only.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bUp-wnLT6ew
University Nebraska Med Center
Soap murders bad guy humans live good news.
“I don’t think the essential oil is essential. I believe it’s for smell only”
Yep, but with 99% alcohol I would recommend it. IT IS STRONG
You don’t need essential oils, aloe vera, or 99% alcohol.
All you need is regular 91% alcohol, glycerin, and water.
Tide Pods, and we all thought those kids were crazy!
Soap (not detergent bars) is a salt made by combining an acid (the fatty acids found in fats and oils) with a base (sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide for liquid soap.
You can make it at home with drain cleaner labeled 100% sodium hydroxide and olive oil.(this is true Castille soap) But lye is a corrosive and you must wear eye protection, nitrile or other chemical resistant gloves, closed toe shoes and protect your clothing.
There is a lot of information available on soap making. But please follow safety instructions including to always pour the lye into your liquid not the other way around.
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