If you like the foaming dish soaps and hand soaps, you’ll be happy to know it’s easy to Make Your Own. What’s the secret?
The dispenser . . . . it’s all about the dispenser.
Once you have a foaming dispenser, all you do is dilute some liquid soap with water. If you’ve already bought some foaming soap, take a look and you’ll see that the soap inside the bottle is not a thick consistency – it’s quite watery.
When making your own foaming soap you can either buy a foaming soap dispenser
After reading lots of tips and comments by other people using this method, I came to the conclusion that most folks found that careful measuring isn’t necessary. The basic method is just to put a little bit of soap in the bottom of the dispenser and then fill it up the rest of the way with water. Some suggestions were a 30/70 mix , a 40/60 mix, or 1 part soap to 5 parts water. BUT, many also said they just eyeballed it so that was good enough for me. I find that filling my bottle about 1/4 full of soap (as pictured below) and then filling it up the rest of the way with water works well.
You can also use a wide variety of soap products including shampoo, body wash, liquid hand soaps or liquid dish soaps. Stay away from the creamy soaps, however, as they have moisturizers than can clog the foaming dispensers.
Here’s how to do it:
HOMEMADE FOAMING DISH SOAP OR HAND SOAP
You will need:
- Foaming Soap Dispenser (buy one new or save one from purchased foaming soap)
- Liquid Soap (you can use shampoo, body wash, dish soap, or hand soap)
- Water
1. Rinse out your foaming soap container if using one from a prior purchase.
2. Put a little bit of liquid soap in the bottom of the container. (I used Joy Dish Soap)
3. Fill the rest of the container up slowly with water.
4. Screw the top back on the container and slowly tip back and forth to mix. Do not shake or it will get too bubbly.
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I think I might give this a try. I will buy the Dawn to get the container like you did. Thanks!
Hi! Stopping by from MBC. Great blog.
Have a nice day!
I like this idea! This was a super practical way to be more frugal – I need that!
I find that when you make hand soap, you don't need nearly as much soap as when making dish soap. For foaming hand soap, I just use 2 tbsp. of regular hand soap to 1 cup of warm water. Put it in a foaming dispenser of course!
I'm finding out too that for dishes, you need a little heavier mix. That way you can wash two or three plates, pans, or whatever, before you need another squirt on your scrubbie.
One tip I maight add would be to pour the water in first and then add the soap. This is so that the soap doesn't bubble up and spill over. Otherwise, I do the exact same thing for all of our soaps. I'm actually thinking about making liquid hand soap and then diluting it down for our bathroom pumps. Thanks for all your tips!!
I made my own homemade liquid soap, the real stuff, and sold it in pump bottles and foamer bottles. Didn't know that it should be thinned way down. Later looked at some in the store and realized it was almost water thin.
So my customers got lots of soap for the money in a bottle that didn't work well at all. Live and learn!!.
I made my own homemade liquid soap, the real stuff, and sold it in pump bottles and foamer bottles. Didn't know that it should be thinned way down. Later looked at some in the store and realized it was almost water thin.
So my customers got lots of soap for the money in a bottle that didn't work well at all. Live and learn!!.
So true! The stuff in the foaming bottles is a water thin consistency. If you use too thick of a soap you probably won't get the best performance from a foaming dispenser.
So true! The stuff in the foaming bottles is a water thin consistency. If you use too thick of a soap you probably won't get the best performance from a foaming dispenser.
I've been doing this since the foaming dish dispensers came out! Just started with the hand-soap one. Save so much $$$ since, for some reason, they charge more for the watered-down versions! I just buy dollar store dish soap and hand soap to refill.
Glad to see it shared!!!
I've been doing this since the foaming dish dispensers came out! Just started with the hand-soap one. Save so much $$$ since, for some reason, they charge more for the watered-down versions! I just buy dollar store dish soap and hand soap to refill.Glad to see it shared!!!
There’s a Pintrest project that spray paints the old Dawn foaming dispenser & then adds a monogram, or other graphic, to the front. Super cute & much classier than the original look
I saw that and pinned it too! It’s on my To Do list for someday (hopefully soon)
Its good idea plus in my area you cannot even find the refills any more thanks to all of you!
John