Whats in washing up liquid?

zboz

Bought one I never used before and it's kinda sticky and I was wondering if I'm actually getting it all of with a rinse, google says you'll never get all the residue off no matter what ya do so you're gonna be ingesting a bit of this everyday. Never really thought about it before, I'm squirting it all over the place everyday.

What is this stuff?

LISTED INGREDIENTS
15-30% Anionic surfactants, 5-15% Nonionic
surfactants, Perfume, Geraniol, Limonene

Is their a more natural one out?

Hector Bellend

It's all like cleaning up and sh1t

MarkR

Try cleaning them with rocks?

Outlaw Pete

Fairy saliva.

Day Lewin

You could use Simple Soap. You can even make home-made soap, if you want to be absolutely sure what's in it: (wood-ash and lard, I believe).
Soap does have to be rinsed off, but so does everything.

Dravokivich

More natural eh? Alcohol I s'pose. But then all your stuff will smell of alcohol.

GBX

Enriched Uranium... that's why the North Korea are importing it by the truckload.

cml387

A lot of salt, to make the glasses look shiny.
Something to bear in mind if you unwisely use it to wash your car.

MarkR

I find licking plates gives them a nice sparkle. The wife appreciates the effort also.

everlast75

Lemon juice. Works a treat

me_irl

"I would imagine that the inside of a bottle of cleaning fluid is... f*ckin' clean." - Mitch Hedberg.

https://www.evergreen.ie/brands/ecover
Ecological cleaning products are available - whether they are good or reasonably priced is up to you to decide.

Boom_Bap

I'd imagine it's just a bottle of baking soda and lemon juice.
Any time you have something manky, the recommendation is always either or both.

NiallBoo

zboz wrote: »

What is this stuff?

LISTED INGREDIENTS
15-30% Anionic surfactants, 5-15% Nonionic
surfactants, Perfume, Geraniol, Limonene
Is their a more natural one out?

There's nothing there that says it's "unnatural" - whatever the source, a substance can be described in a semi-technical way like above.

Equally that could read

Soap, essential oil extract

And still be an accurate description.

If it said:

- stuff that stops oily stuff from sticking, stuff that stops non-oily stuff from sticking, rose oil, citrus oil

It would be basically the same, but would you be worried?

There could be stuff that's a little dodgy but is cheap, or stuff that an individual has a reaction to - but you can't tell that from the description. And of course that's equally true for things marketed as "natural" - which usually contain the same ingredients, with a few others left in.

zboz

Found a chemical ingredient list for it

Aqua
• Sodium laureth sulphate
• Alcohol denat
• Lauramine oxide
• C9-11 pareth-8
• Sodium chloride
• 1,3-Cyclohexanedimethanamine
• PPG (polypropylene glycols)
• Dimethyl aminoethyl methecrylate/hydroxyproply acrylate copolymer cirate
• Parfum
• Geraniol
• Limonene
• Colourant

Definitely dodgy to be breating in (Hot water turns it into vapour)


I see Fairys green bottle was labelled as a Corrosive by the EU in 2015 aswell.

Peregrine

zboz wrote: »

Is their a more natural one out?

Would that make it more safe?

zboz wrote: »

Definitely dodgy to be breating in (Hot water turns it into vapour)

20 minutes ago you didn't know what it was. Now you know it's dodgy to be breathing in. That's a remarkable time to complete a degree in chemistry.

MarkR

zboz wrote: »

Found a chemical ingredient list for it



Definitely dodgy to be breating in (Hot water turns it into vapour)


I see Fairys green bottle was labelled as a Corrosive by the EU in 2015 aswell.

Japers. Have you seen what happens when you mix those with dihydrogen monoxide?

jester77

Dip them in warm water with bleach afterwards, preferably soft water.

ScumLord

the real mystery is the parfum ingredient. That can be literally anything and they don't have to tell you because it's a secret.

stimpson

MarkR wrote: »

Japers. Have you seen what happens when you mix those with dihydrogen monoxide?

You need to be very careful with dihydrogen monoxide. It can be fatal if inhaled.

RobertKK

In an emergency when cattle get bloat, it can be used in a mixture with water and given, it can help them to release their build up of gas, which if bad and left untreated, can lead to a heart attack and death.

I did it a couple of times as bloat in cattle is not that common, and it worked. Animal was fine afterwards.

Surfactants are foaming agents in detergents, whether that's facial wash, laundry detergent, washing up liquid or shampoo.

Surfactants mixed with dihydrogen monoxide have been known to cause serious household mishaps if not treated with care, similar to this.