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2. Soap scum - Wikipedia

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   Hard water contains calcium and magnesium ions, which react with the surfactant anion to give these metallic or lime soaps. [1] 2 C 17 H 35 COO − Na + + Ca 2+ → (C 17 H 35 COO) 2 Ca + 2 Na + In this reaction, the sodium cation in soap is replaced by calcium to form calcium stearate. Lime soaps build deposits on fibres, washing machines, and ...

3. The 25 Best Luxury Hand Soaps, According to Experts - AOL

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   Nest New York Grapefruit Hand Soap $22 Buy Now . Ouai Hand Wash. Best modern classic. Notable ingredients: Jojoba esters and castor, avocado, rosehip and jojoba oils. Fragrance type: Floral, with ...

4. The One Cleaning Solution You Should Always Have On Hand ...

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   Shower Cleaner: You might have seen this trick making the rounds on social media, but Mock maintains it actually works. Start by filling a heavy-duty plastic bag with vinegar. Start by filling a ...

5. Saltwater soap - Wikipedia

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   Inexpensive common commercial soap will not lather or dissolve in seawater due to high levels of sodium chloride in the water. Similarly, common soap does not work as well as potassium-based soap in hard water where calcium replaces the sodium, making residual insoluble "scum" due to the insolubility of the soap residue.

6. List of cleaning products - Wikipedia

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   A bar of carbolic soap A puck of shaving soap in a ceramic bowl. In chemistry, a soap is a salt of a fatty acid. [2] Household uses for soaps include washing, bathing, and other types of housekeeping, where soaps act as surfactants, emulsifying oils to enable them to be carried away by water.

7. The 8 best soaps for hand-washing dishes - AOL

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   The best dish soaps of 2023. To highlight some of the best dish soaps available, we rounded up expert picks and options we tried ourselves. We included dish soap across forms, scents and price points.

8. Shower gel - Wikipedia

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   Shower gels are known to consist of the same basic ingredients as soap - water, betaines, and sodium laureth sulfate, or SLS.But the main difference between the two products lie in its surfactants - compounds known to lower the surface tension between substances, which helps in the emulsification and the washing away of oily dirt.

9. Zest (brand) - Wikipedia

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   Zest is an American brand of soap and body wash owned by High Ridge Brands for the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico and by Unilever for the rest of the world. It was originally introduced by Procter & Gamble in 1955 [1] with the slogan "For the first time in your life, feel really clean."