The Lance J. Technoweb

You might have read that you can make your own foaming soap from regular liquid hand soap. You just add water to liquid hand soap, let it settle, and then those foaming dispensers can pump it exactly like the stuff you buy from the store. But what are the economics of it? That's what this posting is all about. Liquid Soap with my "custom mix" bottle To make foaming soap, I mix 32 ounces of water with 8 ounces of liquid soap, resulting in 40 ounces of foaming soap. That means each unit of liquid soap turns into 5 units of foaming soap. Therefore, my 56 ounce bottle of liquid soap becomes 280 ounces of foaming soap. What is the cost? Here you are: Store foaming handsoap..: 19.60¢ per fluid ounce Store liquid handsoap...:  7.66¢ per fluid ounce My home foaming handsoap:  1.53¢ per fluid ounce The Economic Conclusion All this means that my $4.29 jug of liquid soap can be turned into $54.90 worth of foaming soap. Yes, the store bought foaming soap is 13 times as expensive as m...