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How to Refill Foaming Soap Dispensers
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Often you will find a small note on foaming soap dispensers saying not to refill them as they will get clogged. I don’t buy it. It’s so very simple to make a water/soap solution to refill your dispenser. I’ve used this on MANY prefilled soap dispensers including grocery store and even the Bath and Body Works type!
Using a foaming soap dispenser is great because kids LOVE it and use way less soap! You will save money and use less plastic (a win/win for you and the environment.)
If you’re looking for a pretty foaming dispenser that will last for a long time, there are tons of great options on Amazon! Remember, the ones with Amazon Prime ship free and you will save a TON of money on soap!
Here’s what you do:
- Choose soap. Anything, really, will do… body wash, hand soap, whatever you have on hand.
- Put water and soap into the container. (About 4/5th full of water and the other 5th soap for a 4:1 ratio water to soap.)
- Gently shake!
- You have foaming soap! Voila!
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it works! all those foaming-only refill soaps are just gimmicks to spend more.
but i have read that you shouldnt feel water to the commercial soap, as it will affect the anti bacterial ratio that it is suppose to have. so just keep that in mind and make sure the diluted soap smells ok
Make sure you don’t use “deep cleaning” hand soap from Bath and Body Works…it has tiny exfoliating “pearls” that will clog the foaming dispensers!!
I’ve tried (unsuccessfully) to unclog mine after that mistake, but after pumping straight water and even straight rubbing alcohol, I think it’s a goner. If anyone knows how to fix this, I’d love to hear about it!