How does soap and water clean things?

302 viewsOther

I’m told I wash my hands for too long but personally, it seems to me that to get my hands clean, the soap has to be on them for a period of time and perhaps that rubbing my hands together activates it or something but I can’t prove either explanation so I’m cur

In: Other

6 Answers

Anonymous 0 Comments

As far as hand washing goes, the thing you need to remember is that you’re supposed to soap up while not in the water stream. Getting it all lathered up basically breaks up and lifts dirt and other undesirable things off your skin, so it can then be rinsed off. If you’re rubbing the soap in while also rinsing, you’re just washing the soap away before it can do this as effectively, wasting time and water.

So, rinse, apply soap, lather up (without running water over your hands), then rinse again.

You are viewing 1 out of 6 answers, click here to view all answers.