Cohousing-L Mailing List: Handwashing soap

[Lynn Nadeau / Maraiah (welcome]

OUR Common House bathroom conundrum is soap dispensers. We didn't  
install the wall-mount ones. We know that bar soap is unhygienic. So  
we use some variation on the pump-top bottles. Unfortunately, unruly  
children at some point seem to have decided that bombing the walls  
with soap squirt was entertaining. Never had an admission, but the  
walls in both bathrooms would seem to tell that tale.

Even for those who are trying to be tidy, some pumps squirt too much,  
or splat stuff about. I invested in some that were supposed to  
dispense soap foam, but they really made a mess.

Ideally, we also want a fragrance-free soap, due to folks' allergies.  
So far, we can get away with a mild citrus scent. Most dispenser soaps  
are horribly scented.

Any ideas for us?

(PS- if anyone is still using "antibacterial' soap in kitchen or  
bathrooms, don't! Even our local county food handlers' training now  
says such soaps are unnecessary and are screwing up our waters and our  
immunities. )

Maraiah Lynn Nadeau
www.rosewind.com