Best soaps to use when cleaning hose and mask?

I used vinegar and water once to clean my heated hose and greatly regretted that. The vinegar smell didn't go away for days! Definitely not doing that again. Since then, I've just been using hot water to clean my various parts. I wanted to try using a gentle soap, but which one would be best? Did some research and found a few posts from 9 years ago saying Johnson baby shampoo or Ivory dish soap work well. Are those still the recommended soaps to use?

Edit: Also saw a few people suggesting Dr. Bronner's Pure-Castle Liquid Soap. Is that a good choice too? That one is fairly cheap on Amazon.

Those along with Dawn dish soap were the ones recommended by my DME.

SgtSkippy wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 03, 2019 4:35 pm

Did some research and found a few posts from 9 years ago saying Johnson baby shampoo or Ivory dish soap work well. Are those still the recommended soaps to use?

I've used an unscented handsoap from Walmart for years. Soap (mainly sodium lauryl sulfate) foams and allow oils and biofilms to be rinsed down the drain. The rest is personal preference.

Dawn, 10,000 baby ducks, some 30 years old swear by it. Jim

And you can store the bottle in your So No Clean.

Grease removal is essential.
Any cleaner containing a "conditioner" will leave an oily residue. --bad.
Dawn is well tolerated by me--so I use that.
Dish detergents are better than hand or face soaps, because of oils in the latter.
Baby shampoo is for babies--but your safety and comfort outweigh the longevity of equipment.
Use the most effective product which will not harm YOU.
Your skin and lungs are of primary importance.

Dawn is the one we usually recommend.

I use a dish soap that is unscented and hypoallergenic, because my skin will use any excuse to act up.

I use Seventh Generation Free & Clear

beautifuldreamer wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 03, 2019 8:11 pm

I use Seventh Generation Free & Clear

Ingredients: Dihydrogen monoxide, sodium lauryl sulfate, glycerin, lauramine oxide, caprylyl/myristyl glucoside, magnesium chloride, citric acid, and benzisothiazolinone and methylisothiazolinone.

I used Dawn Direct Foam for quite a while and loved it.

I currently use Lavender scented Johnson's Baby Shampoo and am very pleased with it. Love the smell.

I use J&J Baby Shampoo/soap

zoomzoom wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 05, 2019 4:03 am

I use J&J Baby Shampoo/soap

In the regular formula of Johnson’s Baby Shampoo it lists dihydrogen monoxide, cocamidopropyl betaine, PEG-80 sorbitan laurate and sodium trideceth sulfate. Citric acid, PEG-150 distearate, polyquaternium-10, fragrance and tetrasodium EDTA are also ingredients. The last three ingredients are quaternium-15, yellow 10 and orange 4.

ChicagoGranny wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 05, 2019 5:13 am

zoomzoom wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 05, 2019 4:03 am

I use J&J Baby Shampoo/soap

In the regular formula of Johnson’s Baby Shampoo it lists dihydrogen monoxide, cocamidopropyl betaine, PEG-80 sorbitan laurate and sodium trideceth sulfate. Citric acid, PEG-150 distearate, polyquaternium-10, fragrance and tetrasodium EDTA are also ingredients. The last three ingredients are quaternium-15, yellow 10 and orange 4.

Sounds like nasty stuff indeed.. those sodium sulfates are skin irritants.

And dihydrogen monoxide is water.

chunkyfrog wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 03, 2019 6:35 pm

Dawn is well tolerated by me--so I use that.

Dawn ingredients: Dihydrogen monoxide
Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
Sodium Laureth Sulfate
Lauramine Oxide
Alcohol Denatured
PPG-26
Sodium Chloride
Sodium Hydroxide
PEI-14 PEG-10/PPG-7 Copolymer
Phenoxyethanol
Methylisothiazolinone
Fragrance
Red 33
Blue 1
Yellow 5