Gall soap

Gall soap

Gall soap is a soap product made from curd soap and beef bile . It is available as a solid or liquid end product and is an old home remedy for treating stains in textiles .

The washing effect of beef bile is based on the emulsifying properties of the salts of bile acids contained therein , for example glycocholic acid and taurocholic acid . Washing-active enzymes are practically non-existent in the bile. Gall soap is effective against many types of dirt, but especially against stains caused by fats , starch , blood , fruit (vegetable colors) and protein . To remove stains, the affected area is moistened, rubbed in vigorously with a piece of gall soap and then washed out or washed in the washing machine as usual without washing out beforehand.

literature

• Adolf Haberer: About the effect of gall soaps. 1919 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
• Soap . In: Merck's Warenlexikon . 3rd ed. 1884 ff., P. 519 f.
• Walther Schrauth, C. Deite: Handbook of soap manufacturing. Volume 1. J. Springer, 1921, p. 667 ( limited preview in Google book search).