CLEANING SOAP

By
Shamya Mckenzie

PROBLEM STATEMENT
DOES SOAP REMOVE DIRT FROM A DIRTY
CLOTH?

HYPOTHESIS
If soap is poured directly on a dirty cloth, then the
dirt will be removed from the cloth.

PROCEDURES
1. Place a bowl on a firm
area.

6. Fill up another bowl with

1
cup of water cup of
water.

2. Place a dirty cloth the

bowl.

7. Dip cloth in water.

3. Pour 1 tsp. of Gain

laundry soap on the dirty
cloth.

9. Repeat steps 1-8 with

Soft Soap.

4. Pour 1 cup of water on

the cloth.

5. Scrub the dirty cloth.

8. Wring cloth out.

10. Repeat steps 1-8 with

antibacterial soap.
11. Repeat steps 1-8 with
dish soap.

CONTROLS
The bowl
1 cup of water
1 tsp. of soap
2 minutes of scrubbing

MATERIALS
2 Bowls
3 Dirty cloth with grass stains
1 Toothbrush
2 cups of water
1 tsp. Gain laundry soap
1 tsp. Dish soap
1 tsp. antibacterial hand soap
Data chart
Pencil

RESULTS
Gain laundry soap does the best job cleaning the
stains. Antibacterial hand soap and dish soap did
not clean the dirt very well.

CONCLUSION
After testing different soaps the results proved my
hypothesis to be partially correct. The result proved that
Gain laundry soap is the best stain remover. Laundry soap
was the most useful when removing dirt from my cloth and
clothes. Dish soap was the same as antibacterial hand soap
and was not effective. Dish soap is effective with dishes as
antibacterial hand soap is with cleaning hands. This project
was very helpful especially for someone who has dirty
clothes and little time to shop around to find different soaps
to remove stains. It saves times and money.

APPLICATIONS
My experiment can help people remove dirt from
clothes when doing laundry.