I use GoJo cream hand cleaner. It comes in a bucket & at first I just dipped out what i needed. But it's hygroscopic and after a while it turned all soupy and un-dippable.

So I got a dispenser that holds an upside-down bucket and delivers the cream by pushing a plunger. But gravity didn't work well enough and the pump got air locked. Also the top turned soupy from the air exposure.

Then I got the great idea of using a camper's food squeeze tube. Worked great - no soupiness and easily controlled dispensing. The fly in the ointment was that the tube was not big enough and required too-frequent refilling.

The latest version is a caulking gun. Years ago I cleaned and saved an empty caulk tube, thinking that someday it might be useful for dispensing something that doesn't come in a tube. The picture shows it in place under a shelf next to the sink. Held in place with a friction-fit bracket. It couldn't be more convenient to use. And zero soupiness.
It does require refilling, but much less frequently than the food tube & not a big deal. For rev 1, I put a pin hole in the tube's "piston" to let trapped air out, otherwise I got stored pressure and run-on when dispensing.

Refilling involves scooping the GoJo out of its bucket with a paddle and plopping it in the tube. The engineer in me will not be satisfied until I have a better way. But problems like that are best solved in my dark lower brain without too much conscious effort.
So I got a dispenser that holds an upside-down bucket and delivers the cream by pushing a plunger. But gravity didn't work well enough and the pump got air locked. Also the top turned soupy from the air exposure.
Then I got the great idea of using a camper's food squeeze tube. Worked great - no soupiness and easily controlled dispensing. The fly in the ointment was that the tube was not big enough and required too-frequent refilling.
The latest version is a caulking gun. Years ago I cleaned and saved an empty caulk tube, thinking that someday it might be useful for dispensing something that doesn't come in a tube. The picture shows it in place under a shelf next to the sink. Held in place with a friction-fit bracket. It couldn't be more convenient to use. And zero soupiness.
It does require refilling, but much less frequently than the food tube & not a big deal. For rev 1, I put a pin hole in the tube's "piston" to let trapped air out, otherwise I got stored pressure and run-on when dispensing.
Refilling involves scooping the GoJo out of its bucket with a paddle and plopping it in the tube. The engineer in me will not be satisfied until I have a better way. But problems like that are best solved in my dark lower brain without too much conscious effort.
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