WE ARE

MONEY HONEY

“FEELIN’ Dirty? GET SOME HONEY!”

MEET THE TEAM!
 
Uriel C. Cachero
IV-Gluon
 
        Demotivational. Yup, that’s the first word that comes into my mind when i think of Uriel. If I’d ask a question, he’d always answer with a “no” or “panget ka,” but that’s what makes him so fun to be with. Whenever he has a straight face on, you know he;s just playing around with you. His demotivational answers give you a sort of motivation to do something better. He's like the master of reverse-psychology. 

        The most faithful follower of Ma'am Bick, he joined this league of scientific investigators to be remembered as the first manufacturer of honey hand sanitizers in the Philippines.

Gian Paolo B. Sepulveda
IV-Tau

Witty, funny, clumsy, and irritating. These are some of the characteristics that best describe who Gian is. Whenever he sings those horrible popular songs, you know he’s got his head in the game. The downside would be he gets you stuck with that song inside of your head for the next week. But that’s what’s fun about him. He easily adapts to what is required of him without fail.

He’s here on a mission. He wants to make some money, and if a bit of elbow grease is what it’s going to take, then bring it on! He’s gonna stand his ground until he gets the money he deserves.

THE EXPERIENCE!

Uriel:

IT HAS BEEN AMAZING. Every meeting is fun and we learn a bit every day. The teacher’s AWESOME is also increasing the fun in the classes we have. And my classmates are just so FUN and AWESOME and COOL and JUST BALLS OF SUNSHINE. I have no regrets in joining.

Gian:
It has be such a fun experience so far. The activities and movies were so entertaining. It was really enjoyable to make our own failed product and make random people test it. Hehehehehe. It has been Amazing :D.

WHAT IS MONEY HONEY?

Money Honey is the brand name for our honey based hand sanitizer. Studies show that honey has some anti fungal and antibacterial properties, so why not turn it into a hand sanitizer right?

HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED SO FAR:

RECIPE:
Original recipe:
2/3 alcohol
1/3 aloe vera gel
Drops of essential oils
*Main ingredient is alcohol

Revised recipe:
1/3 alcohol
1/3 honey in its ideal concentration (meaning it is diluted in water)
1/3 aloe vera gel

Revised recipe 2:
½ honey in its ideal concentration
¼ alcohol
¼ aloe vera gel

Super revised recipe:
⅔ honey
¼ aloe vera gel

References:

Helmenstine, A. (n.d.). Homemade Hand Sanitizer: Make Your Own Homemade 
           Hand Sanitizer. Retrieved from: http://chemistry.about.com/od/
           cleanerchemistry/a/hand-sanitizer-recipe.html

THEN WHAT?

After the initial making of the sanitizer, we noticed that at first, it felt nice on the skin when applied, then became unbearably/irritatingly sticky. Thus more water was added to dilute the solutions. Initially, there was supposed to be three treatments with one having no honey, but due to time constraints and unavailability of containers, we just made two set-ups, both containing the honey. 

Our Honey Hand Sanitizer

EWWWW IT SOUNDS HORRIBLE, WHAT ELSE HAPPENED?

We left the solutions to sit for two days to see if there would be any changes (decomposition, fermentation, etc.), and it turned out that the alcoholic smell became more pungent, but it did not seem that the solutions spoiled. The first treatment with 30% was still sticky after drying, and the 50% solution much more so. Testing for antibacterial ability has not yet been tested.

WHAT NOW?

We want to try fixing the sticky problem and make it smell less of an alcoholic beverage. We are also trying to make the hand sanitizer more like a gel. A friend of ours suggested using a thickener that they used for iChem to make hand sanitizers. We are also trying to find an anti-sticky agent to make our solution less sticky.