Think it's a daft question, but

[thrifty]

Think it's a daft question, but I see lots of mentions of grating soap sticks. I have worked out the basics, but can anyone explain the full procedure!! I'm a bit slow at times!

 

[Lose the beard]

1. get soap stick.
2. get cheese grater.
3. rub the 2 against each other
4. press the resulting grated soap firmly into a bowl
5. use bowl of soap in the same way as any other bowl of soap.

 

[thrifty]

Cheers I had got to stage 3 by myself!

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Also, will this annoy the wife?

 

[Fido]

All you need with some sticks is strong thumb pressure. It's enough to deal with Palmolive, Arko and Tabac.

 

[NotTheStig]

Where a cheese grater is required I have bought my own. I'm not allowed to use the one in the kitchen :-(

 

[Al H]

i also do a massive test lather immediatly as the water helps keep keep it together initially

 

[Hairsuite]

With softer sticks as mentioned by Peter, I have heard it is easier to freeze them first.

I tried my first grating this week and quite a bit of the soap simply spread over the grater, rather than falling through it....

I will try the freezing trick next time.

I mixed Camelot and vandergaulde together as the vandergaulde gave me a slightly uncomfortable burning sensation when I used it as a soap stick face lathering.

I love the smell and would like to hunt down some more.............

 

[antdad]

Eh?...you ain't grating parmesian cheese so just use a course grater, it's still squishable .

 

[SmallBeard]

It could possibly annoy the wife.

Get your own grater, I got one for less than a quid from asda, and grate over some paper, that way you can almost roll the paper into a tube, and pour the gratings directly into your bowl/pot/ramekin.

Then as said above, squish it in with your thumb.

 

[GOLDCREST]

+1 on your own grater

 

[Al H]

you dont need your own grater, just do it when the wife is out and throw in dishwasher

just dont let her mistake grated arko for a white cheddar

 

[Helveticum]

Why would you want to grate it in the first place? Have you tried to face lather?

 

[Taipan]

I cut up a stick of Palmolive with nail scissors. Didn't fancy having a grater in the bathroom.

 

[SirPrize]

Where a cheese grater is required I have bought my own. I'm not allowed to use the one in the kitchen :-(

My wife used to object when I used the Parmesan Grater for the same purpose, but not as much as she objected to finding an engine on the kitchen table.
Odd chaps, women.

 

[chrisbell]

Where a cheese grater is required I have bought my own. I'm not allowed to use the one in the kitchen :-(

My wife used to object when I used the Parmesan Grater for the same purpose, but not as much as she objected to finding an engine on the kitchen table.
Odd chaps, women.

I didn't have you down as an engine man, Anthony.:s

 

[Bechet]

If one of my women-friends is moved to grate cheese, I let her use my soap-grater - but insist she wash it thoroughly after use. Lather smelling of cheese must be awful, first thing.