Carbolic Soap

I've not tried my sample yet - will do soon! I was thinking I might try it after the bar of CSC - but it last absolutely ages - I am the only one that uses it. There is a bar on the kitchen sink and the bathroom sink, been there a couple of months - I can see it lasting another 6 months easily! When I was cutting it up I thought it was a bit soft and crumbly, but when using it it seems to have hardened up a lot.

As a side note, I bought two 900g bars of that CSC soap and chopped each one into 8 bars. Each bar is approx 112g, and cost 81p (£12.97 delivered - divided by 16 bars) Not too shabby!
 
Shemen Zait said:
So in the interest of science and the mainstay of the forums, the inevitable question is: how does it lather? Did you try shaving with it?
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I tried to lather with the Redbouy and although a reasonable lather was built when applied to the face the lather started to break down, so as a hand / body soap, great but as a shaving soap not so good but on the upside my boar brush is now as clean as it's ever been! :) P.
 
Received my Redbuoy sample and proceeded to shower with it. Fantastic! Looks, smells & works like the carbolic Lifebuoy of yore! My only beef is that cheap it ain't and international cartage is prohibitive.
 
Kick starting this thread. In the current climate....I would have expected Carbolic Soap to be quite popular. I keep a lot at work and its much better than the liquid gunge provided. I will admit that after a 12hr shift.....my hands do feel quite dry!. Anyone else using it at this time?
 
culcreuch said:
Kick starting this thread. In the current climate....I would have expected Carbolic Soap to be quite popular. I keep a lot at work and its much better than the liquid gunge provided. I will admit that after a 12hr shift.....my hands do feel quite dry!. Anyone else using it at this time?
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I use traditional soap, if I need anything stronger I go all surgical with HibiScrub.
I have been meaning to get some after a generous sample was sent.
 
culcreuch said:
Kick starting this thread. In the current climate....I would have expected Carbolic Soap to be quite popular. I keep a lot at work and its much better than the liquid gunge provided. I will admit that after a 12hr shift.....my hands do feel quite dry!. Anyone else using it at this time?
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I use carbolic soap for hand washing, I buy mine from The Carbolic Soap Company.
The Falcon small bar seems to be the best that they have.

Paul.
 
Blademonkey said:
I use carbolic soap for hand washing, I buy mine from The Carbolic Soap Company.
The Falcon small bar seems to be the best that they have.

Paul.
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I bought a couple of big bricks of this and having used it for a while now, i'm not sure I rate it... It goes really soggy and mushy. Some bars I cut and wrapped in greaseproof paper to store them went all wierd and greasy with a wierd smell.

I have however tried Blue Power carbolic soap (made in Jamaica) and it's hard, doesn't go mushy, smells much better than the above too! I have a feeling that the Blue power is tallow based and it's got a healthy dose of carbolic acid in, vs the Carbolic Soap Co. bar which is veg oil and perhaps less of the carbolic.. Try a bar see what you think. I bought a bar from my local Asian/Caribbean store for about a quid I think
 
Goatywoaty said:
I bought a couple of big bricks of this and having used it for a while now, i'm not sure I rate it... It goes really soggy and mushy. Some bars I cut and wrapped in greaseproof paper to store them went all wierd and greasy with a wierd smell.

I have however tried Blue Power carbolic soap (made in Jamaica) and it's hard, doesn't go mushy, smells much better than the above too! I have a feeling that the Blue power is tallow based and it's got a healthy dose of carbolic acid in, vs the Carbolic Soap Co. bar which is veg oil and perhaps less of the carbolic.. Try a bar see what you think. I bought a bar from my local Asian/Caribbean store for about a quid I think
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I used the Blue Power carbolic soap before and I had no problems with it but then again I've had no problems with the bricks of carbolic soap I brought from The carbolic Company, I use the bricks for general household cleaning and for hand washing I like the Falcon small size bar that they sell.
Like a lot of soap it may turn to mush if not stored in a dry condition but thus far I have had no problems with any of the bars or bricks I've brought.
There are a few on the market to purchase so go with what you like the best, just like shaving soap! :) P.
 
whitesix said:
Yes, I remember it well from my grandparents; red soap very unusual smell; probably the most common soap available at the time. I'm reasonable certain that it's still sold in India, but quite a journey to pick some up!
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Still available to purchase in the UK and indeed throughout the world! :) P.
 
Goatywoaty said:
I bought a couple of big bricks of this and having used it for a while now, i'm not sure I rate it... It goes really soggy and mushy. Some bars I cut and wrapped in greaseproof paper to store them went all wierd and greasy with a wierd smell.

I have however tried Blue Power carbolic soap (made in Jamaica) and it's hard, doesn't go mushy, smells much better than the above too! I have a feeling that the Blue power is tallow based and it's got a healthy dose of carbolic acid in, vs the Carbolic Soap Co. bar which is veg oil and perhaps less of the carbolic.. Try a bar see what you think. I bought a bar from my local Asian/Caribbean store for about a quid I think
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Ive been thinking on your problem with the soap, wrapping in grease proof paper is probably not the best thing to do, it may as well be a plastic bag......dosn't alow the soap to air, when mine arrived it was wrapped in newspaper, and I left it in there because it works, just make sure the soap has dried before putting your brick of soap back into newspaper or any old paper that will alow the soap to air properly.
Or just leave it in the cupboard sitting on some paper, should do the trick. :) P.
 
whitesix said:
Yes, I remember it well from my grandparents; red soap very unusual smell; probably the most common soap available at the time. I'm reasonable certain that it's still sold in India, but quite a journey to pick some up!
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I was in India last year and there's Lifebuoy, which looks like Carbolic soap as it's bright red but it's not a real Carbolic soap but looks like one. It's still an ok soap but a little prone to disintegrating after a bit. It can be picked up in the UK in a few places here and there like the occasional poundshop or Indian grocery. It's not a bad soap.
 
Blademonkey said:
Ive been thinking on your problem with the soap, wrapping in grease proof paper is probably not the best thing to do, it may as well be a plastic bag......dosn't alow the soap to air, when mine arrived it was wrapped in newspaper, and I left it in there because it works, just make sure the soap has dried before putting your brick of soap back into newspaper or any old paper that will alow the soap to air properly.
Or just leave it in the cupboard sitting on some paper, should do the trick. :) P.
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Thanks, I had left it to fully dry for a few months before wrapping, maybe it needed longer. Either way it goes mushy on the sink when the blue power doesn't...I think thats the veg vs tallow though as I find the same with old tallow based Imperial Leather vs the new palm oil version. The latter disintegrates and turns to mush. Yes it's used regularly but that's the intended purpose when it's left on the sink :) I'm going to try some different versions of carbolic when I next go to my local world foods shop, i'll report back with what I find. Lovely stuff this carbolic soap!!
 
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