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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!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?
Threaten him with the orphanage.
My four-year-old announced last night, complete with the wrinkled nose of disdain, "That pink soap in the bathroom smells."
I use traditional soap, if I need anything stronger I go all surgical with HibiScrub.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?
I use carbolic soap for hand washing, I buy mine from The Carbolic Soap Company.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?
Nostalgia kicks in for me I am afraid.Its a scent which brings back memories of an era long gone.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.
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.
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.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
Still available to purchase in the UK and indeed throughout the world!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!
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.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
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!
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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