clever soap trick

[DoctorTattoo]

OK, so maybe it's not a trick. But I recieved a few pucks of glycerine soap (COL Conk, and a kell's) and since they didn't come with a tub of any sort and I really like the tubs from Mamabears soaps I ordered a few empties in my last order from her.

Now comes the trick, I'm currently deployed to Afghanistan. I don't have a microwave to melt the soap in to form it to the tub. so, I thought to myself "How am I going to melt this soap?" Ding Ding! it's hot as H E double hockey stick outside and the MB tubs have black lids. So, I put them on the roof of shack I live in and melted them nicely in the sun.

Problem solved!

Shawn

 

[Luc]

Clever!

 

[_MementoMori_]

I don't mean to hijack your thread, but reading it has brought up a question for me. Can all soaps be melted and reformed into a container? I just placed an order for some plastic jars from specialtybottle.com, and I hope to eventually be able to melt Mitchell's and Tabac into them. Thanks.

 

[JPDyson]

Necessity is the mother of invention, and whatnot. Clever fella. Gotta use that murdering heat for something... Hey, if you need some hot water, paint a big barrel with black paint and put it outside. Learned that trick in Turkey... stuff gets hot!

 

[ackvil]

Nice work.

 

[The_Cheapo_Knight]

I don't mean to hijack your thread, but reading it has brought up a question for me. Can all soaps be melted and reformed into a container? I just placed an order for some plastic jars from specialtybottle.com, and I hope to eventually be able to melt Mitchell's and Tabac into them. Thanks.

I do not think it is a good idea to melt triple-milled tallow soaps. But you may grate them and press the flakes into the container of your choice.

Glycerine soaps are a different matter.

 

[ouch]

You call that a soap trick? That's nuthin'! I have a puck of Penhaligon's that will roll over and play dead. Don't believe me? Try lathering with it!

[/penhaligon's new formulation rant]

 

[beginish]

I do not think it is a good idea to melt triple-milled tallow soaps. But you may grate them and press the flakes into the container of your choice.

Glycerine soaps are a different matter.

To amplify this, trying to melt a tallow soap would be catastrophic for the soap, and probably for whatever implement you would use to do it. Milling and shaving them is the only way to do it.

 

[JPDyson]

To amplify this, trying to melt a tallow soap would be catastrophic for the soap, and probably for whatever implement you would use to do it. Milling and shaving them is the only way to do it.

Only partly true; you CAN melt tallow soaps. Just don't nuke 'em. Double boiler, slow and steady.

 

[rosborne]

I don't take any chances with a tallow soap. Milling them or shaving them to fit is the way to go for me. I don't nuke ANY soaps. The melt and pours, I still either mill or use heat from a double boiler as as our clever OP did, heat from the sun.

When I was in Iraq, we set cans of Cincinnati Style Chili out in the sun and heated them up. The soal trick is outstanding. We even tried cooking an egg on the hood of a vehicle. ***By the way, I still haven't figured out where they got the fresh egg because they sure as hell were'nt serving any us for breakfast!

 

[LarryAndro]

Seems like with a little thought, you could follow your shave with roof-fried bacon and eggs! Innovative thinking, by the way.

 

[Harvey]

OK, so maybe it's not a trick. But I recieved a few pucks of glycerine soap (COL Conk, and a kell's) and since they didn't come with a tub of any sort and I really like the tubs from Mamabears soaps I ordered a few empties in my last order from her.

Now comes the trick, I'm currently deployed to Afghanistan. I don't have a microwave to melt the soap in to form it to the tub. so, I thought to myself "How am I going to melt this soap?" Ding Ding! it's hot as H E double hockey stick outside and the MB tubs have black lids. So, I put them on the roof of shack I live in and melted them nicely in the sun.

Problem solved!

Shawn

Be safe..we know you guys have tough duty and we pray for all of you. may the war end soon !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[DoctorTattoo]

Seems like with a little thought, you could follow your shave with roof-fried bacon and eggs! Innovative thinking, by the way.

Ha! We were literally just talking about cooking eggs outside. Problem would be that the wind would pick up right during cooking and the eggs would end up with a little extra sand and gravel in them.

Shawn