Grate or cut up stick(s)

[Cheapogit]

When wanting to re-form sticks (e.g.palmolive) into bowl for brush use, is it best they be grated and squeezed/remilled together into a solid puck or can the stick(s) just be broken/cut up into chunks in a bowl, any disadvantages or recommendations as to why not?:

 

[donoma]

I believe it really depends on how soft the soap is. I would use a tamper to remove the excess air between the chunks. This will help keep water from hiding in those gaps and causing a mess down the road.

I prefer to slice up Arko and used the tamper for my bowl instead of trying to clean a grater.

 

[auk1124]

I cut a couple of palmolive sticks into thin coins and squished them into a bowl. Works fine for me.

 

[mhdena]

I know this may be a silly question, but why buy sticks in the 1st place if not to use them as sticks?

There's plenty of soaps in puck form it seems.

 

[mharris127]

I know this may be a silly question, but why buy sticks in the 1st place if not to use them as sticks?

There's plenty of soaps in puck form it seems.

Unfortunately Palmolive shave soap is unavailable in puck form so anyone that wants to use it either uses it as-is or grates it up and makes their own puck.

 

[Shave_Rat]

Unfortunately Palmolive shave soap is unavailable in puck form so anyone that wants to use it either uses it as-is or grates it up and makes their own puck.

+1
There are several soaps that only come in stick form, not just Palmolive, so if you want to use it in a bowl, you have to make it a puck on your own.

 

[nav]

I grate my Speick sticks into a small aluminium container. I find grating allows me to really pack the soap down into the container so that it has an even surface and it's quite solid so that water doesn't penetrate the "puck" that much.

 

[stvsctt]

I finely grate my palmolive sticks into an empty wilkinson sword blue bowl shaving soap container, best thing about this soap is the bowl, plastic coffee jar lids are good too, just press it down hard with my thumbs.

 

[Vlad]

Oh the humanity! Stop butchering those wonderful sticks!

 

[njpaddy]

I took a Spyderco Delica 4 pocket knife and whittled my Harris stick into a bowl. I just pressed the shavings into the bowl with my fingers. Once you run a wet or damp brush over it, it all bonds together.

 

[maxman]

I grate them. Just be sure to clean the grater.
My wife didn't much like her grater smelling like Arko.

 

[OzoneAz]

Oh the humanity! Stop butchering those wonderful sticks!

Its amazing to see how diverse of a group we are. I am the other way around. I grate my soap pucks into sticks...

 

[daflorc]

I don't know about palmolive, but I take my pucks, put them in a shaving mug, and stick it in the microwave for 5 or 8 seconds. They melt almost instantly. Then, when they solidify, I have a nice layer of soap bonded to the bottom of my mug. I imagine doing the same with chunks of palmolive will do the same thing.

 

[Graybeard57]

I believe it really depends on how soft the soap is...
I prefer to slice up Arko and used the tamper for my bowl instead of trying to clean a grater.

I've tried both, and have learned the hard way that soft soap doesn't grate very well. I choose to slice them and press them into empty containers, the same way I do with shaving soap bars.

 

[Kramerica]

Two observations:

1. Don't microwave a tallow soap. Trust me.
2. If you grate MWF, use the coarse grating disc. For some reason, I suspect the lanolin, the fine grate disc got really gunked up.

Hope this helps.

 

[bryan1980]

I know this may be a silly question, but why buy sticks in the 1st place if not to use them as sticks?

There's plenty of soaps in puck form it seems.

Sticks don't work as well for some people (including myself). I can only get a stick to work well when I have a good three days of growth on my face, otherwise I can't get the soap to load up worth a flip. I've smushed some Arko in a mug, and it works much better for me. There's no doubt that sticks are more convenient, though.

 

[brother cavefish]

i do it all the time,grate that is, i love my soap to fit tight in my soap mugs- it works great----------besides i dont like sticks , they leave too thick a residue on my face and clog up the razor (DE)

 

[gus1942]

I know this may be a silly question, but why buy sticks in the 1st place if not to use them as sticks?

There's plenty of soaps in puck form it seems.

Thanks for that comment mhdena. I could not agree more.

 

[Member357]

Oh the humanity! Stop butchering those wonderful sticks!

+1! I'm with you Vlad!

 

[Cheapogit]

Thanks for that comment mhdena. I could not agree more.

There's also loads of good soaps just in stick form that I want to use, and are too inconvenient as sticks...!

+1! I'm with you Vlad!

Butchering has to be done if, like me, you don't like face lathering and use a bowl or scuttle!

Did it today to a stick of Erasmic that has been hanging about for a few months only used a couple of times... it was hard as a rock, but using a knife, attempted to slice thinly into round slices of it and found it grated itself (the slices broke into strips) then put into a container with a little water, which softened it enough to form into a single 'slab'.