DOes anyone have any good tips on using bars of soap?

Question

I bought some bar soap the other day but it just makes my skin feel - weird- so I was wondering if there are anyother helpful uses maybe around the house-garage-outside?

Answer 1

I take old socks that don't have a match anymore..... (cotton ones) and place a bar of soap inside... tie it shut at the open end.. and hang it with a shower hook at every outside faucet for quick 'wash ups' after working outside.... it is so handy!

I will toss in those 'little bars' from hotel rooms cuz i dont buy the bars anymore either....

hard water will make the bar soap leave a film on your skin so that is probably that 'funky' feeling

Answer 2

I just read a crime drama where one gangster in prison was murdered by a hired killer at the shower there in prison. The murder weapon was a little bar of soap that the killer stuffed down the throat of the victim so that he could not breathe.

That would definitely fall under the topic of strange tips for using bar of soap. READERS - do not try this at home. The killer and the hirer of the killer both were brought to justice by the end of the booik.

Answer 3

You can use it to keep a bathroom mirror from fogging up..Take a dry piece(not wet or damp) and mark a big X across the mirror diagnolly from corner to corner...then take a paper towel just slightly damp..and rub the mirrors with it picking up the soap trail in circular motion untill all the trails dissapear and it is not visible..then rub the mirror in one direction from top to bottom to take any streaks out of it..and the mirror will not fog from steam etc for a couple of weeks..reapply as needed

Answer 4

Certain soaps like Irish Spring, cut up, work well at keeping the deer and other animals away from a garden.

Answer 5

Soap is a lubricant on wood if you have squeeks--but getting the soap in is a problem

Answer 6

Aloha from Down Unda!
I'm always using the kitchen grater on bars of soap when I run outta laundry powder....sorry, that's all I got!
Best wishes ~ K-den, M1/NSWMoke
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Answer 7

dig your fingers into it when your working outside (ie garden) then when you come in -- all you do is scrape out the soap -- not scrub you nails forever --- rub the dry soap on the edges of doors that do not close properly ==

Answer 8

rubbing underside of drawers to make them slide well, carving projects for kids, different colors make great sidewalk chalk especially hotel soap, rubbing on a wood floor to make your rugs slide so you can jam with a fake guitar made entirely out of macaroni ...

Answer 9

I was going to list some of my own original ideas but I wanted to do a search first and I got some pretty useful tips might even use them myself lol.

Use soap to:

*Drive nails easier with less risk of splitting the wood, by first rubbing it on the nail shank.
*Smooth caulk beads with a moistened finger.
*Remove wallpaper glue by mixing with warm water and sponging it on the walls.
*Lubricate the metal rails of sticking desk drawers.
*Clean dirty windowsills by running the wet edge of a bar along them.
*Turn screws more easily by dabbing it onto the threads.
*Keep garden bugs off plant leaves by mixing it with water and spraying the solution on the leaves' undersides.
*Cut a straighter line with a handsaw by coating the blade with it.
*Detect gas leaks by mixing it with with water and rubbing it on suspect pipe joints; if bubbles form, you have a problem.
*Snap aluminum or vinyl siding into place easier with a zip tool that's been dapped with the liquid.

Answer 10

you should buy dove