Thread: storing shaving soap

hey all, recently i left my soap uncovered overnight and it shrank and started falling out of its bowl, so last night i broke out the cheese grader and put all of it into my shaving mug and packed it down

do alot of you shavers keep soap in a mug? or am i just nuts

Most soaps will hold a bit of water, especially those based in propylene glycol or glycerin, but it varies based on the humidity of the room. When this water is lost, the cake will shrink, sometimes coming out of its container.
I 'glued' my cake to the bottom of my mug with a bit of lather, and this has held it, but to keep it from shrinking away from the sides I only let it dry until the surface is no longer slimy or soft, then cover the mug with a piece of clear saran wrap.

Hope this helps.

I use glad ware bowls for a lot of my soaps. but i build my lather in a separate mug

if it is a glycerin based soap it will absorb water. pure glyecrin left open will absorb about %20 of its weight in water. i let my col conk in my mug with no problems. my mamabears came in a tub so i always put the lid on when i am done so i dont know how it would react as it is a high glycerin soap.but i think it would become soft from absorbing the water.

for around $2.50 you can get a clear sugar bowl from Walmart that has a lid with it. You can melt your soap very slowly in the mcrowave then let it harden in the glass sugar bowl, But make sure you stir it a few times before it hardens to keep everything from settling in the bottom. They work great and keeps almost all of the moisture in the soap. Matter of fact, I have to keep the lid ****ed open until the heat from shaving disipates. If not, moisture collects on the lid. Don't know if this will help you or not. Hope it does! Take care and God Bless!

Originally Posted by rrp1501

for around $2.50 you can get a clear sugar bowl from Walmart that has a lid with it. You can melt your soap very slowly in the mcrowave then let it harden in the glass sugar bowl, But make sure you stir it a few times before it hardens to keep everything from settling in the bottom. They work great and keeps almost all of the moisture in the soap. Matter of fact, I have to keep the lid ****ed open until the heat from shaving disipates. If not, moisture collects on the lid. Don't know if this will help you or not. Hope it does! Take care and God Bless!

I use the same sugar bowls from walmart-Anchor Hocking- I use a double boiler method to melt my soap into the bowl. it doesn't take much heat or time. Classy little bowls actually, look great on the shelf.
Dannyr

Originally Posted by dannyr

I use the same sugar bowls from walmart-Anchor Hocking- I use a double boiler method to melt my soap into the bowl. it doesn't take much heat or time. Classy little bowls actually, look great on the shelf.
Dannyr

I keep meaning to try these! Thanks for the reminder.

Jordan