Thread: Don't eat the alum.

Originally Posted by KrazieSj

Ammonium Alum.Or if you were inquiring as to brand I got the Crystal Deodorant.

IIRC, the type of alum used for post-shave is potasium alum.

I eat the stuff all the time. One good cut above the lip and it'll run into your mouth. I think the taste of Alum was a big factor in learning to shave. LOL

When I used to have my styptic pen, I decided to lick it one day because I'm an idiot. I found the results of eating it are similar to applying it to a fresh wound. Terrible.

I've been told SOP for Navy Seals about to go on an exercise is to eat a block of alum. It puts them in the proper state of mind.

I've eaten a lot of it. I always forget to close my mouth when rinsing it off, or when putting it on.
It's a very sour metallic taste that takes hours to go away. god i love it.

Originally Posted by medicevans

Replace doctor with grandmother and you've got my story exactly. It really does work though. Powdered alum, YUCK!

Same here.

Originally Posted by rearviewmirror

I've eaten a lot of it. I always forget to close my mouth when rinsing it off, or when putting it on.
It's a very sour metallic taste that takes hours to go away. god i love it.

Every once in a while I give it a lick because it gives me that same kind of weird pleasure licking the top of a 9V battery does.

Sweet, puckering, slightly painful, but addictive.

anyone ever bitten an un-ripe persimmon? pretty much the same thing as licking an alum block or a styptic pencil.

When cutting myself I use alum. If using alum proportional I think the taste that gets in your mouth is not so bad at all. It gives me a hygienic feeling.

I am by the way stunned by the impact of alum on cuts. It has an enormous healing effect and cuts seam to disappear like snow for the sun. Never imagined that.

For me hot sauce usually responds to a teaspoon of sugar. Did you ever bite into an unripe persimmon? You'll pucker for an hour. I wonder if it's due to the same chemical?