Thread: Hydrogen peroxide for stiffer lather?

Look at this:

https://www.lehmans.com/p-150-large-shaving-soap.aspx

It recommends using hydrogen peroxide for stiffer lather. Anyone who uses H2O2 pre-shave?

I would be VERY careful about using Hydrogen Peroxide with my shaving soap, even at the concentrations one can purchase it at in the Drug Stores.

Getting *Industrial Strength" Peroxide in your eyes will **BLIND** you.

You cannot buy Peroxide at those levels in your local, but I would still be very cautious, particularly when they say "instead of" water. Even at the low concentrations of Peroxide present in over the counter products, you STILL may do damage to your eyes in the event of a splash.

I agree with Orville. This is not something I would want to do especially on a daily basis.

Did you ever douse a cut with H2O2? Highly reactive to soft tissue.

Has anyone tried this?

I have spilled H2O2 at concentrations of 30% on my clothing. It soaked through onto the skin, turning it white. The skin sloughed off after a day or two, no real damage other than the ache. The clothes were ruined, as the fabric was weakened to the point of falling apart in the wash.

Drug Store Peroxide is, I think, 0.5% which is VERY weak . . . but still strong enough to do damage. I will say it again . . .

I would NEVER try this. I would call it borderline irresponsible of a company to even suggest it.

And, do not use it to bleach scales. A splash is dangerous!
~Richard

People post the strangest things on the Internet.

One of hydrogen peroxide popular uses was to bleach hair.

Anyone using H2O2 to stiffen the lather, make sure to post some pictures when the adjacent hair starts turning peroxide blond.


B.

I could not get the site Kees linked to - my browser lists it as a 'dangerous' site that uses false header info, so I chose not to add an exception to view it. Latest version of Firefox running on Mac OS X, so I trust what it tells me. Regarding concentrations of hydrogen peroxide:

98 percent solution is only for use in controlled environment labs. You need to have a permit to buy it from lab suppliers - I got mine when I made developers etc for film from HMCE.

50 percent is pharmaceutical grade and will burn skin on contact. Again, you need a permit.

35 percent H2O2 is food grade, not to come into contact with skin - every proper container is marked with this info and most is used in the cleaning trade. Mix it 11 parts of water to one of peroxide to make a 3 percent solution.

9 percent is available over the counter - used for cleaning and disinfecting articles but a bit too strong to come into close contact with skin, ie it is slightly corrosive to human skin.

Typically 'safe for humans' is around 3 per cent - I dilute my 35 percent food grade to this percentage for use as a mouthwash (with pure water, not tap water etc) - thousands of people do with no harm. It is available as a mouthwash over the counter at this strength.

Regards,
Neil

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

98 percent solution is only for use in controlled environment labs. You need to have a permit to buy it from lab suppliers - I got mine when I made developers etc for film from HMCE.

50 percent is pharmaceutical grade and will burn skin on contact. Again, you need a permit.

35 percent H2O2 is food grade, not to come into contact with skin - every proper container is marked with this info and most is used in the cleaning trade. Mix it 11 parts of water to one of peroxide to make a 3 percent solution.

9 percent is available over the counter - used for cleaning and disinfecting articles but a bit too strong to come into close contact with skin, ie it is slightly corrosive to human skin.

Typically 'safe for humans' is around 3 per cent - I dilute my 35 percent food grade to this percentage for use as a mouthwash (with pure water, not tap water etc) - thousands of people do with no harm. It is available as a mouthwash over the counter at this strength.

Regards,
Neil

All correct, but wait until some fool grabs the 9% and does nothing but add it to his lather . . . hoo boy.

On the plus side . . . there is now an easy way to convert your badger to a silver tip.

Originally Posted by Orville

All correct, but wait until some fool grabs the 9% and does nothing but add it to his lather . . . hoo boy.

On the plus side . . . there is now an easy way to convert your badger to a silver tip.

There are always going to be fools in all walks of life my friend and although we do our best to protect them (eg printing 'contains nuts' on salted peanut bags and 'caution - hot' on styrene take-away coffee sups) you cannot be everywhere at once, plus a literate fool owes it to himself to read and follow instructions or ask someone.

On a different note I once had some y-fronts that had 'may contain nuts' printed on them...

Regards,
Neil

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

There are always going to be fools in all walks of life my friend and although we do our best to protect them (eg printing 'contains nuts' on salted peanut bags and 'caution - hot' on styrene take-away coffee sups) you cannot be everywhere at once, plus a literate fool owes it to himself to read and follow instructions or ask someone.
Regards,
Neil

Neil, that is way too rational a post. If people behaved like that, what would Lawyers do for income?