Thread: Williams Mug shave soap

What I did was break it up, soak it overnight in water in a saucepan, added a little glycerin (didn't have to), boiled it, smoothed it out as much as I could (still a little lumpy but so are some other soaps sold), and poured it in a ceramic mug. Worked just fine.

I have a problem with dry, flaky skin in the wintertime, and to combat that, I melt little slivers of soap I collect, add glycerin fo combat dryness, and pour into cupcake molds (better if lined with the paper you can get at the store). Makes nice, soft soap to use in the shower. Soapmakers take the glycerin out of their soaps because they can make more money using it other ways.

You can soften most soaps in the microwave. I have had had good luck on med-low. Place soap in a glass dish. Watch the soap it does not take long. Check every 10-15 sec. The soap will soften then work into your mug with a soup spoon. But be very careful as all soaps have some type of fat (animal or vegetable) and they will burn and in extreme cases, catch Fire. Just take it slow good luck.

Okay. I'll keep that in mind, Cajun. Have you tried the liquid soap trick? It's about 15 parts liquid to soap, you make a soft soap out of it. Your glycerin idea sounds good, I will try that sometime. One of the ways I like to make money supporting my soap making is by selling the glycerin to some very motivated yet curiously also very angry young muslim men!

Originally Posted by AxelH

Okay. I'll keep that in mind, Cajun. Have you tried the liquid soap trick? It's about 15 parts liquid to soap, you make a soft soap out of it. Your glycerin idea sounds good, I will try that sometime. One of the ways I like to make money supporting my soap making is by selling the glycerin to some very motivated yet curiously also very angry young muslim men!

That last part was in extremely poor taste.
More than simply insulting innocent Muslims, you have disrespected all the people irreparably harmed by not-so-innocent ones.

Originally Posted by CaliforniaCajun

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I just fit a Williams cake in the inner circle. Maybe the diameter was reduced.

EDIT: I stand corrected. It popped right in the inner circle all right, but it later popped out. The loose puck didn't interfere with my lathering, though, and it sure lathers well.

That happens, but I've found after a few uses the soap puck starts to stick to the bottom of the mug on its own.

Originally Posted by Jimbo7

That last part was in extremely poor taste.
More than simply insulting innocent Muslims, you have disrespected all the people irreparably harmed by not-so-innocent ones.

Jimbo7 - I read the above post twice and I don't think the gentleman really meant to insult anyone, he was just trying to be a little witty and said what he said without thinking too much of it. I read it twice because I really couldn't figure out what the heck he was even talking about. But to topic: I sometimes melt down my Williams, if I have any, and add it to my glycerin. I only do this when I'm low on soap and want to level out my mug (after I melt it down I put it in the freezer for abt. an hour or so). However, I haven't done this in a while as I stocked up on scuttles from Classicshaving.com. I am probably good now for 2 or 3 years.