How to stop soap from being goopy?
Question:How do you stop soap from turning all goopy in the soap dish? I remember the "soap on the roap" and I bet that worked, but I don't know if it's worth it to drill a hold in the soap, and place a rope through every time I open a new bar of soap. Also, wouldn't it just drip on the floor? Anyway, how do you keep your soap from turning all goopy???
Answers:
After you use the soap, rinse off the suds & keep the soap dish dry.
If it is in the shower; after you're done showering just wipe out the water from the soap dish with a wash rag, rinse the soap & then place it in the dish area.
Rinsing off the soap after use & keeping the dish dry are the two keys to avoiding goop.
my friend has something called a soap magnet! You put it on the wall, and put the soap on it so it doesn't touch the sink!
http://www.soapmagnet.com/
We bought a soap dish that is a flexible plastic grid - the soap rests on it and drains. I have another one in the bath tub that's clear acrylic shaped at an angle (it sort of looks like a high heel shoe from the side) so that again the water drains and the soap never sits on the tub.
The key to keeping soap from getting goopy is to keep it dry.
If you use it right after unwrapping it, then there's one simple way to have it dry off: put it in a dish or tray that keeps it off the bottom and lets it drain. It's not enough for the dish or tray to have drain holes: drain holes clog quickly. The dish or tray should also have narrow bars or pegs to hold the soap up in the air, and drain holes so soap does not build up underneath and water drains away.
Soap on a rope utilizes the same principle as the good dish design described, but it just doesn't use any dish at all...
water drips off and the soap is air-dried. .
Goopiness at first use can be lessened if the soap is unwrapped days before its first use: that way the little bit of water in the soap from the manufacturing will be partially evaporated. If a lot of water escapes into the air, the soap may show cracks. That's ok.
Not only is goopy soap unpleasant to handle, but it leads to waste. When soap is falling off your hands or washcloth, it's not doing any cleaning. When soap is lathering a lot, the soap in the bubbles is not cleaning, either. A soap bar that lathers very little is ideal. Dry soap will lather less than wet soap.
Making your soap bar hang on a rope would work, but all the soap from the hole would be wasted and the last bit of soap next to the rope would probably be unusable as it fell apart.
Keep it dry
First of all,.. you need to keep it dry. Try getting a "shower caddy" that holds your shampoo and soap. Put your soap on the little wire shelf to dry after you shower. I have one - works great - no goop. If you are needing no goop soap for the bathroom coutertop or kitchen area, try using liquid soap in the bottle.
There are a couple of different products out there to keep your soap from getting goopy. I just make sure it's not setting where the shower will hit it. I also make sure it's not setting on a flat surface. If it can't sit in the water it won't get goopy.
keep water out of the soap dish
Go to a dollar store or Wal*Mart & in the bathroom accessories section, look for the oval soap holders that are plastic, are usually oval shaped, & have teeth on both sides. They can be used at sink side or tubside. They're fairly inexpensive & they keep the soap from getting yukky. :(
Use Shower Gel! It is so much nicer. If you must use soap, there are a bunch of different draining soap dishes. An old Military trick is a homemade soap rope. Get a pr of hose. Place a bar of soap in one, tie a knot in the open end. You can put a ring or hook in the end for hanging. Use soap as you normally would, rinse it and hang when done. It will drain and dry. Your "rope" can be washed/reused indefinite amt of times.
Why don't you try body wash instead.
^ They make soap savers, go to the sites below, they are various kinds of soap savers from amazon.com. and you can see what they look like, you can buy them in most home stores, large chain drug stores and even some supermarkets. I hope this helped.
I found that some soaps are worse than others, so maybe try a different brand. But meanwhile, I take a piece of paper towel into the bathroom with me, and when I finished cleaning up I simply wipe the bar of soap and that seams to take care of the situation.
I brought a dish that has a glass bottom and a metal tray with holes in so the water runs out the bottom and the soap can dry with out going goopy.
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