At the kitchen sink I have this, bought many years ago from the Suffolk Show - a two piece pottery soap dish
and I also use soap in the bathroom upstairs where the basin is a big one. But in the downstairs bathroom the basin is teeny and the soap kept falling off it's ledge so I've been using a pump bottle.
Then I came across this to use in place of a soap dish and small enough to sit on the small basin.
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Sue
I only use soap. I hate pump action things, the resulting splodge of liquid doesn't feel like washing to me, just slippery wet stuff. I hope the new thing is what you want it to be. Looks a bit like it could be yuk.
ReplyDeleteYou may well be right.
DeleteInteresting - I've not seen anything like that before. I'm assuming it will wash easily.
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I hope so
DeleteI volunteered for a charity that melted down used hotel soap bars and created soap bars for people homeless and sheltered populations. I learned that soap on it's own merit is sterile. People can't pass germs to each other through it. I enjoy a nice milled soap and a pretty dish to put it in. I think it suits any sink well.
ReplyDeleteI would need a very small soap dish for this basin. I'll see how this thing works
DeleteI do prefer soap bars but just don't like the mess they leave, even in a dish. There's no room on our bathroom basin for a soap dish either. I am a bit uncomfortable though about the plastic bottles the liquid soap comes in. What to do?
ReplyDeleteI'll let you know if this thing works
DeleteInteresting idea Sue. It's a long time since I heard the word 'manky'!
ReplyDeleteIt's a good word, aptly describing itself!
DeleteI use something similar - but on my face. Like a tiny loofah. It dries out lovely so I hope your soap thing is the same.
ReplyDeleteI prefer soap, but notice I have had several bottles at Christmas which I think I will pass on as presents, except the ones my daughter always brings me back from America which smell nice and are in disposal bottles. Interesting topic.
ReplyDeleteHazel c uk
I’m a Pears soap lass. Love the recycling coconut beard idea, not sure of the practicalities though?
ReplyDeleteLX
I have always used proper soap and have never crossed over, lol.
ReplyDeleteIt's a coincidence that you write about soap dishes as my husband (and grand-daughter) broke ours recently, so we're on the look-out for a new one. The one we had (we had two, but the other was broken a long time ago), were bought from Homebase nearly 20 years ago, so didn't owe us a thing.
For a cloakroom in a previous house which had a small basin I used to buy guest soaps, but didn't have a soap dish.
Maybe soap dishes are like saucers now and have become obsolete.
Interesting. I wonder how long the soap rest will last? We use hand soap in the bathroom but at the moment still have a dispenser in the kitchen. As soon as that runs out we will start using hand soap there too. We have bar shampoo and conditioner too at the moment and have just bought some little bath bombs to see if we can eventually get rid of the bottles of bath foam:)
ReplyDeleteI buy local hand made soap that is a practical rectangle shape ( Rather than rounded edges ).I cut into cubes and it lasts a lot longer , what about those double sided rubber sucky thingies, ( like a steam rollered tentacle ).
ReplyDeleteI always read your interesting site, thankyou.
ReplyDeleteI wrap elastic bands across the dish I keep soap in, making a 'cats cradle' It keeps the soap dry.
Could you use the coconut fibre to clean the hand basin, thus reusing the soap 'lost'
Kathy xx
I have a tiny basin in my utility room with no room for soap. At the moment I buy large bottles of pump soap and decant into a bottle which will fit, but would prefer bar soap. Do you remember those soap racks which clung to the tiles above the basin with rubber suckers? Are they still around? Does anyone know?
ReplyDeleteYes - found them in TK Maxx - bought a couple.
DeleteI was listening to a programme on the radio the other day and they were talking about the magnetic holders for soap that you used to be able to get, remember you used to push the magnet into the soap and then had a bit sticking out of the wall to attach it too, not sure if you can still get them but ideal for small places.
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I've tried several approaches to this, including a bamboo soap dish which may have been eco-friendly but became manky. Like you, space is an issue for a tiny basin so I'm back with soap pumps but can now refill these at a local shop.
ReplyDeleteIf it doesn't work out, perhaps a soap magnet would work better in a small space. X
ReplyDeleteThis is a favourite type of post; dealing with a small but important subject! I clean the basin with a small rectangular sponge and a soap bar then squeeze out the sponge and use it as the soap “rest” It seems to keep the soap dry. Like everyone else my sink is too small to support a nice dish.
ReplyDeleteI use our bar soap till its wafer thin but then that last bit never seems to later properly. If there are two or more bits hanging around I wait till there is some very hot water in the sink, dunk them all for a few minutes and squeeze hard. They reform into a useful lump and I get a few more days! Like others I find the pump liquid soap thing goes a bit grotty - hold it under the hot tap when filling bucket for floor washing - the thick bits drop off and make the bleachy stuff smell nicer!
ReplyDeleteI much prefer 'proper' soap. I have soap in dishes by every sink, except the utility room where I have a proper french school cloakroom 'soap on a rod' I love it! [https://www.frenchsoaps.co.uk/blogs/news/84200577-wall-mounted-rotating-soap-holder]
ReplyDeleteThat's a cunning device!
ReplyDeleteIt'll be interesting to see if the new holder works.
ReplyDeleteOur bathroom gives you a choice. I prefer bar soap but son prefers liquid soap - one of our compromises in living together has been having both by the bathroom sink!
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting soap dish!
ReplyDeleteI prefer bar soap as well for washing hands, however I do use shower gel when bathing.
God bless.
I must admit that I prefer liquid hand soap. The bar kind seems to make such a mess, then it usually slips out of my hands and onto the floor! I bought a small pump container at the dollar shop and then a huge bottle of refill from the dollar shop too and just fill it up as I go along. Seems to last a long time. Hope you let us know how the new holder works out.
ReplyDeleteI'm another 'bar of soap' person. I just prefer them, much cheaper, cleaner, environmentally friendly and any mankiness can just be rinsed off, unlike dispenser bottles that just look gross at times and drip. We use small bars on the sinks and big chunky ones in the shower.
ReplyDeleteI put out both, just want people to wash their hands! Pump is glass, refillable.
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