04-04-2012, 06:37 PM
tallow or glycerin cakes?
Glycerin you can melt into about any container or coffee mug as long as you don't over heat it. I usually use short bursts in the microwave.
You can find a lot of suitable containers and Target, Walmart, etc... I used Anchor Hawking bowls with lids for a while.
Glycerin you can melt into about any container or coffee mug as long as you don't over heat it. I usually use short bursts in the microwave.
You can find a lot of suitable containers and Target, Walmart, etc... I used Anchor Hawking bowls with lids for a while.
04-04-2012, 07:42 PM
Right out of the supermarket; ziploc xs size lidded food bowls. 4 for $4; I think that's the price- they might be less. Not pretty but very functional and they're rugged enough, and no glass in the bathroom. Plus they're deep enough that when loading the brush everything is contained in the bowl. Oh, and they're made to stack.
Some pucks are a sloppy fit, other's like MWF is an almost perfect fit. The sloppy ones I grate or shred and press 'em in. Same with sticks.
Some pucks are a sloppy fit, other's like MWF is an almost perfect fit. The sloppy ones I grate or shred and press 'em in. Same with sticks.
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04-04-2012, 07:43 PM
I like the Anchor Hocking one-cup bowls (no longer available) or Pyrex equivalents, myself. If you don't fill them up, they give you room to work neatly and they are good storage for the soap.
I grate up a Valobra Shave Stick or half of an AoS soap puck and mash it in the bowl. That yields a decent fill with working room. Otherwise, finding non-custom bowls to fit the many and varied soap pucks in their native shapes is a daunting task.
I have 3 cakes of AoS soap in custom wooden bowls. Though they impart a classy look on display, they are a messy proposition in practice. I think I'll use these up very slowly and gradually grate the others up, as needed into Anchor Hocking or Pyrex glass bowls.
You can even blend soaps in this manner. The AoS Lavender soap is too strong for me (kind of like playing music too loud), but I might blend a little bit of it with my Unscented.
- Murray
I grate up a Valobra Shave Stick or half of an AoS soap puck and mash it in the bowl. That yields a decent fill with working room. Otherwise, finding non-custom bowls to fit the many and varied soap pucks in their native shapes is a daunting task.
I have 3 cakes of AoS soap in custom wooden bowls. Though they impart a classy look on display, they are a messy proposition in practice. I think I'll use these up very slowly and gradually grate the others up, as needed into Anchor Hocking or Pyrex glass bowls.
You can even blend soaps in this manner. The AoS Lavender soap is too strong for me (kind of like playing music too loud), but I might blend a little bit of it with my Unscented.
- Murray
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