I'm so fed up with hand soaps going soft and turning to mush in a couple of weeks.

 

Even though I use a drip tray and shake it regularly it still goes soft and squishy. Protex isn't too bad but not a great smell. Imperial Leather is a good aroma but tends to crack. Some of the more expensive brands smell great but turn to custard after a while. Maybe it's the humidity.

 

Any recommendations on something that will keep firm in the hand?

Just put it in the freezer.

It will stay hard as long as you like.

 

Prefer liquid soap.

More efficient and easy to "pump" 

Hard to find harder soap for use in hard water than this:

 

This is the diamond soap.

 

 

Will always be hard enough to scratch glass.

 

And, will refract light, due to its higher density, just like a real diamond, while in the shower.

 

Cheap, too.....

 

 

Move to liquid soap like most younger people

14 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Just put it in the freezer.

It will stay hard as long as you like.

 

I'm not loving the idea of putting used soap in the freezer. Bacteria city, man

 

8 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Move to liquid soap like most younger people

I use Dettol liquid if I've been in the garden but I prefer a hard soap for casual hand washing.

16 hours ago, Baht Simpson said:

I'm so fed up with hand soaps going soft and turning to mush in a couple of weeks.

 

Even though I use a drip tray and shake it regularly it still goes soft and squishy. Protex isn't too bad but not a great smell. Imperial Leather is a good aroma but tends to crack. Some of the more expensive brands smell great but turn to custard after a while. Maybe it's the humidity.

 

Any recommendations on something that will keep firm in the hand?

Use body wash for the shower, hand wash in the kitchen to cleanse your hands.  Better than a cake of soap. Also using body wash in the shower it’s a lot easier to clean your shower recess.

17 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Just put it in the freezer.

It will stay hard as long as you like.

 

I wish it were true!!!

 

3 minutes ago, fredab said:

I wish it were true!!!

 

 

Norwegian Wood.

 

 

I use Asepso, it never gets soft.

Lye soap made from "tallow"?

 

Also, why don't Thai people like to use wash cloths?

I'm constantly buying them and they disappear.

Wash cloths are great to clean your body except face.

Skin on the face is thin and delicate use only soft liquid and your hands.

Wash cloths work well to clean your ass, too.  Better than toilet paper and the bum gun.

Bottom of feet needs a brush and a scraper, LOL.

Different tools for different areas. 🛀

 

Search terms would be hard milled or French milled.  I prefer Kappus - sandalwood for me and chamomile for my wife.

If you go to America bring this great gentle face cleanser back.

 

Water, sodium cocoyl glutamate, disodium PEG-12 dimethicone sulfosuccinate, sodium lauroyl oat amino acids, cocamidopropyl betaine, PEG-80 sorbitan laurate, panthenol (vitamin b5), retinyl palmitate (vitamin a), cholecalciferol (vitamin d3), tocopheryl acetate (vitamin e), ascorbyl palmitate (vitamin c), phytonadione (vitamin k), alpha lipoic acid, coenzyme q-10, green tea (Camellia sinensis) extract, copper peptides, citric acid, phenoxyethanol, sorbic acid.

56 minutes ago, mudcat said:

Search terms would be hard milled or French milled.  I prefer Kappus - sandalwood for me and chamomile for my wife.

Interesting. Love Sandalwood.

We have “shower-gel” because soap companies weren’t making enough money on bar soap. 

 

I wonder how many of the anti-plastic bag brigade uses shower-gel. 

4 hours ago, Acharn said:

I use Asepso, it never gets soft.

One of the scents that always reminds me of my first visits to Thailand. Happy times.

 

Snake brand prickly heat powder is another. They brought out a shower gel version a few years back and now I don't use anything else. 

 

On 1/27/2025 at 9:46 PM, Baht Simpson said:

I'm so fed up with hand soaps going soft and turning to mush in a couple of weeks.

 

Even though I use a drip tray and shake it regularly it still goes soft and squishy. Protex isn't too bad but not a great smell. Imperial Leather is a good aroma but tends to crack. Some of the more expensive brands smell great but turn to custard after a while. Maybe it's the humidity.

 

Any recommendations on something that will keep firm in the hand?

     I like Protex bar soap in the yellow, blue and white box.  Better scent, I think, and holds up pretty well in the shower.