soap

[ydoaPs]

* Azure pulls down a chart and shows the strong similarities between yourdad's brain and a moldy bar of soap

 

can soap mold? i just thought the soap would kill the mold that tried to grow.

[ed84c]

well i google image searched mouldy soap. It didnt come up with anything which probably means no. I dont think mould particularily likes NaOH as a growth medium nor is its preferred food pure fat.

[Nevermore]

And a dash of tasty lye.

[starbug1]

mold can grow on soap scum, the kind you find in your shower. so...yes and no. soap scum is a reaction with soap and lime, I think, making those hard deposits. To be honest, I've seen soap so scumy and gross-looking, that I swear it could be classfied as mold.

[ecoli]

just because something is scummy doesn't mean it's a mold.

[Phi for All]

I'm betting if something organic is sitting on a bar of soap it'll cause mold. Soap isn't magically cleaner than anything else, but the glycerine in it breaks the surface tension of water to make it... wetter.

 

When I first heard about anti-bacterial soap, I remember thinking, "Hasn't soap ALWAYS been killing bacteria?" Rude awakening, believe me.

[YT2095]

mold can grow on soap although the PH plays a part, but yes, there`s nothing at all "anti-Bacterial" about Sodium Stearate, and lets not forget that left long enough and Sodium Hydroxide (Lye) will become Sodium Carbonate over time too.

[starbug1]

just because something is scummy doesn't mean it's a mold.

i missed the smiley at the end of my statement to show my sarcasm.

[Lance]

Consumer soap should not have any NaOH left in it.

[Phi for All]

just because something is scummy doesn't mean it's a mold.

What about televangelism? I feel like I need some soap after flipping past one of those channels.