I remembered the trick of putting a bottle cap into the soap

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My friend gave me a nice bar of soap from a farmers' market. Lovely, but it was getting a bit soggy in the soap dish, and I remembered my Granny's trick of pushing a beer bottle cap into the soap. You stand the soap on the bottle cap and it's a little platform so the soap dries. Brilliant.

My grandparents had one and it was only when I was about 13 that I realised they didn’t buy special magnetic soap…

OMG that is brilliant. I love solid soap & this drives me mental. Thank you!

I'm A hand wash girl after a couple stayed years ago and left pubes on the soap

It got binned

I know it prob was always squished against her muff for many befire stays ans I used the soap

but seeing evidence was a bit too much !!!

Or possibly dragged across his ball sac

Either way. Too much for me to deal with 😂

So I pump and go now

I just use Dove beauty bar.

I think it’s better for the skin and the curved shape lets air under so it dries. If you cup it in your hand and rub the inward curve against your body when you use it ( which works well anyway) it retains this shape right until the last couple of uses.

Mine is this design.

We switched to soap bars a few years ago to reduce plastic consumption and bought soap dishes like this. They drain water into the sink very well and the soap doesn't go all mushy.

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Ah and that also perfectly illustrates the dove design. If you make sure you don’t thump it down in a great puddle of water, that’s a sufficient curve for the bar to dry out.

Oh they are cool!

I remember my grandma had one of the magnetic soap holders in the 1970s. Seems they are still a thing that you can buy.

www.waltonbathrooms.co.uk/Our-Brands/Vola/Vola-Accessories/Soap-Magnet

My Aldi soap bars go flat after a bit of use, but it's easy to take the tray down and rinse any soap scum off it.

I use a silicone scrubber, it's intended for dishes. It has little nobbles that allow the soap to dry, and a suction cup underneath so it stays put on the side of the sink. Quick rinse every now and then to wash off any soap scum.
You can get lots of sizes/colours but I have this pretty star shape from ProCook

Another option is ones of these.

chateaudusavon.com/collections/all/products/copy-of-provendi-rotating-wall-soap-holder-lemon-soap-gift-set-combo-in-chrome-finish

Oh. My friend had one of these at her work like 25yrs ago or so

It felt wrong using /rubbing it as felt like was wanking a Willy

But we all did use it 😂😂😂

Love this, thank you!

I make soap hammocks

https://pin.it/5DBAJVy2C

For mixer/mono taps I sew a big button on one of the handles.

But a specifically designed soap dish has ridges, which solves this problem.
I almost bought one in Sainsburys the other day, think it was £2-50

Yes! It was like a metal bottle top (haha)! We had one of those magnet soap holders in our old house.

I bought, from Lakeland, soapholders that slope slightly and have a lip to drain excess water. Works pretty well.

This one doesn't.

I've got this type that lets air get to it and lets it drain

The fake grass soap dishes from Tiger on Oxford Street are the best at keeping soap ungloopy.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/magnet-soap-holder/s?k=magnet+soap+holder

Other way around... rough part pushed into soap

Upside down nail brush, soap on the bristles.

I have reached 63 and learnt that today!
So thank you!