The reason why bar soap has a grippier texture than liquid soap

87 Seconds Short 5 years ago

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I used to think I was coo-coo bananas for thinking that bar soap had a "grippier" feel when handling compared to liquid soap.

Like liquid soap would just slide smoothly along my soft, supple, skin. But bar soap would scrap about like a brick of sandpaper. What's up with that?

Watch this (very short) video to find out!



btw this video-- particularly the bit at the end-- was inspired in part by "The Mars Room", the best selling novel by Rachel Kushner. In it, a character briefly talks about his love of using Irish Spring bar soap as "jerk lather".

So if you liked this video, go check out "The Mars Room"! I'm not much of a fictional reader, but it's actually quite good....