Alternative to bath poof

[sparky5693]

Despite all the wonderful soaps i've gotten to try, I just can't find anything better than the old nylon bath poof. There has gotta be something more effective (and a touch more manly) out there. Anybody have some suggestions?

[TraderJoe]

Despite all the wonderful soaps i've gotten to try, I just can't find anything better than the old nylon bath poof. There has gotta be something more effective (and a touch more manly) out there. Anybody have some suggestions?

1) Hemp washcloth

2) Sisal washcloth (which is available in a range of "scrub" factors)

I prefer the Sisal, and use the Bass version although other manufacturers exist. Whole Foods carries them, and actually cottonblossomcrafts has quite a large variety as well

Here's an example:

Sisal Washcloth->
http://www.cottonblossomcrafts.com/sisal_washcloth_1.jpg


Sisal BathSponge->
http://www.cottonblossomcrafts.com/sisal_sponge_1.jpg

[qhsdoitall]

I wish I had a place to dry these out. I've been wanting one. Thanks for the info Joe. Maybe I can find a place at home.

[sparky5693]

I have heard sisal mentioned before, but had forgotten about it. That washcloth looks pretty tempting, unfortunately I don't think there is a retail store near me. Still think i'll give it a try though. I'm a touch uncomfortable using a "poof" everyday. :ashamed001

[Mottern Man]

No man should use a sponge, loofa (whatever).

Hands or washcloth, NUFF SAID!

[TraderJoe]

No man should use a sponge, loofa (whatever).

Hands or washcloth, NUFF SAID!

Oh come on - I have it from good source that you lather up with a pink poof :rofl

[Mottern Man]

Oh come on - I have it from good source that you lather up with a pink poof :rofl

Once in college but I didn't like it.

[TraderJoe]

Once in college but I didn't like it.

Is that also when you used the Venus?

[qhsdoitall]

I should be seeing hair pulling and scratching any second now. Girls! Girls! :D Settle!

[Mottern Man]

Is that also when you used the Venus?

She is still around :drool

[Queen of Blades]

Once in college but I didn't like it.

I say we impeach him!!! Or atleast pinch him. :p

[TraderJoe]

Or atleast pinch him. :p

That he might like :eek:

[Mottern Man]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBX0Jfr62Kc

[Queen of Blades]

No pinch? :confused:

Awww, you're no fun!

[TraderJoe]

Not even little pinch? :rofl

[ltlsuz]

How about the bath scrubbie with soap around it? It's a bit lumpy, but effective! From personnel experience, I find it almost impossible to keep the scrubbie from bouncing out of the mold, and I have to hold it down with a knife then pour the soap in. But well worth the effort and my teen son loves them, thought, he may not admit it!
Susie

[Mama Bear]

How about the bath scrubbie with soap around it? It's a bit lumpy, but effective! From personnel experience, I find it almost impossible to keep the scrubbie from bouncing out of the mold, and I have to hold it down with a knife then pour the soap in. But well worth the effort and my teen son loves them, thought, he may not admit it!
Susie

Do you mean the loofah soaps Suz? Get a 2.5 or 3" PVC pipe cut to 12" and put an end cap on it and stand/prop it on it's end, insert an entire loofah and then pour your glycerin in. When it gets hard, slice it into pucks.... ;) /if the soap doesn't want to come out of the pipe mold, pop it in the freezer for a while.

Felted soaps are a really cool alternative to a wash cloth, I will see if I can find a link for you Bobby....

Here ya go.. .felted soap.... these are awesome! http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.mielkesfarm.com/images/felt_soap/felt_soap23_small.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.mielkesfarm.com/felt_soap.htm&h=225&w=300&sz=7&hl=en&start=30&sig2=nhaGnwy2iaVEs0MJnonL3A&tbnid=XGpGgc-HCpjc9M:&tbnh=87&tbnw=116&ei=zO9nRo28E4_miQGTk-j0Ag&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfelted%2Bsoap%26start%3D20%26gbv%3D2% 26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

[Mama Bear]

By the way, if any of you gents want to try their hand at felting a soap, I have the felt here and can send some to you... :D These are very, very cool and extremely manly in my opinion.

[Mottern Man]

By the way, if any of you gents want to try their hand at felting a soap, I have the felt here and can send some to you... :D These are very, very cool and extremely manly in my opinion.

Is it like Lava Soap? If so, can't get more manly than that. :D

[sparky5693]

By the way, if any of you gents want to try their hand at felting a soap, I have the felt here and can send some to you... :D These are very, very cool and extremely manly in my opinion.

I take it they have to be readjusted as the bar is consumed, correct?

[qhsdoitall]

I'd go for some Cactus Cloth. If you want it more manly, we can always add a few needles to it for exfoliating properties. :D

[Mama Bear]

I take it they have to be readjusted as the bar is consumed, correct?

Nope, it's wool... everytime it gets wet it shrinks a little more.. it will keep shrinking until you end up with just a lump..... ever put a wool sweater in the wash by mistake?

[sparky5693]

Nope, it's wool... everytime it gets wet it shrinks a little more.. it will keep shrinking until you end up with just a lump..... ever put a wool sweater in the wash by mistake?

Wow... that's a pretty neat concept. I would have thought it would eventually hit it's smallest point.

[Mama Bear]

Wow... that's a pretty neat concept. I would have thought it would eventually hit it's smallest point.

It will Bobby, it isn't going to dissapear, it will just keep shrinking till it is a lump... or it's smallest point... :cool:

It will shrink with the soap, but there will be a point where it just can't shrink anymore and you will just toss it out with the sliver of soap that is left...

[Mottern Man]

I kind of want one now. You know us sailors and wool.:D

[qhsdoitall]

I kind of want one now. You know us sailors and wool.:D

Please don't give me openings like that. It's so tempting. :rofl

[Mottern Man]

Please don't give me openings like that. It's so tempting. :rofl

How dare you SIR. How I ask, how you dare state that a man of my character was insinuating a sexual gesture.

[Mama Bear]

How dare you SIR. How I ask, how you dare state that a man of my character was insinuating a sexual gesture.:rofl

Sailers don't like bath poofs?? :rofl

[qhsdoitall]

How dare you SIR. How I ask, how you dare state that a man of my character was insinuating a sexual gesture.

I didn't insinuate anything. Did I? :D Besides, your the one with Nylon Bath Poof Issues. Maybe it a synthetic versus natural thing. :D

[ltlsuz]

Do you mean the loofah soaps Suz? Get a 2.5 or 3" PVC pipe cut to 12" and put an end cap on it and stand/prop it on it's end, insert an entire loofah and then pour your glycerin in. When it gets hard, slice it into pucks.... ;) /if the soap doesn't want to come out of the pipe mold, pop it in the freezer for a while.

Felted soaps are a really cool alternative to a wash cloth, I will see if I can find a link for you Bobby....

Here ya go.. .felted soap.... these are awesome! http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.mielkesfarm.com/images/felt_soap/felt_soap23_small.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.mielkesfarm.com/felt_soap.htm&h=225&w=300&sz=7&hl=en&start=30&sig2=nhaGnwy2iaVEs0MJnonL3A&tbnid=XGpGgc-HCpjc9M:&tbnh=87&tbnw=116&ei=zO9nRo28E4_miQGTk-j0Ag&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfelted%2Bsoap%26start%3D20%26gbv%3D2% 26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
No, I think it's more like a poof, its round and nylon, springy. But that is really a cool idea with the felt and I would have never thought to do that with the loofah, in fact, I think I have some of that around here, so I may have to give it a try. Thank you!
Susie

[Padron]

I was at Walmart the other day with the wife and saw a bag, like a poof in the spa section.

You place a bar of soap in the poof like bag, and it make a great lather. seems like a good way to make a bar last a little longer.

It's large enough to fit some of my larger 12+oz bars of soap and makes them easier to hold on to.

Check it out.....I thought I saw some Sisal ones there too, I buy one next time I'm there if they have them and give a report.

[Mama Bear]

12 oz bars! :eek: The bags are nice, they serve the same purpose as the felting, but they don't shrink with the soap. On the other hand, you can keep refilling the bags with other pieces, so there is a trade off there.

The felted soaps were developed origionally for use by folks who have limited hand motion. It works like a wash cloth with soap, but allows a good grip also.

Either way is a great alternative to washclothes tho. I have found a number of older ladies who hand crochet beautiful soap bags with drawstrings and offer them incredibly cheap, I mean they must be charging for the yarn only and making them for the pleasure of it.

I am getting ready to take off here. I might grab some soaps and my felting equipment and take them up to the campground and play with them while I am on vacation.. a full week away from soap might be too much for me to handle... ;)

[Padron]

Thanks Mama Sue,

Have a Great vacation!! :D

[zirvan]

Yeah, I managed to find a black coloured poof but I still don't feel quite about using it

[JayKay]

Manly colored bath poofs! I use bars now anyway, and gave up on the cheap liquid poop.

[moviemaniac]

Never used these thingies before :D

[Single Wedge]

Liquid and my hand.:rolleyes:

Leave it alone.

[sparky5693]

I'm still using a bath poof, with handmade soaps. I just can't get past this silly thing. I've used one from so long now, that it seems normal.... That might be a problem. :ashamed001

[JayKay]

I used one for years. Now that I started using Dr. Bronners soaps from my local super market (theyre 4$ and last a month), I dont need a poof. They lather like crazy, most likely because I'm a hairy beast. But none the less, no more poof for me. Not now at least.

[Queen of Blades]

Sounds like you have a built-in bath poof. :p

[msandoval858]

Currently using the Ayate cloth for the shower. I love how well it works as a washcloth. Too bad I didn't find it useful for shaving :rolleyes:

[redorchestra]

I have a big scrubby towel that I use. It's like a washcloth and a big flatened poof. It feels like rubbing a cheese grater all over yourself (manly?).
I first used these at the sauna. You have to scrub up at least twice and take off the first few layers of skin before you get to go into the pools. If you don't scrub hard enough, someone will come and try to scrub you (not manly).
It makes it easy to scrub your back, like how you dry your back with a towel.

[Eagle]

Don't give in sparky. Embrace the poof! Nothing scrubs you quite as clean and shiny as a good 'ole poof. It's the name that's throwing you. Call it the scrubinator 5000 if it helps.

For myself I proudly proclaim from the rooftops: I am man, I use poof!

[mastermute]

If you would tell a briton you bring a "poof" into the bath he would think it was something completely different going on in there... :rolleyes:

[Michael]

Here we go with the "Manly" nonsense again. It's a POOF, fer cryin' out loud!!!! :rolleyes:

Bobby...GET A WASHCLOTH!!!:happy102

[soapbuddy]

I have a raw silk washcloth that a friend made for me. That seems to work pretty well.

[Michael]

I have a raw silk washcloth that a friend made for me. That seems to work pretty well.

Is it pink? ::angelic004

[Queen of Blades]

Is it pink? ::angelic004

Here we go with the "womanly" nonsense again. :rolleyes: :p

[Michael]

Here we go with the "womanly" nonsense again. :rolleyes: :p

Excellent! :happy102

(umm...what's your favorite color?)

[Queen of Blades]

Excellent! :happy102

(umm...what's your favorite color?)

red

[soapbuddy]

Is it pink? ::angelic004

There's no pink in this house anywhere. Does that answer your question?:laugh042

[Michael]

red

Nice try.

There's no pink in this house anywhere. Does that answer your question?:laugh042

Well that's no good. I was hoping we had found a replacement for Bobby's poof. ;)

[sparky5693]

If all the poofs made were pink.... I'd use it.

I mean it, I really gotta try something else. Washcloth for me isn't as good, and a soap bar alone just lacks that scratchy feel, that tells me i'm getting clean.

Scrubby=more clean :cool:

[Mottern Man]

DROP IT!!!!

Step away from the poof....

http://www.tubapants.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/dirtyharry.JPG

[Mottern Man]

Scrubby=more clean :cool:


Ahem....... Issy Almond Soap.......

[Michael]

Here (http://shop4men.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=13&products_id=59&osCsid=a78131efc77e1c1d5fef240bb5c154d7)

[soapbuddy]

What about a loofah embedded in soap?

[Kapp EO]

I use the gloves. The colors that they are sold in are decidedly non-manly, so I use the white ones.

[Queen of Blades]

White gloves here, too.

I tried the poof, seemed fairly useless to me.

But if you want manly scrubbiness, perhaps you should try this
5214

:p

[Single Wedge]

You could try this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKl_p7vu4DM). It seems manly.

[soapbuddy]

White gloves here, too.

I tried the poof, seemed fairly useless to me.

But if you want manly scrubbiness, perhaps you should try this
5214

:p

:happy001

[mastermute]

Sorry to bring this up again, but a poof in the bath?

Main Entry:
2poof
Variant(s):
also poove \ˈpüv, ˈpu̇v\
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural poofs also pooves
Etymology:
perhaps alteration of 2puff
Date:
circa 1860
British usually disparaging : a male homosexual

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poof

[Mottern Man]

British usually disparaging : a male homosexual



That's it. :happy102


No actually we are talkin' something much, much worse.

http://www.jilljordan.com/catalog/images/Loofah%2012.jpg

[Queen of Blades]

Nice pic, Will! They look like Tribbles. :happy097

5221

:happy097

[soapbuddy]

Good one JoAnna! :happy001

[mastermute]

They look like Tribbles.

Maybe poof Tribbles? :happy102

[Michael]

It ain't funny if you have to look up what a Tribble is. :confused:

[Queen of Blades]

Yes, Tribble Poofs, only 10 easy payments of 29.99! But wait......call now and we'll throw in the ultimate in shaving technology, the Gillette Varon-T disruptor (http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Varon-T_disruptor). FREE! :happy088

[Queen of Blades]

It ain't funny if you have to look up what a Tribble is. :confused:

That may just be funnier than the Tribbles! :happy097

[Michael]

That may just be funnier than the Tribbles! :happy097

Glad I could brighten your evening. :D

[Queen of Blades]

;)

[019]

If all the poofs made were pink.... I'd use it.

I mean it, I really gotta try something else. Washcloth for me isn't as good, and a soap bar alone just lacks that scratchy feel, that tells me i'm getting clean.

Scrubby=more clean :cool:

Maybe a scrubby soap would help? TGQ soaps are a scrubby (at least the ones I own) and are pretty damn good too

[Mottern Man]

http://media.canada.com/gallery/trekauc/9.jpg

[sparky5693]

Nice pic, Will! They look like Tribbles. :happy097

5221

:happy097

Tribblees might just be perfect, but they don't come in pastel colors... Wait, that's a good thing.

[Single Wedge]

Well this is a weird thread. Somehow we have gone from bath poof, to cloth, to sisal cloth, to derogatory words, to Trekies?

I have been to a few Trek fests. A minority of them do not shave and a subgroup of those do not shower.

I believe that these persons would probably not be the ones to ask if tribbles are good for lathering soap.

All though Kirk did like them in a weird sort of way:Try this, its weirder. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45h9uCDpGh0&feature=related)

//edit by MovieManiac: deleted first video due to inappropriate language

[qhsdoitall]

Ahem....... Issy Almond Soap.......

+1 I just finished a bar.