What Soap "Flakes" Look Like

What many people call soap flakes are not flakes at all. They are soap shavings, soap shreds, or perhaps are grated soap, not flaked soap.

The picture here shows Dri-Pak Soap Flakes, the brand we sell. You can click on the picture for a larger view. They are real flakes. So thin you can almost see through them. They are made on machines that are over 100 years old. For many years Lux Flakes were made on these machines. However while Lux Flakes were sprayed with a perfume, Dri-Pak Soap Flakes have never been perfumed.

There is nothing wrong with using grated soap so long as the soap base is of good quality and is willing to dissolve. Most bar soaps are made not to dissolve easily. No one wants their bar to vanish after a few uses. People often tell us of their experiences of grating bar soap into soap "flakes". In the majority of cases, it does not work well at all. Regular bar soap gets gunky, it simply is not made to be cut into chips and used for washing fabric.

Some bar soaps apparently do work when grated. Kirk's Castile, Fels Naptha, and homemade soaps can work well depending on the task at hand. Kirk's and Fel's are wonderful old soaps. But people often tell us something is not quite right for them. Not enough suds, too harsh. Some people report that bar soaps smell different or funny when they are used to wash fabric. The biggest gripe is that people get tired of grating!

Anyway, you can grate soap bars into "grated soap" but please don't call the result soap flakes. Also please be aware that most bar soaps will not work well in a grated form for washing fabric, however some may.

Hopefully, with this picture I posted, we can all see what soap flakes look like! (MSO)
Click here to buy Soap Flakes