For some months now I have been working on a vintage Erasmic stick, and lately it was getting close to the rim of its holder cap. It was time to do something with the stub. Some gents might have grated it into a bowl, but I wanted to keep using it as a stick. Why not see if the old Colgate instructions really worked?
Here is the stub of the Erasmic stick, and a Valobra stick that I had already used several times. I already knew that Valobra was the perfect size for the Erasmic holder. Arko could also have worked. If the stub were narrower, like Speick or Palmolive or Wilkinson, I might have grafted it onto a similar gauge stick.
The stub was easy to twist out of the stick, but see step #2 in the Colgate instructions for another way to do it. With the stub out of the holder, I used a knife to score the top of the Erasmic and the top of the Valobra. This would work even better with flat surfaces like the ends, but I wanted to keep the foil on both sticks.
Finally wet both surfaces, and press together firmly. The foil was nice to have for this step.
I happened to leave the two soaps alone for a week before getting back to it, but that may not be necessary. The end product looks a bit ungainly, and reminds me of an Easter Island statue. Again, using two flat surfaces would probably work better. Nevertheless this experiment held up to a week of shaves.
Here is the stub of the Erasmic stick, and a Valobra stick that I had already used several times. I already knew that Valobra was the perfect size for the Erasmic holder. Arko could also have worked. If the stub were narrower, like Speick or Palmolive or Wilkinson, I might have grafted it onto a similar gauge stick.
The stub was easy to twist out of the stick, but see step #2 in the Colgate instructions for another way to do it. With the stub out of the holder, I used a knife to score the top of the Erasmic and the top of the Valobra. This would work even better with flat surfaces like the ends, but I wanted to keep the foil on both sticks.
Finally wet both surfaces, and press together firmly. The foil was nice to have for this step.
I happened to leave the two soaps alone for a week before getting back to it, but that may not be necessary. The end product looks a bit ungainly, and reminds me of an Easter Island statue. Again, using two flat surfaces would probably work better. Nevertheless this experiment held up to a week of shaves.
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