Hard soap or soft soap for washing your hands

I can't stand bar soap. It always makes my skin feel like it's covered in wax. Liquid soap is much more pleasant to deal with.

I use both, but I am probably in a minority in that I use real liquid soap instead of SLS based detergent...

I like Palmolive soaps.

Billski said:

I don't need to use soap to wash my hands.

I have frequent urination. It's something that older people get.

I rinse my hands every time, and my hands look good even if I got some grease on them from my bicycle chain.

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You must be Irish.... says this old Scotsman... and frequent ain't the half of it...

I use whatever SWMBO buys and tells me to use... but that wasn't one of the Poll choices.

Soft soap. The bathroom vanity and bathroom are quite small so the vanity has a small round stainless steel bar sink with the single lever facet at the back left corner of the vanity, the right hand back corner has an under counter mounted soap pump, all you see is the chromed pump above the counter, very little space taken.

Every other sink in the house has some generic plastic soap pump, easy to keep clean and tidy as opposed to a soap dish.

Shower with bar soap.
dave

Stirling Bath soap at the sink!

Both for me.

I hate pump soap. My wife keeps them on the bathroom counters, but I refuse to use them and take my hard soap from the shower, wash my hands or face, then put it back in the shower.

Daily dirt Soft Soap
Yard or Mechanic Day Dirt Lava Hard Soap.

As a guitar player, I go with the driest soap I can find. Then a quick 4 finger dip in rubbing alcohol. Guitarists know what I am talking about.

I prefer Bar soap for anything

I have finally found a store more or less local that has Lifebuoy. That stuff is terrific!

Cash_Stronomer said:

I have finally found a store more or less local that has Lifebuoy. That stuff is terrific!

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I agree. I chop the bar in half and use one half at a time. Lasts much longer this way.

I think I may do that, then I can set in an Old Spice mug

Soft soap for both hands and the shower. I moved away from hard soaps several years ago and never looked back. I even take a small bottle of body wash with me when I travel since a lot of hotels only have bar soap available.

Soft soap is more expensive and you go through it faster but it seems to not dry my skin out as much. Of course YMMV.

Both depending on how dirty they are and what they are dirty with.

Bar soap in the bathroom, sink and tub. Soft soap in the kitchen.

Whatever liquid soap the SWMBO has on the sink for my normal hand washing.
Permatex Fast Orange Hand Cleaner with Pumice for the dirtier times.