Boiling Arko
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Stick one of these up each nostril prior to your shave and voila! Problem solved!!
I can't even come to terms with grating a stick into a Puck form. Or all this 'superlathering'. If a product doesn't work for you as it was intended, use something else.
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Arko smells like citronella smells like summer. Love it!
I left it unwrapped for 6 months...to no avail. Did lather well and got rid of the funky badger semll in one of my new brushes so it wasn't for naught. Badger put up a fight but didn't stand a chance against Arko.
I've got a better idea. Keep the Arko, learn to love the smell and just boil some Williams and then throw it away! 
I'm not messing with it... heck, I don't even want to touch it, much less mess with it.
I agree with this statement.
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That's okay, I can't even come to terms with someone determining how I want to spend my time is somehow their business.
But hey, it's just a rant, right?
How about grating it and an unscented tallow puck and mixing it 1:1? You'd keep the tallow and halve the Arko fragrance.
Just remember to remove them when done. I'll never make that mistake again.
I respect your desire to experiment but maybe boiling water is the wrong medium.
Have you considered a propane weed burner?
Have you considered a propane weed burner?
All these Arko haters....wow.
MORE FOR ME!
MORE FOR ME!
Grate it, double boiler. Depending on what is in the scenting agent it may take awhile though. Most scents tend to be pretty volatile around 120-150F, but I'm sure some can stand much higher. I'd start at 45mins once it's fully liquified and see how it goes. Not really worth the time/energy cost unless you're doing a rather large batch (entire case maybe?) though.
You could try immersing it in melted tallow for a couple of weeks. I hear Arko Confit is quite nice.
I'd say it's really not worth the time/energy cost, period. Once you get to that stage, there are a lot of soaps that perform to at least the same level that wouldn't need that much work to make "tolerable".
Well yes, strictly speaking, I don't think it would ever be worth the effort (for any soap). But if he really just likes arko aside from the scent and wants to find a way to make it work, it's not a crazy amount of work to do it for a case... considering a case of arko should last at least two years and possibly much longer.
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