ReciproSoap

A Stroke of Genius.

ReciproSoap is Custom Soap

Here's the thing: you probably understand the virtues of vertically mounted soap on a stick with cylindrical symmetry. It doesn't require you to pick up a soggy bar of soap with both hands to lather up, it drips dry to extend the life of of the soap, and the pyschomotor ease of use has matched ergonomic quality. And, frankly, those foaming liquid soap dispensers are marvels in their own right, but they are so common now that they are a bit boring.
ReciproSoap is custom soap, though. It starts as multi-milled high-performance soap, then a stick is embedded during an anisotropic compression to form a cylindrical blank. It could stop there, but it doesn't. ReciproSoap is custom soap because you can design the shape. ReciproSoap is your soap, therefore. Well ... in time. It's getting there.

  • Soap Formulation: ✔
  • Stick Embedding: ✔
  • Design Interface: in-progress
  • CNC Soap Lathe: prototype part procurement. Thanks Pololu

Want to write about soap? Submit a soap essay

Why Am I Here?

You might find yourself asking something or someone,
"why am I here?"
"Where? Here?" I reply.
"Yes," you say.
"You mean, 'why am I alive, on Earth, doing life? Or why are you at this website?'"
"Why am I at this website?" you ask.
"Well, I'll tell you," I say.
(Then I continue to answer the question.) But anyhow, you got here, and so here you are. You probably got here because I told you to get here. Is this site really about soap? Maybe.
I hope you like soap.

Soap is Everywhere

Soap. Soap is everywhere in our lives. But what is soap, really? I don't even know. I'll tell you one thing: Soap makes you clean if you use it right. Good ol' soap is slippery and weird so that the germs don't hang around. Up and down, in and out, back and forth, round and round, tack and jibe, ebb and flow, call and response, live and learn, plug and play, soap and hope. If you give it a chance, it will attempt to keep you safe and clean in all the moments when you are unsure. "Why did I touch that?," "what was on that?" "My hands feel too soft and smooth." Soap. Soap is everywhere in our lives. But why is soap, really? I don't even know. I'll tell you one thing though: soap is old. People have been making soap for a long time, and who knows why? It doesn't feel the same as water or fat or dirt, but it feels like all of those at once. Somehow, you put it on your hands and the dirt becomes gone. And then, I suppose, they weren't as sick. Soap. Soap is everywhere in our lives. But when is soap, really? I don't even know. I'll tell you one thing though: soap is in the morning. Then it is in the day when you pee or poop, and finally at night when your face presses into that pillow. A clean pillow because of soap. Soap is everywhere in our lives. But how is soap, really? Gibbs. Josiah Willard Gibbs and this website. Welcome. There is nothing more.