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How is this supposed to work? I'm assuming not many chemical reactions are happening around that stainless steel. So is this any different than using a sponge,
by comboy 9y ago
How is this supposed to work? I'm assuming not many chemical reactions are happening around that stainless steel. So is this any different than using a sponge, your hand or whatever solid object?
- avian 9y ago“Scientific evidence appears lacking.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stainless_steel_soap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stainless_steel_soap
- sxates 9y agoMaybe nobody has spent money to do a study, but it does seem to work. I was skeptical when a friend suggested it, but I'll be darned if it doesn't work.
- giardini 9y agoSo it's like Niel Bohr's horseshoe that he hung above his office door. When asked if he thought it brought good luck, he would reply "No. But they say it works even if you don't believe in it." Perhaps I could kill two birds at once by selling stainless steel horseshoes for bathing use? "Uncle Bohr's Lucky Stainless Steel Bathing Horseshoe" or such?
- sxates 9y agoLuck is hard to measure, smells aren't. I don't understand why you're so hostile to the possibility that stainless steel can remove odors that soap doesn't? This is easy to test. I've tested it.
- giardini 9y agoI wasn't hostile to the possibility, but I have tried several such products and haven't been impressed either. But FWIW here's an NPR article that says it doesn't work: "Does a Bit of Steel Get Rid of That Garlic Smell?" https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6473350 https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=647335...
- astura 9y agoSo you did a controlled test where you used just water one day, a sponge/washcloth another day, and a stone another day and had blinded judges to smell you throughout the day?
- askvictor 9y agodefinitely works for getting rid of onion or garlic smells off your hands. you can use a spoon or knife or even the sink surface. i believe that the steel acts as a catalytic surface, but have no hard evidence. but try rubbing a spoon over your fingers under running water next time youve cut garlic and see for yourself.