Jul 21, 2011
What happens when you microwave Ivory soap
Half of a bar of Ivory soap, before being microwaved…
And here it is after a minute and a half of nuking…
I’m going to give this a try next time the microwave needs to be cleaned anyway.
(via Wendolonia)
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coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
my thoughts exactly! lol
Neat! Must try!
Can I be there for this experiment, please?
more soap. suckas.
I am sooooo tempted to try this!
that is one nasty looking microwave. shoulda used all that soap to clean it this time.
I agree, when the person said “next time it needs to be cleaned” I thought “Hmm, how dirty must it be before it “Needs” to be cleaned? Haha
That’s what I was thinking!!
Me too! Looks like some kind of tomato product has already made a mess of that microwave. Obviously belongs to a man.
I think it’s sexist to imply that women don’t know how to microwave tomato products.
I think that tomato products would be insulted by you thinking it was they who dirtied the dirty microwave! Why it could have been a strawberry or cherry pie product of some sort!
<3
Indeed! I will have you know that I, despite being a woman, am very capable of disintegrating a diverse range of foodstuffs in a microwave!
And you obviously belong to a woman.
LOLZ!!!
I wonder if it needs to be ivory. ..?
Yep, it does. Only Ivory has little bitty air bubbles inside of it, and it reacts to the microwaves and expands.
just did it with Zest. similar result
I did it once with some random hotel soap. It made my friend and i’s room smell disgustingly clean for the rest of the week. It WAS awesome, though!
no such thing as disgustingly clean. that’s the power of pinesol, baby.
It looks like merigue or shaving cream, wonder if it is hard or soft at that point?
That’s what she said.
i love you
Ha ha ha!!
its soft but dry
I did this once when I was about twelve with a friend and we microwaved an entire bar of Dove. It looked like a souffle gone wrong and my house smelled terrible for about a week!
i tried with dove as well and it was nasty smelling but when i tried with ivory it smelled nice.
umm, Is it a good idea to microwave this? Ring a bell… anyone?
Hah. I see what you did there.
I agree that is a filthy microwave
ROFL!!!
what does that mean you dodo heads aren’t i mean i just joined but i want to leave.yaw’ll are boring
This is a really cool experiment, but be warned that any food you microwave afterward will taste like soap.
What about a cat? eewwww
Don’t microwave a cat. They taste much better barbequed.
Hate you both. Go grill a dog.
Why would they grill an animal that’s actually useful?
so, what’s the point in all of these?
Finding additions for the cheap thrills list, that goes without saying!!Sometimes we have to explain the simplest things, geez
well now your microwave can get clean!!! hahahaha
That is really interesting. Puppies respond to the microwave in the exact same way.
Yea, all puppies do respond the same way, they bark 3 times then POP.
I have to say, this is funner than they lead you to believe. And it looks pretty damn fun from the pictures. Even better get a group of people together and show them. Everyone is like “WHAT THE…” the first time they see it, it’s almost as entertaining as watching the soap expand.
What it doesn’t tell you, is that it STINKS!
Oh Wow! I didn’t expect that to happen.
EEww that smell, can’t you smell that smell? That smell that surrounds YOU?
Gotta love the Skynrd
And we do.
As we do too…
..how does it feel? I must touch it.
That what HE wished…
fluffy cloud :3
Time to take a bar of soap to a gas station
ha ha yes. Great idea!! Lol
im doing this in the morning.
I’ve tried this before, it works with any soap bar… my whole house smelled like Irish Spring for a week :)
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hahah nothing like another Chernobyl :D
=D
what dos it smell like? does it smell like soap or burnt or what?and does it wash off easily?
if you use a whole bar of soap A BLACK HOLE WILL OPEN UP
lmao lmao!!!
IT LOOKS LIKE WHIP CREAM YUMMM!!!!!!!!!!
IT STILL DIDN’T CLEAN THAT DIRTY ASS MICROWAVE
Do you talk about this at your ‘Get a life’ group meeting
Coming from a person with nothing better to do than troll the internet and leave rude comments ..
That’s telling ‘em, habbagabba!
can this soap use for shower
for shower this soap can use
ROFLMAO!! Way to go, Partelo!!!
This reply made my day
Bravo! Much better alternative to the usual grammar nazi routine.
Pretty amazing to see what happens after nuking Ivory soap. However, the inside of that microwave is so nasty that a bunch of soap isn’t going to make a difference. I think the microwave should be tossed and a new one purchased. Clean out your microwave regularly — after each use!!
Geeze. That it gross. I use Eco friendly Certified Organic soap. I wonder if that would marshmellow up. It is a microwave afterall. :D
That is not what I expected
I don’t know what I love more. The results or a lack of a reason
actually, when you microwave soap the molecules in it speed up because it is being heated up so when you drop it in water, the soap will FLOAT! thank you totally spies :)
Ivory soap floats even if you don’t microwave it.
Wait til Easter & try this with marshmallow peeps :) As far as it floating after, Ivory always floats.
If you use the chick peeps, and give them toothpick spears, they can have jousting tournaments. We do it every Easter.
With kids off school this weekend Friday and Monday, I think I need to pick up several brands of soap and try this out.
shoulda recorded a video of however it turned into that monstrosity.
I read all the comments and found that they’re all halarious
i thought the same thing. lets all be friends
I agree, and I want a “like” button for some of these comments!
I won the science fair with this experiment =]
This was the first thing I stumbled today…And I went directly upstairs got the soap and microwaved it. My wife is not pleased. But she thought it was cool so I should be off the hook
Can not resist, must touch weird foamy goo, must find soap bar…..agggh!
How long do you have to microwave it?
I tried it with 1/4 bar of Ivory soap for 30-45 seconds. It just smells like soap, no burning smell. The microwaved soap hardens and crumbles when it cools (pretty quickly). We just kept the crumbled soap flakes on a plate at the sink and used them to wash our hands that week. There is a recipe on another blog (raising a forest?) to make bath paint with the flakes.
Thanks, Mom! :) Mom’s are the best!
“Are you a unicorn yet? No? Okay, we come back.”
Microwave ALL the soap! (ragecomic joke)
But seriously, do it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1hzatoE1tg
This is a good test for whether to buy a particular brand of soap. The bigger the puff ball the more the air. More air = less soap. It’s amazing people still buy Dove.
Homemade shaving cream! Hot, too!
Not quite. The stuff is dry, not creamy, when it comes out of the microwave. When you touch it, bits just flake off.
this is one of those mysteries of the universe solved
Don’t nuke Lever 2000 or you’ll have it filling the whole kitchen. That stuff has even more air than Dove.
That said, I’m sorely tempted to do this as a homeschool experiment for my son. I just need to justify it. ;-)
Hmm… Ok, if you need a reason then use it to learn about the scientific method:
1) you need a question: “What happens when you microwave soap?”
2) form a hypothesis: “If I microwave soap then ______ will happen.”
3) plan an experiment to test your hypothesis: “Get soap, microwave it.”
4) record results “When I microwaved the soap _________.”
5) repeat. check variables. repeat…
6) publish your findings. I recommend youtube, facebook, and here.
I guarantee your son will remember the scientific method… or maybe just that he has the coolest Dad ever. Win either way.
Don’t forget to do the statistical analysis!
Lever 2000 shelf, here I come. More on this story- back to you——
Lever 2000 is a MAJOR FLAKE- film at eleven.
I wonder what would happen if you floated the soap in some water while microwaving it?
Looks like a lot easier way to clean the microwave!
Does it work with other brands of soap?
*jaw dropped, stunned*
It’s like a marshmallow peep!!
If you get cramps in your legs, get some Ivory soap and place it between your inner sheet and top one. Make sure that you remove the wrapping. I used to get cramps all the time and at precise moments of joy but not anymore. I do want to mention that if its cronic, you should consult with your physician.
Um what?
I would like to second his “um what?”
Umm… just what are you doing with that soap?
i’ve tried this, it looks kinda funny but it smells teribly after you do this!
That awkward noise you make when throwing priceless jewelry off a ship…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CGl5-blQBE
bahahaha! better than all the exploded soap in the world combined.
Best comment thread ever, weirdos! I know I got a bar a Ivory round here somewheres. I lak carvin’ little soap dawgs
While this was really cracking me up, ?i worry bout the animal comments…..the world being what it is, I worry some psychotc person will find that funny enough to try it. :-/
This sounds so awesome!! Will try ASAP! AND BONUS! If it flakes after, I can use it in the laundry soap I make. Normally I have to grind or shred the Ivory for the mix!! So excited!! (Yeah, it don’t take much!)
What happened? Did it work for your laundry soap? You can’t just leave us hanging!
Awesome…. I need to experiment on someone elses microwave.
I can’t believe how easily amused we all are. Why are their a hundred comments about this?
Video:
You are my hero.
For use this soap can shower? seriously funniest thread ever I laughed out loud for 10 minutes
erm…I must have been deprived as a child, I never wondered what would happen to bar soap in a microwave. I must go update my bucket list now.