It works..... but I don't know how

[sploosh]

Does anyone else use one of these?



I have no idea how it works, but it does.

[davidspooner]

A wooden floor?

[Penny-lope]

Yeh I've always wondered how they work, but never bothered to google it

[shakotan]

A 5p piece?

It's currency, can be exchanged for goods or services.

Although 5p doesn't get much in the way of goods or services.

[sploosh]

My (brief) google search didn't come up with an answer - seems it just works.

Bloody good though - forgot I had it until I was cleaning the cupboard the other day.

A knife blade can do the same thing - but these are safer.

[Shaw Tarse]

I've got one, don't know how it works, but it does.

[calibrax]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stainless_steel_soap

[anonymous-user]

What is it?

[grumbledoak]

I doubt that they do, really. The Chrome oxide layer that makes Stainless Steel stainless is pretty impermeable. It won't be absorbing anything.

Are you sure you aren't just washing your hands with a 'magic thingy' in them?

[sploosh]

grumbledoak said:

I doubt that they do, really. The Chrome oxide layer that makes Stainless Steel stainless is pretty impermeable. It won't be absorbing anything.

Are you sure you aren't just washing your hands with a 'magic thingy' in them?

The chemistry and logic say it won't work...... yet it does.

.... one for mythbusters perhaps?

[Shaw Tarse]

Nyphur said:

What is it?

Stainless steel "soap" it removes onion/garlick odours from your hands.
It's witchcraft.

[anonymous-user]

Shaw Tarse said:

Nyphur said:

What is it?

Stainless steel "soap" it removes onion/garlick odours from your hands.
It's witchcraft.

I see, thanks

[mi1ne]

its a 10p :P

[sploosh]

mi1ne said:

its a 10p :P

and a chopping board not a floor

(and it does work)

[Cotty]

Shaw Tarse said:

Nyphur said:

What is it?

Stainless steel "soap" it removes onion/garlick odours from your hands.
It's witchcraft.

I really need to get one of these as Garlic can linger on your fingers even after washing. I think it gets into the skin so washing alone will not get rid of it.

Edited by Cotty on Sunday 9th January 20:54

[dave-therave]

Could have done with one of those back when I was at school.

[randlemarcus]

dave-therave said:

Could have done with one of those back when I was at school.

In France?

[hungry_hog]

The smell in garlic is caused by compounds called thiols / mercaptans, which contain sulphur.
I think the iron in the steel binds to the thiols (via the sulphur atom) and removes it. It is well known that iron and sulphur have an affinity for each other (see Pearsons hard/soft acid bases).

[grumbledoak]

hungry_hog said:

I think the iron in the steel binds to the thiols (via the sulphur atom) and removes it. It is well known that iron and sulphur have an affinity for each other (see Pearsons hard/soft acid bases).

Interesting. Should be an easy household experiment too. Candidates for a likely household lump of iron?

[Shaolin]

It works because it has been blessed, you need to get one that hasn't yet been blessed (sometimes sold as seconds) to do a fair comparison.