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carbolic soap: is it dangerous?

  • 04-03-2019 5:38pm
    #1
    bobbyss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,276 ✭✭✭


    Just bought a chunky bar of carbolic soap. I suppose I thought this was what was used in the good old days. A good scrub and all of that. But I noticed on the package it said: don't get into eyes and wash thoroughly with clean water if that happens.
    What's that about? It's soap except it's better not to wash your face in case it gets in your eyes? It's a bit like buying an umbrella but you're advised not to open it if it rains.
    Is there a problem with carbolic soap?


Comments

  • #2
    branie2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,314 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    I don't think so


  • #3
    ceadaoin.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,453 ✭✭✭ceadaoin.


    It's better not to get any soap in your eyes surely? Doesnt matter what type, it will all sting. I manage to wash my face daily without rubbing it into my eyes


  • #4
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭Your Face


    Its a load of carbolics


  • #5
    artanevilla
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 10,973 Mod ✭✭✭✭artanevilla


    All soap would have that warning on it, getting anything in your eyes other than a spec of dust when watching a video about a dog being rescued is not the best idea.


  • #6
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    Carbolic soap is made using carbolic acid - a form of phenol. Phenol may cause reaction and may be considered to be toxic when over used etc ..

    See:
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenol


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  • #7
    bobbyss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,276 ✭✭✭bobbyss


    Is it a better soap than other types? It certainly has a distinctive smell.


  • #8
    theguzman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭theguzman


    I thought it was Catholic Soap first, I was like :confused::confused:


  • #9
    Uncharted
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,138 ✭✭✭Uncharted


    theguzman wrote: »
    I thought it was Catholic Soap first, I was like :confused::confused:

    Makes sense.

    Fr Smyth: pick up the soap ...... :(


  • #10
    Atoms for Peace
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,888 ✭✭✭Atoms for Peace


    Everything is dangerous in the right dose.


  • #11
    VeryTerry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 342 ✭✭VeryTerry


    Get on the Aleppo soap. It will revolutionise your cleaning regime.


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  • #12
    bnt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,076 ✭✭✭✭bnt


    I doubt that any actual soap could be as dangerous as a TV soap. What's the EastEnders body count up to at this point?

    You are the type of what the age is searching for, and what it is afraid it has found. I am so glad that you have never done anything, never carved a statue, or painted a picture, or produced anything outside of yourself! Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.

    ―Oscar Wilde predicting Social Media, in The Picture of Dorian Gray



  • #13
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,592 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    bnt wrote: »
    I doubt that any actual soap could be as dangerous as a TV soap. What's the EastEnders body count up to at this point?


    Several million from induced depression.


  • #14
    beejee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,787 ✭✭✭beejee


    It's a load of bolics


  • #15
    Trigger Happy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,123 ✭✭✭Trigger Happy


    You would be safe enough unless you ate about three of them.


  • #16
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,547 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    Atoms for Peace wrote: »
    Everything is dangerous in the right dose.

    Shouldn't that be the wrong dose.....


  • #17
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,712 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    theguzman wrote: »
    I thought it was Catholic Soap first, I was like :confused::confused:
    it should be marketed as such. The only people I know who use it get weekday mass and have those freaky Sacred Heart with the flickering light in their hallways.


  • #18
    Irish Guitarist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,736 ✭✭✭Irish Guitarist


    I wouldn't think carbolic soap is dangerous but it would probably be rough on sensitive skin. The worst it could do is dry your skin out or make you a bit itchy. As for not getting it into your eyes it says the same thing on every bottle of shampoo. I assume most packets of soap say this as well although I haven't noticed.


  • #19
    corminators
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 92 ✭✭corminators


    Also steer clear of carbolic smoke balls.


  • #20
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,868 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Does it contain nuts?


  • #21
    FishOnABike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,636 ✭✭✭FishOnABike


    Atoms for Peace wrote: »
    Everything is dangerous in the right dose.
    Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »
    Shouldn't that be the wrong dose.....

    That depends on the intent ;-)


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  • #22
    Gatling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,291 ✭✭✭✭Gatling


    Add a splash of old spice for effect
    360_F_102352090_ie3kLjDIvgrT1sxVDknWCUh8PxgMYzM7.jpg




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