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(68,402 posts) Wed Dec 4, 2019, 09:54 AM Dec 2019

flushing a used up bar of soap down the toilet [View all]

Hubby and I disagree about this. I say that when the bar of soap is thinned out to a certain size you can safely flush it down the toilet. Hubby says no. Neither of us is a plumber.

What is the answer?

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flushing a used up bar of soap down the toilet [View all] CTyankee Dec 2019 OP

Nothing should go down the toilet except what it's intended for CousinIT Dec 2019 #1

Thanks. I surely wouldn't flush down everything else on your list but for some reason CTyankee Dec 2019 #2

Not a good idea tenaciousdem Dec 2019 #3

OK. I was going to call our plumber friend but I'm afraid he'd get bent...he's retired now but he CTyankee Dec 2019 #6

No, not even the "flushable"ones. sl8 Dec 2019 #8

I never flush wipes. I don't care what the label says. CousinIT Dec 2019 #15

Why cyclonefence Dec 2019 #4

hey great idea! I love it! CTyankee Dec 2019 #7

Ohhh! +1 n/t CousinIT Dec 2019 #16

I always stick my small soap slivers to the next new bar, so they get used up completely.... lastlib Dec 2019 #25

+1. dchill Dec 2019 #26

Same here. Aristus Dec 2019 #33

We have a weird problem at work exboyfil Dec 2019 #5

I'm sure others have ideas, but probably all you can do is install Ferrets are Cool Dec 2019 #14

There's no need FBaggins Dec 2019 #9

Not sure, but never flush a GI Joe doll. LuckyCharms Dec 2019 #10

Had some work done on my septic system. safeinOhio Dec 2019 #11

We never dispose of soap genxlib Dec 2019 #12

This! NurseJackie Dec 2019 #18

But in my experience they keep separating. NT raccoon Dec 2019 #46

When I'm down to a sliver I just press it onto a new bar. No waste. 🧼 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2019 #13

I've removed fish, toys, gravel, tampons, a tape measure and such from toilets. Kaleva Dec 2019 #17

Are you hooked up to a municipal sewer system, or do you have a septic tank? NurseJackie Dec 2019 #19

municipal sewer system CTyankee Dec 2019 #20

You're flushing money down the drain Brother Buzz Dec 2019 #21

Others on this thread have suggested same. I must admit I never thought of it and it's kinda CTyankee Dec 2019 #22

I think we Lindsay Dec 2019 #27

If you were **real** Yankee, you would save those slivers and mash them together jpak Dec 2019 #23

I'm sorry not to be a real Yankee (I just live in CT). CTyankee Dec 2019 #24

Don't do it! 2naSalit Dec 2019 #28

Use body wash Freddie Dec 2019 #29

Soap is better for the environment, though. femmedem Dec 2019 #30

Our water is so hard ordinary bar soap is unpleasant. hunter Dec 2019 #31

We have hard water too Freddie Dec 2019 #41

I love body wash but hubby likes the soap (he would never use body wash). CTyankee Dec 2019 #36

I put it on a new bar of soap, that way, no waste. Fla Dem Dec 2019 #32

When my bars of soap get small, they go next to the sink csziggy Dec 2019 #34

I have a septic tank and pay attention to it's "health". panader0 Dec 2019 #35

we have city sewer system, thank god. CTyankee Dec 2019 #37

I remember some years ago there was a jar of some kind panader0 Dec 2019 #39

Do not do this. MicaelS Dec 2019 #38

That could be a sudsy catastrophe. nt zanana1 Dec 2019 #40

Yes, and I am humbled by responses to my query and will reform my ways... CTyankee Dec 2019 #42

Why would you not just toss it in the trash? Tipperary Dec 2019 #44

That's what I did but what you do is far preferable and I'll try it! CTyankee Dec 2019 #45

The bar will take awhile to disolve. It could get stuck in one of the traps. LeftInTX Dec 2019 #43

Probably not a good idea. KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2019 #47