# I Pit Shower Poufs (Lame but Important!) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 1, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-shower-poufs-lame-but-important/297323 "2005-04-01T23:34:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-shower-poufs-lame-but-important/297323/121 "2005-04-06T12:27:58Z")
> [@CrazyCatLady](#): > > They’re those puffy little wads of nylon mesh with a string handle that they sell in the soap and body wash aisle. I’m sure you’ve seen them, even if you’ve never really noticed them. They don’t really have a proper name, so people usually call them shower poufs or puffs, or “those little scrubby thingies.” Right! So I can get rid of the mental image of “Bummer” Barnett, the wrinkled old man at my school who was so keen to supervise the boys’ after-gym hygiene. :eek: I’m so relieved we’ve got that cleared up. \*goes back to carry on working on his English to American dictionary. ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-shower-poufs-lame-but-important/297323/122 "2008-01-18T10:10:00Z")
I make my own soap usually with a mix of lard and olive oil and I mix in oatmeal with a stick blender. its scrubby and as far as I can tell olive oil soap is amazing for soft skin, I could see the constant scrubbing abrading your skin with every day use but seriously, bacteria living on the soap? in increasing quantities? like the smaller the bar of soap gets the more bacteria are living on it? that I would have to have some serious proof of. ---
**Author:** ![GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f1d935/32.png) [@GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GSV_Consolation_of_Dreams)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-shower-poufs-lame-but-important/297323/123 "2008-01-18T10:30:16Z")
I’ve used a pouf thingy every day for years. No rashes, no skin infections, and I use a LOT less liquid soap than when I was using cloths. I do use normal soap on my face though, seems to prep it better for shaving afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-shower-poufs-lame-but-important/297323/124 "2008-01-18T10:33:54Z")
Zombie skin care tips? ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-shower-poufs-lame-but-important/297323/125 "2008-01-18T10:41:23Z")
The washing machine doesn’t kill enough bacteria to mean much. But the dryer does! Especially if you really get things very dry. You can’t put a nylon pouf into the dryer, but cotton is a miracle fiber. You can heat it near boiling temperature over and over, and it is just fine. If your dryer gets the clothes uncomfortably hot (say 140º F, 60º C), and completely dry, almost nothing can survive it. Tris ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-shower-poufs-lame-but-important/297323/126 "2008-01-18T14:35:01Z")
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