I remember the first time I heard that stainless steel soap could remove odors. I was quite enthralled and had to wonder, stainless steel soap – does it work?

I did my research on stainless steel and its interaction with water in removing odors, and then I bought a De Odor Works stainless steel bar of soap and tried it … and it worked!

In fact, I was amazed, even though it’s scientifically proven that when stainless steel meets water, it removes volatile sulfuric acids that cause odors. It seemed too simple to be true.

To see if it worked, while in the shower, I first washed with normal soap as usual. I then rubbed the De Odor Works bar for 30 seconds under each arm, as instructed. I didn’t smell my armpits for the rest of the day.

Does it work in the shower?

These bars work in the shower for me. I researched on the internet what other De Odor Works users were saying when they used it as an underarm deodorant.

What I found was that most people said it worked very well for them. A couple of users said it lasted for about 6 hours and then they started to notice an odor being produced. Some people said it didn’t work at all, but those people were very few.

Since we know that there is a chemical reaction that eliminates the odor with stainless steel and water; and we know that it works very well for most people; I can only conjecture that the body chemistry of some individuals is such that these bars are ineffective for them.

Does it work in the kitchen?

There are smaller bars of stainless steel soap primarily intended for hand washing in the kitchen. These bars are used to remove odors like onion, garlic, and fish. Did it work in the kitchen for me? Yes a lot like that.

I investigated again to see what other users had to say.

For use in the kitchen, again I found that most people said it did work. Some said it worked if they used regular soap and washed off the onion juice first, while others said they only used the steel bar under running water and it worked great.

Once again here were those who said it did not work, and again they were in the minority.

One person made a very interesting statement about stainless steel and the smell. He commented that when an onion is cut with a knife, the knife does not retain the smell of the onion. Try it for yourself and you will see that it is true.

So what is the general opinion? Does stainless steel soap work? The answer is yes, it works to eliminate underarm odor and food odor in the vast majority of people; but in a small minority of people it works to some degree or not at all.