Poll: Ivory- how strong?

If you use Ivory soap bars for enemas, just how long do you let the bar soak? And in how much water?

Finally, how long do you take to give (or take) the enema?

Well I don't soak the bar. I grate the bar using a kitchen grater. I then two heaping tablespoons to two quarts of very warm water and stir to keep down the foam. It still gets pretty frothy and the water is the color of milk. It usually takes about five minutes for me to take the solution. Normally, I can't hold the first enema. The second I try to hold for ten minutes. I then take two warm two quart rinses. I hang the bag as high as the hose length will allow for the rinses and do not retain them. This series produces a good clean out and I am very relaxed afterwards.

^^^^ I agree, the kitchen grater (microplane) is the best method. You also don't have to store any solution that way. I shave off 1/8" to 1/2" of the bar's length, depending on how strong I want the solution, for a two to three quart enema.

The very unscientific method I use is that I simply throw the soap into the sink when I am filling it and then swish the bar and rub it with my hands until the soap mixture becomes so concentrated I can no longer see the drain in the bottom of the sink.

I leave the bar, or bars (new one with smaller used bar) in the bag. I put some really, really warm water in the bottom of the bag and use my hands to kneed the bag and the bars until the water is completely milky. Add more water and then shake the bag for more soap to the mixture, then fill to the top. By the time the water is to the top it is very frothy and completely white in color. I don't know exactly what the percentage of soap is, I just know I like a lot of it. Friday evening I noticed the bar was getting pretty small. Didn't want to delay the enemas by going to the store for more so I just added some Dr. Bonner's to the mix. Boy, that got my attention, yeah buddy! 😁

Perhaps a little off topic here, but I have read where people talk about getting a soap suds enema followed by a rinse enema of plain water. I was always subjected to the opposite. My mother always left the bar of soap in the water and so when I was given another enema, which was most times the case, it was always soapier that the first. I never ever got a "rinse" enema in my life.

I also use a grater for Ivory soap. I use about two tablespoons for a two quart enema. I use a plain water or saline rinse enema afterward only occasionally. (After all, Mom never gave me a rinse enema after a soapsuds enema!) I remember as child, Mom made up an enema solution by holding the bar of soap under the faucet as if she were washing her hands. The bowl was always filled with frothy suds. (Bulb syringe enemas as a smaller child.)

Also, does anyone ever remember getting an enema with ST-37 antisceptic. One capful per glassful of warm water?

I love Ivory soap. I use both the bar and I just adore the liquid Ivory. I don't measure how much. With liquid Ivory, I just squirt some in, I count, one, two, three, four, then I stop. I guess I get about 4 to 5 tablespoons at a time. With the bar Ivory, I put it in the bag, fill it with really warm water and let it sit. I fill the other bag with water and a bit of salt. I refill the Ivory bag with water, while the one with salt and water runs in. Then I open the Ivory bag when the one with water and salt are empty. Usually I get one bag of Ivory in me, then one bag of water, then empty, I then start over. Now and then I use other soaps. I have used Dove, grated, I have used some body washes. All seem to work well, I just like Ivory the best. Have to try Nutrigena, haven't tried that lately. Years ago, but I don't remember how it felt and worked.

When I use Ivory, I drop the bar in a plastic 2-cup container, fill the container with hot tap water, then begin prepping the bathroom for my enema. Getting towels ready, hanging hooks, etc. Then I pour the soapy water into the bag, holding the soap back. Next I run warm water and fill the container three more times, letting the water slowly run over the bar. Four fills makes for two quarts of soapy fun. I typically use Dr. Bronner's Peppermint but switch of to Ivory on occasion.

I measure the water in a pitcher and let the bar float while I'm making my preparations. Usually the water turns to a milky color, but if it hasn't or I decide to make it a little stronger, I'll turn the bar in my hand underwater until the water meets my approval...not very scientific I know, but after a little experience, it's pretty easy to judge.

I like to swirl the ivory soap in my hands under the running water until the water has a nice white color to it

^^^^ WOW! Half a bar?

Even I would think half the bar would be a punitive enema, especially if you had to hold it without a double balloon rectal catheter.

Swishing soap or grating it when you make an enema mix is fine, but I've found that soaking a bar of Ivory in a closed 2 quart container and then using the mix at about a 1/2 cup to a bag works well. As you use the mixture just add more water to maintain the level. Over a period of weeks the bar will gradually disappear. The soaking bar in the water seems to maintain about the same strength over a period of time until the Ivory bar disappears, so as I said using a 1/2 cup to a bag usually creates consistent enemas. If you want a real zinger use a small syringe or squeeze bulb and inject the soapy mix full strength. I guarantee that you'll get action. As Susie suggests that is one that you need an inflatable plug to hold.

Does anyone remember Ivory Snow? I used to put a tablespoon or two in a two quart enema. I really miss that Ivory Snow.

I grate about 20 grams of Ivory with a microplane grater, then mix with 2.5 quarts of warm water. BTW, does anyone here remember using liquid Ivory soap, back when it was actually soap? It came in a rectangular white plastic container with a pump on top, and itself was opaque white, as thick and viscous as molasses. It started to disappear around the late 80's, but was very effective in a soapsuds enema. My first SSE at age 13 featured one ounce of liquid Ivory in two quarts of warm water.

Olde time Ivory Snow flakes were just grated Ivory bar soap. Now it appears to be a detergent which is really unsuitable for enema use.

It looks like you can easily make the equal of the old Ivory Snow with a cheese grater:

https://www.verywellfamily.com/how-to-make-ivory-soap-flakes-289700

As for strength, my preference is for a solution that looks like skim milk.... white and opaque but not viscous (thick).

This is about the strength that results from swishing a bar of the soap in warm water for a few minutes.

The solution looks white when flowing out of a standard rectal nozzle.

Such a solution will really make someone poo, but not so strong that it is impossible to get the whole bag full in.

It should given as quickly as possible, but not so fast as to cause cramping.

Having the bag about 2 feet above the person in a lying position seems to work pretty well.

I grate about 20 grams of Ivory with a microplane grater, then mix with 2.5 quarts of warm water. BTW, does anyone here remember using liquid Ivory soap, back when it was actually soap? It came in a rectangular white plastic container with a pump on top, and itself was opaque white, as thick and viscous as molasses. It started to disappear around the late 80's, but was very effective in a soapsuds enema. My first SSE at age 13 featured one ounce of liquid Ivory in two quarts of warm water.

As I remember the rectangular white plastic container also looked like a bar of Ivory with the imprinting and all.

@ switchablesusie - I remember the REAL Ivory liquid. Now, I just make my own by putting a bath size Ivory bar in a clean plastic jar that originally held mixed nuts. I just fill the jar with distilled water and let it sit for a couple of weeks. The soap mixes with the water and makes a viscous soapy liquid. One tbsp per qt of warm water makes a great enema! Adding a couple of drops of peppermint oil spices up your enema, and also masks the odor of "enema exhaust"!

I've always placed one, two, and even three bars at a time in a large jug of very hot water to make a rather strong mixture. I've even put a bar in a blender to make a super strong bulb enema... Any stronger and bubbles would be coming out of my mouth 😮

I use a grater to finely grate the soap and then place it in a cleaned out ice tea bottle. I'll then add water and shake it up. and let it set a day. By then the soap is dissolved. I keep adding more soap and water over the next few days until its the consistency of molasses. When I make up my enemas I'll add 1 to 2 ounces per quart.

I do something similar to soapy4me. I put a bar in a one pint mason jar and fill with hot water. I cap it and let it sit for 2 weeks, shaking every day or two. It is a jar of slimy, soap goodness at the end. A good amount of the (about 1/4 to 1/3 cup per 2 quarts make a fantastic enema. Slight burning in the rectum, and quite strong but tolerable cramps. Always results in the controversial (is it real or not) cecum flush for me. I've only gone back to Ivory in the last couple months, switching from Bronner's peppermint. The smell of the soap itself gives me a raging boner, but when I see my enema nurse hanging the amber latex bag with suds running over the top, I could cum almost instantly. I had one of these enemas last week and will be getting another this week. I can't wait.

What does the enema feel like going in ? Does the PAIN START GOING IN ? When do the cramps start ? Do you use a butt plug after getting it in ?

I let the bar soak for at least several days. I'm not planning any enemas until at least the Thanksgiving break, and maybe not then, and I have a couple of gallon jugs with bars of Ivory soap in them. each was shaken well when they were first created and will be shaken well again before use, at least, and if it's not an unplanned enema the night before as well.

Ivory Soap is so yesterday. Dr. Bonner's is the way to go if you take SSE's.

@ddell2

In comparing Dr Bonners v. Ivory, ones choice depends on your desired effect. In my experience, Dr. Bonners is harder to take and more irritating.

Ivory feels more gentle going in and can be held longer before the urge becomes impossible to hold.

If your purpose is to give an enema to relieve constipation, I'd opt for the Ivory.

My opinion.

I'm a Dr. Bronner's fan, but once upon a time I had an open top bag. Floating Ivory in it was great fun and encouraged one to suck down the bag quickly!

@ddell2

In comparing Dr Bonners v. Ivory, one's choice depends on your desired effect.

I take very few SSE's as I am a coffee enema person. Furthermore, I was being a little facetious with my remark. "Ivory is so yesterday."

Well ... I love Dr. Bronner's Peppermint Castile soap in my enemas, but I am still a traditionalist and am partial to Ivory soap, and in my personal case, Dove soap. My mom also liked Dove bar soap. I am 68 years old and have been a lifelong enema aficionado, but none will ever match to excitement that I experienced as a young 5-year-old boy draped across my mother's lap.

I don't soak the bar. I run the hot water over the Ivory soap bar as the mixing bowl is filling. Once the bowl is about full, say 1 1/2 quarts, I use a washcloth to add more soap from the bar. The solution gets very sudsy very fast and the water stays hot. I squeeze out the washcloth and set it aside. Placing the completed mixture in the bag is a little tricky since my hands are slippery from the soap and the suds overflow the bag even at 1 1/2 quarts. I then mix up some more hot soapy water like the first time and fill the bag completely. I have to fill and spill a little of the soapy water back into the bowl until the bag is completely full. This is done relatively quickly so the temperature does not drop too much.

The duration of the fill is dependent on the height of the bag and has generally taken between two and five minutes from full bag to empty bag. Retaining is another matter. If the mixture is very soapy (my favorite), retention time is very short - as little as one minute. Longer retention is possible if the bag is drained slowly but this seldom happens.

I like the suggestion of using a kitchen grater for the bar of soap. Then you can experiment, and come up with amounts, that are consistent. One of the hardest parts about using an ivory soap bar is how much soap you actually put into the water. Didn't they used to sell Ivory soap flakes?