I remember when I first heard that stainless steel soap could remove odors. I was pretty enthralled and had to ask, stainless steel soap, does it work?

I did research on stainless steel and its interaction with water in odor removal, and then bought myself a De Odor Works stainless steel bath soap bar and gave it a try…and it worked!

I was actually surprised, even though it’s scientifically proven that when stainless steel meets water, the odor-causing volatile sulfuric acids are removed. 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 under each arm for 30 seconds, as directed. I had no underarm odor the rest of the day.

Does it work in the shower?

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

What I found was that most people said that it worked very well for them. A couple of users said it lasted around 6 hours and then they started noticing a smell coming from it. Some people said that it didn’t work at all, but those people were very few.

As we know that a chemical odor removal reaction occurs with stainless steel and water; and we know that it works very well for most people; I can only surmise that some individuals’ body chemistry is such that these bars are not effective for them.

Does it work in the kitchen?

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

Again I did research to see what other users had to say.

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

Once again there were those who said it didn’t 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 you cut an onion with a knife, the knife doesn’t retain the smell of the onion. Try it yourself and you will see that it is true.

So what is the general opinion: stainless steel soap, does it 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.