The story of Port Sunlight / Lever Brothers.

  • Lever Brothers
Date:
[1930]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The story of Port Sunlight / Lever Brothers. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    \ MANUFACTURE OF EASY SHAVING STICK HIS is the acme of perfection in shaving sticks and is the outcome of much patient research to obtain a suitable blend of the requisite ingredients. The object of a shaving soap is to wet. and soften, not to wash. Consequently the raw materials have somewhat different properties from those required for other soaps. The initial soapmaking process is similar to the usual soapboiling process in effect, but the operation differs in certain details. The soap is cooled in the form of bars, which are cut into chips and passed through a special form of drying stove in order to condition them. The chips are then mixed with the requisite quantity of perfume and fed to a plodder. The soap is delivered from the plodder in the form of long sticks, which are cut into the requisite lengths and suitably wrapped for the market. Many people use ordinary soaps for shaving. These have the disadvantage that they dry upon the face. A good shaving soap gives a permanent lather which has a lubricating effect on the action of the razor. Easy Shaving Stick gives a fine creamy lather second to none. HIS soap won’t wash clothes. It is not made for that purpose. Its special properties are polishing and cleaning. Many articles become so dirty in normal use that soap has to be assisted in its action by some abrasive. In Monkey Brand, soap and abrasive are so well proportioned that ideal results are obtained in cleaning such articles as dirty pots and pans, paintwork, etc. The manufacture of Monkey Brand differs widely from the process used in the production of laundry soaps. The soap portion of the product is not run down into frames as is the case with the latter type. It is pumped over while still in a fluid state to extremely powerful mixers. The arms of these mixers BROOKE’ are then caused to revolve and the mineral portion of the charge gradually sifted in. ks att pes ae After the mixture has been worked up to a thoroughly uniform consistency it is LISI K F ¥ run into small collapsible frames, cooled, slabbed, and cut by an ingenious device, which not only cuts the tablets from the slab but stamps them simultaneously. The moisture in the fresh tablets is driven off in a hot stove. This ensures a hard block, which wears down evenly in use and is most economical. After drying, girls wrap the blocks in the familiar orange wrapper in which Monkey Brand reaches the consumer. NA SNe i DEEZ a GLEE |G OE NS A OBE EM. PIE OOM TOLD YELLE ELE GOLD. SLED GOA IEE OLY, BND OE 1b SLL EG BSE SR, SL EN LW FO EGY TOES ht OS BEEN BYES OL EEO DEES OE OLLEE LEON OE DEERME DIEM SS SS SESS SS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SOG ES BEGET OZ EEE
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