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Easter Clark · Joined: 18 Nov 2007 Location: Hiding from Yie Eun-woong

I've been trying to find Dial but the only place I can find it is in the black markets near the airbase. I find that Korean soap just doesn't keep me as clean. Is there a Korean equivalent of Dial or some other antibacterial soap?

JungMin · Joined: 18 May 2005

It's a pain in the ass, but Costco has it. Picked some up in the summer....I must have 3 liters of the stuff!!!

Edit: Come to think of it, I got it first at EMart cuz that's where I got bottle/pump. But it costs a fortune at EMart. I think it cost me 6,000won for the tiny emart bottle, while 3 liters cost me 15,000 or so at Costco.

ellegarden · Joined: 01 Sep 2007

CentralCali · Joined: 17 May 2007

I buy Dial at Home plus. Ivory too.

scorpiocandy · Joined: 27 Feb 2008

I don't know Dial so I've never looked for it, but I did use Dettol Antibacterial soap at home and found that at Home Ever.

Easter Clark · Joined: 18 Nov 2007 Location: Hiding from Yie Eun-woong

By the way, I'm talking about the bar soap. I can find the liquid hand soap. I tried using that stuff in the shower and it just doesn't lather like Dial...

CentralCali · Joined: 17 May 2007

I buy the bar soap.

Lonewolf · Joined: 02 Feb 2003

I bought a five pack at home plus last weekend at Homeplus.

EricaSmile84 · Joined: 23 Jan 2008

I also use Dettol. They have it at the big stores but I buy it at my crappy grocery store.

loose_ends · Joined: 23 Jul 2007

soap is bad for your skin mmmkay.

sojusucks · Joined: 31 May 2008

I buy Dial at CostCo. (big surprise there).

I fill an old liquid soap dispensers that I bought here with the gigantic dial container from CostCo. That seems to work well enough for me.

Dazed and Confused · Joined: 10 Jan 2003

Try Dettol if you can't find Dial.

Xuanzang · Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Location: Sadang

Dettol lathers well and comes in soap or liquid form. Try it out. Not too expensive either.

Milwaukiedave · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Location: Goseong

EC,

PM me if you are in Seoul and can't find this anywhere else. I know of one place that might have it. This is a store near my house that sells homeware stuff and I happened to see bars of soap there. I'll have to drop back by there to confirm they still have it. If they do and you still need it I'll give you directions.

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

Unless you're cooking with a lot of chicken and you really need to scrub up your counter well, forget the antibacterial soap. Normal soap is antibacterial (aside from removing dirt it also denatures the cell wall of bacteria). That's one reason we use soap. In most cases you don't need the extra stuff. It's like paying for extra octane in your gas when your engine won't take advantage of it.