Repairing a Plastic Soap Dish

Unglued Soap Dish

I know we are all getting weary and tired about making do but today I noticed while cleaning my bathroom, that my plastic soap dish had come apart.

Try as I might, I was unable to push it back together.

I originally had a very nice white ceramic dish which earlier fell to the floor and broke.  A causality of constant hand washing.  I replaced it with a plastic soap dish I found under my sink.

With COVID-19, there is no way to buy another $3 dollar plastic soap dish.  Besides, I think I can glue this one back together.

I placed all-purpose white household glue on both sides of the plastic soap dish but found it needed to be securely pressed together.

Soap Dish in a Vise

The easiest way to do this is to place the soap dish between two pieces of scrap lumber and press it in a vise.  Thankfully, we have lot of scrap wood pieces in the basement.

The vise should hold the glue on the soap dish until it it dry.  If you don’t have a vise, try putting something heavy on top it to hold it down.

How long will this repair last?  Not sure but hopefully until I can find another soap dish I like.

Repaired Soap Dish

This photograph shows the repaired soap dish.

So far, it is holding up just fine.

Shopping . . .

Try as I might, it’s been difficult to find a heavy ceramic white rectangular soap dish.

No don’t want a circular pink dish, or a dish with flowers on it, or one made of marble.  I just want something simple and plain like FARMHOUSE MAGIC BLOG.COM