INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

                                                         TO ATTACH

Remove 3M liner and press SoapAnchor firmly against cleaned surface. Wait two hours for adhesive to cure.

IMPORTANT: Clean bathroom surface with alcohol and dry well. Position SoapAnchor so that its lower portion projects outward.

                                                        TO REMOVE

Hold device with pliers and firmly twist in circular direction. Remove residual tape by rubbing with dry cloth. To re-locate, use fresh two-faced tape and repeat above steps. Additional original 3M adhesive squares available at soapanchor.com

                                                           TO USE

It is important to START WITH A NEW soap bar before pressing against SoapAnchor. Press squarely against all four posts. The bar may be oriented vertically, horizontally, or randomly. Thereafter, park the bar ONLY ON THE SOAPANCHOR, and NO OTHER SURFACE.

                                                       SHOWER WALL

Installation is best when not in direct contact with running water:

• Within easy reach                                                                                                                                                                                                 • Avoid shelves where soapy water collects
• BATH - Low down, where wall meets tub
• SHOWER - Above shoulder level to avoid accidental scratch

                                                                 SINK

Installation is best on vertical or curved interior of sink.  

Avoid horizontal rim where soapy water collects.

                                                              CAUTION

Do not mount SoapAnchor within reach of small children.

Not recommended for wood or painted surfaces.

Our return policy is simple. If you are not completely delighted with SoapAnchor and its performance, your money will be promptly refunded. Simply CONTACT US  and let us know that you want to return the device(s). We’ll Email back a return postage paid shipping label.

The preferred location on the shower wall is:

1. Within easy reach – Think right vs. left-handed.

2. Above shoulder level – Less chance of an accidental scratch

3. No direct contact with shower stream - There is more reliable adhesion

A vertical installation is preferred over horizontal because:

1. There is no place for soapy water to collect around the adhesive base.

2. The bar aerates and drains more efficiently.

3. The SoapAnchor disappears from sight on forward view.

All said, a horizontal shelf or edge of sink is fine, provided the adhesive is not continuously exposed to standing soapy water.

On a sink, the preferred installation is the vertical inside wall. It may be curved or straight. Most people find the wall closest to the user more ergonomic. SoapAnchor can be also attached to the horizontal rim of sink or the counter top at the edge of an under-counter sink. Standing soapy water should be avoided.

For those who take baths, the preferred installation is on the wall itself, down low, where the wall meets the rim of the tub. SoapAnchor may be applied directly to the horizontal narrow rim of the tub, but there is a tendency for soapy water to collect on that horizontal. Some bathers have even applied SoapAnchor to the spout on their bathtub.

Press the sightly moistened bar squarely on all four posts. If the bar is hard-milled and dry, it should be slightly pre-moistened. If the bar has a convex and concave surface, the concave surface should face the device. The bar may be oriented vertically, horizontally, or diagonally upon the SoapAnchor surface.  Small scraps can be mounted using 2 or 3 of the posts.

The wall was probably not cleaned of invisible soap scum before you attached the device. An alcohol swab is included in the original package for that purpose. Use alcohol to clean the area where you want to install the device, dry with a cloth, orient the device so that its lower portion projects outward, remove the 3M paper backing, and press the device firmly on the clean and dry shower wall or sink interior. Wait two hours before pressing a moist bar against the device’s surface.

Another factor might be that the wall-mounted device is in contact with a steady shower stream, and the adhesive has become water-logged. If the device has been mounted on a horizontal surface, care should be taken to avoid  prolonged contact with standing soapy water.

There could be several reasons:

The bar surface is wet and soft from sitting in a soap dish or on a shelf... too soft to take hold on the posts.   For best performance, START WITH A NEW DRY BAR. If the bar is hard and dry, slightly moisten the bar, before pressing onto the device. Thereafter, PARK THE BAR ON THE SOAPANCHOR ONLY, and no other surface.  This way, the bar's surface will never become soft and lose its grip.

The logo on the bar is deeply embossed, and the bar's surface is not smooth.

The bar is larger than standard bath size. Too heavy.

The bar was new and very dry, perhaps of a "hard milled" variety. New bars might need to be moistened to slightly soften before pressing against the device.

The bar was not squarely pressed against all four posts. The bar should make direct contact with the outer surface of the two projecting rails.

The concave side of the bar was facing outward instead of inward and all four posts did not penetrate.

The device was not mounted properly to begin with; perhaps upside down or sideways.  The projecting portion of the device should be facing downwards.  The rails should be vertical.

Yes, but do not use your bare hand. Grasp the SoapAnchor with a heavy towel or a pliers. Twist firmly in a circular direction. If your bare hand is used, the force required to detach the device may cause your hand to slip off and cause injury. To relocate in another area, remove the residual gray tape by rubbing with a dry cloth. Reapply a fresh 2-faced adhesive square and relocate or re-mount.

Addition 2-faced adhesive squares (of the original 3M material) are available on the website. In a pinch, Scotch Permanent Mounting Tape (white foam) found in hardware stores will suffice. However, it will not come off cleanly, it will leave a sticky residue, and it will not have the water resistant properties of the original 3M VHB tape that came with the SoapAnchor.

A significant part of development and testing included standard suction cups, mechanical lock suction cups, various 2-faced adhesive tapes, adherent static films, Velcro-like bonding tapes, etc. In one way or another each of these proved to be unreliable in terms of sustained holding, weight bearing, water resistance, or adherence to textured, grouted, and porous surfaces. We found the best solution was one particular variety of industrial adhesive tape by 3M. When the device is removed from the surface to which it's applied, the SoapAnchor’s tape remains intact and can be rubbed and rolled off leaving no sticky residue or foam fragments. The adhesive might damage wood or painted surfaces, so they should be avoided.

At this time, no other colors or finishes are available.  As the demand for SoapAnchor becomes greater, our designers are on standby with great ideas for colors, finishes, multi-functional combo devices, unique means of attachment, etc.

Yes. In fact one of SoapAnchor’s great virtues is the ability to handle small scraps and mini-hotel sized bars. The ones that fall through the spaces on wire basket holders, and dissolve to oblivion within minutes in a traditional dish. If the fragment is too small for penetration with all four posts, penetration with 2 or 3 posts is sufficient.

SoapAnchor is least likely to scratch the skin when it is installed above shoulder level on the shower wall. It should not be installed within reach of small children. The adhesive might damage wood or painted surfaces when removal is attempted.

Not really.  Horizontal surfaces like shelves, edges of sink, rims of tubs are all perfectly good applications.  They should only be avoided if there is standing soapy water in contact with the adhesive base for long periods.  And even then, SoapAnchor will work fine, but the sustained adhesion will be less predictable.

Unlike traditional soap holders that orient the bar horizontally, SoapAnchor holds the bar in a vertical position, so the water drains from BOTH sides.  A generous air space is created beneath the bar, exposing 97% of the bar to freely circulating air.  Structurally, there is simply no place on the bar (or on the SoapAnchor) for standing water to collect and cause surface degradation. The bar dries in record time, stays super clean, and lasts a whole lot longer!

When the bar is placed on a horizontal wet surface, its bottom is in contact with water. Soap "spacers" and soap "savers" are commonly used to create an air space between the bar and the wet surface. In spite of this, the wet bar continues to drip onto something... the spacer, the soap dish, the shelf, etc. and a messy  residue accumulates.  However, if the bar and holder are held vertically on the shower wall or the inside wall of sink, there is only one place for the dripping mess to go -- directly down the drain.