soaps been around for about that time yes, but the quality back then was pretty good, it was just dark morroccan, but then it got gradually worse, an I did boil the shit(or as much as i could) out of it an remove poly bits , dry then re-press, cleans up nicely but its a pure pain in the arse an unfortunately i don`t think this slate will be around for long so it probably won`t be the last time. Do like the old guerilla tactics "growit" but bit of a feud with the neighbours might put the kabosh on that, auld bastard that he is lol