Welcome to the official site of Lava. Since 1893, Lava has been the heavy-duty hand cleaner of choice for do-it-yourselfers, coal miners, oil rig workers, and others.

Pumice soap cuts through even the toughest grease and grime! The Lava Bar is the original heavy-duty hand cleaner with pumice. Since 1893, do-it-yourselfers, auto mechanics, coal miners, and oil rig workers have depended on the power of Lava pumice hand soap.

Buy Lava soap online, or find it at a store near you.

Learn more about the Lava product family, which includes the original Lava Bar and the equally heavy-duty Lava hand cleaner.

The Lava Bar is the original heavy-duty hand cleaner. Since 1893, do-it-yourselfers, coal miners, and oil rig workers have depended on the power of pumice in Lava to cut through even the toughest grease and grime.

Read this FAQ to learn about Lava, a pumice-based, heavy-duty hand cleaner that easily removes glue, ink, grime, adhesives, and more.

Birth of the Hardest Working Hand Soap! In 1893, a bar soap formulated with volcanic pumice particles for extra scrubbing power was created in St. Louis, Missouri. Lava ® was chosen as the name to remind consumers of the pumice it contains. In 1927, advertising helped build the Lava Brand as the brand that gets extra dirty hands really clean.

Lava Soap is a heavy-duty hand cleaner that has cut through the toughest grease, grime and stains for more than 100 years. Use it to remove paint and glue when remodeling, grime when fixing your bike, dirt when gardening, and more!

Lava ® has been getting hands clean with the power of pumice since – believe it or not – 1893. It remains the hardest-working hand cleaner that’s tough on dirt, but not on hands.

Learn how to use Lava Heavy-Duty Hand Cleaners, which is available in a bar and a liquid and contains pumice to remove glue, paint, adhesives, grease, and other tough substances from hands.