Pumice is a type of volcanic rock that has many uses in various industries. Here are some of the uses of pumice:

1. Skin care: Pumice stone is a popular skin care tool used for exfoliation. It works well for tough skin, like your feet, but it can be too harsh for other areas. Ground pumice is an abrasive ingredient in tooth polish used in dentistry. Pumice stone is most commonly used as a mechanical skin exfoliator for removing dead skin.

2. Soil amendment: Pumice is a great soil amendment to use in your garden for moisture regulation and aeration. It is a mined, igneous, volcanic rock product. It is created from volcanic eruptions, making the magma frothy. If it cools rapidly, the bubbles will become trapped in the resulting rock. Unlike other volcanic rock products for the garden, like vermiculite and perlite, it is ready to use straight out of the earth, no industrial treatments required. Adding as little as 10% pumice to any garden soil mix is enough to see the benefits. For succulents, use.

3. Abrasive: Pumice is a very lightweight, porous, and abrasive material. It has been used for centuries in the construction and beauty industry as well as in early medicine. Pumice is used as an abrasive, especially in polishes, pencil erasers, and the production of stone-washed jeans. When broken into smaller pieces, pumice stones are ideal scouring agents. They can be used to clean soap scum from porcelain bathtubs, remove mineral deposits from toilets, and they are also useful for removing grime from grill grates and the insides of ovens. The abrasive qualities of pumice also make the stone ideal for treating stone-washed denim, and pumice is also used as an abrasive in pencil erasers. When ground into a fine powder, pumice is used as an ingredient in heavy-duty hand-cleaning soaps like Lava and GOJO. Pumice is used as an exfoliating agent in face and body scrubs.

4. Other uses: Pumice was also used in the early book-making industry to prepare parchment paper and leather bindings. In western medicine, beginning in the early 18th century, pumice was ground into a sugar consistency and with other ingredients was used to treat ulcers mostly on the skin and cornea. Pumice has been used in the medicinal industry for more than 2000 years. Small pumice stones can be used as nail files, and pumice stones are also used to remove dry and callused skin from feet, hands, knees, and elbows. Pumice stones can also be used to remove fine body hairs.