Abstract: A soap holding cleaning pad apparatus has a nylon cloth sack which has a nylon mesh forming a portion of a sack wall. A sponge material forms a cleaning surface and is mounted over the nylon mesh and a soap or detergent is located in the nylon cloth sack to provide a rapidly drying soap holder which controllably releases the soap. The sponge material is made of a luffa plant fiber sponge and the sack has a cord handle and an opening sealed with a hook and loop material.