Using up old soap

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Queenie wrote: »

You need to put them into a bowl over a pan of boiling water (like a double boiler) and add a few drops of water. Then when it's softened, you can put it into a mould (I've used rinsed out tetra pack cartons before now and then sliced the moulded soap).

Thanks, off to try it now!

Amandaj32

I think I read it somewhere on this site - press bits of soap into an empty metal tealight holder.
This would give you a 'mini' bar!

sammyjig

when I was little I remember my mum having a proper gadget for this. You had to put all the soap bits in it, when it was full you turned this handle thing and it mushed and squashed it into a new bar.

We often had multi coloured soap in our house! lol

Jolaaled

I sometimes put a few soap slithers into a flannel 'pocket'. Then, once dampened, the flannel becomes soapy and ...voila..instant suds!

dianasnan

I just let them get hard then grate them and use in washing machine for towels. Has to be 40C or above to dissolve it. I have a rotary grater, thinks its a moulinex, inherited from a relative which works well. Also put them into an old pop sock and tie it to the outside tap for washing grubby hands.Would hate to throw those little bits away.

moanymoany

A brand new tablet of soap is one of the great pleasures of life for me. DH used to stick the last of the old onto the new, even though I asked him not to.

In the end I started to get a new bar out and leave him to use the 'stuck on' bar. He soon stopped.

I think the idea of putting it into a flannel pocket is a brill one. My answer is to throw the last of the old bar into the lav. In a lifetime of chucking the leavings of the old bar into the lav I bet I only throw away five quid!

Austin_Allegro

I just stick the old bit on the new bit. If you use the same brand of soap as I do, you don't notice it.

Don't make the mistake I did of collecting up old bits and then microwaving them in the hope of melting them into a new bar! The smell of burning soap must be one of the worst in the world...

Angelina-M

sammyjig wrote: »

when I was little I remember my mum having a proper gadget for this. You had to put all the soap bits in it, when it was full you turned this handle thing and it mushed and squashed it into a new bar.

We often had multi coloured soap in our house! lol

Oh lol I remember that when I was young. A catalogue used to come through the door, betterware or something. One time I remember looking through the pages and seeing the most gross bar of multicoloured soap I had ever seen - then my mums order came and she had ordered one!!!

We never had enough pieces to make a bar though and I think she chucked it away in the end :rolleyes:

Bronnie

Rotating soap around the house! I'd forgotten all about that..my mum used to do it!
Odds and ends of soap can be softened in the microwave (In a lidded takeaway container, keep an eye on it!)) and pressed into a ball of soap for the kitchen. I can't be bothered , but it does work!

teenee60

i have after many years of throwing little bits of soap away,come up with a fantastic idea!
washing tablet bag...put in bits,drawstring allows you to put more in.
its probably only very good for hands,can be a bit rough,if your sensative like me!