Old bits of hand soap

[Allshallbewell2021]

What can I do with these other than the bag of them? I find the bag gets a bit Minging.

Is there an eco use? Can I grate the. Into a usable cleaning agent? 😆

I wanted to know the same! So will be interesting to read more.

Sew a soap saver and put all the bits together.

Squash them together when wet. then use them. Did this in the War.

@Allshallbewell2021 by bag, do you mean something like these?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Natural-Durable-Foaming-Drying-Exfoliating/dp/B0826H7QDH

Yes I have two of those but the family won't use them so I was wondering whether there was anything else I could do.

Something like this?
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/921671307/the-soap-saver-silky?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_uk_en_gb_a-craft_supplies_and_tools-beauty_supplies-soap_supplies-other&utm_custom1=_k_CjwKCAjw7-SvBhB6EiwAwYdCAVkeBVELlkrynabwkoPg_p6DKg33xM6z5a-MxCXMSp_w47_1fwWQRoC5hwQAvD_BwE_k&utm_content=go_12576471064_118403129646_507597624192_pla-296986343210_m__921671307engb_102858184&utm_custom2=12576471064&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw7-SvBhB6EiwAwYdCAVkeBVELlkrynabwkoPg_p6DKg33xM6z5a-_MxCXMSp_w47_1fwWQRoC5hwQAvD_BwE
My mum used to make new soap with remnants of Lux and Cusson's Pearl I think it was called a Soap Buddy. I've been looking for something similar, with no success apart from the Etsy one I've linked too - but it seems rather pricy.

My grandfather used to squidge leftover soap together to make a new bar to use in his workshop sink. I used to think it looked so beautiful, all the colours mixed together, and want to wash my hands before lunch in his workshop instead of the bathroom when I was a child 😂

I think you can get moulds to squish the soap in to make a new bar.

Bar soap is a good stain remover for laundry so you could save it for that. You can make liquid soap from bar soap.

Thank you! I've found the 'kind store'

1	Grate your soap bar of choice and bring water to boil either in a kettle or a pan.
2	Slightly reduce the heat and add grated soap into the pan and stir gently until the grated soap has dissolved into the hot water. This takes around 5 minutes.
3	Take the pan off the heat and let the soap cool down a bit.
4	Pour the liquid soap into your pump bottle using a funnel, if needed or a heat resistant jug. And you’re good to go! If the soap hardens too much as it cools down, just add a bit of hot water, shake, and you are sorted.
5	You will find the soap settles nearer the bottom so just give it a shake once in a while. Your liquid soap should last months.

I just add the old bit to the new soap 🤷‍♂️

All these ideas are nice, but I can't be bothered. I just stick the old bit on the new bar.

This is what I do. Once you've used them a couple of times squashed together and they've dried out a couple of times, they are pretty much stuck together for life.

I live in a country where most people use bar soaps. We just stick the old one to the new bar.

I melt mine together with water in thr microwave and add some glycerine and er voila - liquid soap. Only takes a few minutes.

I grate it and use it for handwashing silks and woollens.

Thank you, I had something like this from Betterware decades ago, so glad to see they are still available!

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1024930395/shampoo-bar-mold-pressbath-bomb-mold?ref=share_v4_lx

Similar but a lot cheaper

Same. Use it till it’s just a sliver and then stick it to the new one for the last one or two uses.

I feel like spending £20 on a bit of kit to save the tiny bit of soap is a bit of an own goal in terms of money and energy use (in making the kit).

We have liquid hand soap but use bar bath soap. DH gives up on a bar when it's about half used - I take them and can use them down to invisibility. So we don't have any old bits of soap.

This is what I do!

Me too. I have quite a collection. I used to use them for bubbles at school (Nursery/Reception) but now I'm retired.

I can never make it stick on.

i use my soap in an exfoliating wash bag, When it's nearly gone i get a new bag (I have several of them) and put a new bar in, and add the old small piece to it. (then i wash the bag and add it to the pile)

Just add it to the new bar.
(Get both really wet, lather up while squeezing them together slightly, then squeeze hard and leave to dry).