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? 😆

[Redruby2020]

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

[Unabletomitigate]

Sew a soap saver and put all the bits together.

[eddiemairswife]

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

[beetr00]

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

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Natural-Durable-Foaming-Drying-Exfoliating/dp/B0826H7QDH?tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

[Allshallbewell2021]

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.

[PuppetQueen]

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.

[Fitzbillie]

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.

[Allshallbewell2021]

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.

[DoIdriveaVauxhallZafira]

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

[soggyfields]

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

[UraniumArthur]

@soggyfields

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.

[Snowontheroof]

[Inthetropics]

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

[BeauSignoles]

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

[Meadowfinch]

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