How To Turn Soap Slivers Into a New Bar Of Soap

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Recycle your soap odds and ends into a beautiful new bar.

To complete this How-To you will need:

Soap slivers
A small saucepan
Water
Olive or vegetable oil
Molds
A knife
Oatmeal
Zest of a lemon, lime, or orange
Food coloring

Step 1: Gather soap odds and ends

Accumulate soap odds and ends until you have at least a cupful.

Step 2: Soak the slivers

Put the slivers into a small saucepan, cover them with water, and let them soak for about a day, stirring the mixture now and then.

Step 3: Boil some soap soup

Bring your soap soup to a boil, stirring it occasionally and keeping an eye on it, so it doesn't burn.

Step 4: Add oil

Remove it from the heat, and stir in a tablespoon of olive or vegetable oil for each cup of liquid.

Tip: Mix in a few teaspoons of uncooked oatmeal for an exfoliating bar, and the zest of a lemon, lime, or orange for a nice citrus scent. You can also add a few drops of food coloring.

Step 5: Let it cool

Pour your concoction into lightly greased muffin tins, cardboard boxes, or plastic molds from craft stores, and let them harden.

Step 6: Cut cool designs

Cut the new bars into any size or shape you like with a knife.

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[RogTheLefty]

i use liquid soap.alot more hygienic,and you've got no scum or residues.even more,you can fill it after it's out

[schumannsch]

yum. re-melted soap leftovers with hair and dead skin cells make an excellent gift!

[kjducusin]

Great tip! Totally trying this. Besides, soap is self cleaning, has fewer chemicals, less packaging and cheaper in the long run over body wash. However, I prefer using goats milk soap or charcoal-based soaps, which cost slightly more, but I think it's definitely worth it.

[Bribananas]

@schumannsch Actually if it's boiled, the germs and such would more or less die.

[cattyhat28]

@queenmem lye actually can be very bad 4 the skin but it was the cheapest/only soap available

[dskid28]

im gonna stick 2 my body wash

[LynxTrickzZ]

the liquid soap is more hygienic,that true,but totaly full of benzyl and chemicals, read the ingrediens ,one of the best for keep your skin nice,soft and healty is the coal tar soap bar,just 4 natural ingredience in it.

[Cheribelle061]

@TaraCoons0810

soap is a natural germ killer...germs cannot live on a bar of soap...and all you have to do is rinse it and it's fine

[TaraCoons0810]

This is NOT a good idea old slivers have lots of germs.

[lucicutza99]

0:38- lol soapsauce :)

[AubrxMineCandy]

thumbs up if you thought that it says soap silvers

[QueenMem]

My grandmother told me about how she and her mother used to make soap from lye (ashes) in the country. I think that's pretty neat.