Making Your own Soap to Save Money$$$

The basics of producing sophisicated soaps for the home from scrap soap to save $$.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Soap
• Making
• Saving
• Money
• Recycling

[norxcontacts]

Nice hockey puck. The soap doesn't look fully melded.

I use a double boiler and pour into paper lined muffin tins.

[donkathylea]

@norxcontacts

Great suggestion! We'll try that next time. Thanks!

Kathy

[TheBrradsullivan]

looks like an xmas fruit cake lol, nice video

[donkathylea]

@TheBrradsullivan

Thanks for the nice comment. Too bad you can't eat the stuff. I personally like fruit cake a lot and am now very hungry.

Kathy

[TheBrradsullivan]

@donkathylea question: would it be possible to melt and dye the soap to a uniform colour as if it were wax ?

[donkathylea]

@TheBrradsullivan

Great idea, No reason why not...my husband and I both think its a great thought. The most recent time my husband just used larger pieces without shredding and kept it longer in the microwave. The colour "pudding" effect was still a problem.

[jeanettew808]

hmmmm :( ITS a good way to recycle soap im sure but i dont think i want to wash with left over soaps if it comes out looking that way...im gonna try the melt and pour method becuz thats the quickest and simplist way for beginners like me who wants to learn how to make soap..thanks for sharing..

[snowman358]

oooor go buy base soap melt it add color and let it set there yahh go soap -.-

[TheBrradsullivan]

@donkathylea thanks, it was just an idea cause thats what i do with candles all the time, i save old candle bits then i boil them all down in one pot, add my new colour with an actual colour brick or just with crayons, then i add mint extract for scent, then pour into mason jars/ soup cans etc for enclosed candles or paper milk cartons/ towel rolls for square/ round candles! if i could find a way to make everything at home i would never go to the store, i hate capitalism

[SuperLarry4]

Great information! I'm definetly going to use this. Thank you for posting.

[donkathylea]

@Grroocx

Thanks for the comment. We are old and never considered the baddies in soap, thinking if soap kills washes them off then how many could be lurking and would they remain if you washed under running water but food for thought.

Kathy

[Grroocx]

Well, I really just wanted to do better than my usual basic melding technique. Google revealed that melding soap must be the National Sport, and here we have thousands of viewers coming clean. Thanks muchly for this very good, fun video. No one goes away empty-handed, as we all learn that metal can be dealt with in a microwave. As for dirty soap, yes, indeed soap can be home to some bad guys you wouldn't want to touch; "safe soap" ain't necessarily so. Thanks lots—3 years after, still good fun.