When using toilet or laundry soap, in the end there are always fragments that break under minimal pressure of the palm and are no longer suitable for use. You can immediately throw them away, or you can collect them and then make a new, full-fledged bar of soap from them.

If you correctly combine different fragments and residues, you will get soap that is better than before, with an excellent aroma and beautiful shape and most importantly you will save money own funds. How to make soap from soap remnants?

Making solid soap

To make a soap bar, you need to fill the soap with water, put it on fire and cook for several hours, stirring thoroughly so that the mass is homogeneous. Then pour it into prepared molds. Silicone ones, intended for making cookies, are better, but regular ones are also possible.

When the soap hardens, you will get a brand new piece, ready for use. If you don’t have time to stand at the stove, but you want to make soap from remnants, use more in a fast way: grate the soap on a fine grater and pour hot water, stir until completely dissolved, then pour into molds and send to a cool place, in a couple of days the product will be ready.

Making liquid soap

Making liquid soap from soap remnants is no more difficult than making a solid piece. For this you will need: unnecessary soap, milk, aromatic oils, water and three liter jar.

Pre-grated pieces of soap should take up no more than 2/3 of the jar. They need to be poured with boiling water, the container covered with a lid and stirred periodically throughout the day until the soap becomes a homogeneous mass and completely dissolves.

The mixture will be thick, you need to add half a glass of milk and a few drops of oil, your favorite aroma - you will get a natural, harmless, fragrant liquid soap prepared with my own hands at home.

Making soap in the microwave

The technology and ingredients are still the same, except that you need to choose a mold with a tight-fitting lid.

Cut the remaining soap with a knife, place it in a container, fill it with water and microwave it for 30 seconds at medium power, after covering it with a lid. When the time is up, take out the mold, mix the soap and put it in the oven for another 15 seconds.

Short periods of time high temperature In this process, it is necessary to prevent the soap mass from boiling. Repeat until completely dissolved.

When the soap has completely dissolved, pour it into molds and let it harden for two days. The method is easy to implement, due to the fact that almost everyone these days is a happy owner of a microwave.

Various additives

If you want to make a scrub soap, just add coffee grounds to it to get the desired result. By adding cocoa, beets or coffee, you can color the soap in different colors, making its appearance even more attractive, while the composition is harmless.

When using essential oils, you first need to familiarize yourself with their properties: mint, chamomile and lavender will soothe the skin, peach or almond oil will soften, ylang-ylang will strengthen the legs, sandalwood is famous for its rejuvenating effect.

Soap recipes from soap will help you not only save money, but also make soap that is ideal for your skin type.

The finer the grater on which the soap is rubbed, the faster it will dissolve in water.

For the effect and smell, aromatic oils need to be added just a little - a couple of drops. When adding more the effect will be identical, but there will be more consumables.

Adding milk or citrus fruits to soap significantly reduces the shelf life of soap. It must be used immediately.

If the molds for hardening are not silicone, grease them with sunflower oil, then the soap will cool faster from them. If the soap is still tightly attached to the mold, it is enough to lower it briefly under hot water.

Heavily dried shards of soap that are difficult to grate can be broken with a hammer.

If you add sugar to the mixture, the soap will become thicker. To make the product as beneficial as possible, you can add tinctures of medicinal herbs to it.

Making soap from scraps is not a labor-intensive process. Except interesting activity, good mood, saved money, you will receive a full-fledged homemade product.

After looking at photos and videos of the finished product from remnants on the Internet, as well as using the advice knowledgeable people You can make such soap quickly and efficiently.

Photo of soap from remnants

It’s rare to find such perfect clean people who manage to wash off an entire bar of soap to the bitter end. Most often, small pieces remain - remnants. And what do you want to do with this treasure?

There are several answers to the question what to do with remnants.

We offer the following options:

1. Make new soap from soap remnants. You can make both liquid soap and ordinary solid soap. Below is a recipe on how to do it.

2. You can add old soap to new one. This is done like this: Soak a piece of new soap in water and “stamp” the soap into it. For greater strength, you can wrap the resulting bar of soap in cellophane and place it in the microwave for 10-15 seconds. Two different soaps will stick together tightly and become one piece.

3. Let's make a bubble bath. To do this, rub the soap remnants on a grater and add baby oil to the soap shavings. The resulting mass will successfully replace regular bath foam.

4. Sponge for the garden and garage. As you know, after fiddling around in the garden and fixing a car, it is very difficult to wash your hands. A special washcloth made from soap remnants and a plastic mesh from vegetables or fruits, for example, garlic, will help here. If you put soap remnants in there and tie them, you will get a strong washcloth that will help you quickly wash your hands even after the most dirty work in the garden and garage.

5. Soaps will help to wash your laundry better and make it more fragrant. Just to do this, you don’t need to put soap in the powder compartment. Instead, put the soap in an old sock, tie it well and put it in the wash with the rest of the laundry.

6. You can use a bar of soap instead of a pin cushion. Let's stick all the needles and pins in the house there. As a result, our needles are neat and clean. For beauty, we will place the soap in some cute little case.

7. Let's put small pieces of fragrant soap in drawers with linen, and as a result our clothes will smell nice.

8. Soap is an excellent substitute for chalk: you can use it to draw marks on fabric and even on pieces of wood where you need to cut.

9. By putting the soap remnants in a linen bag, we get an excellent washcloth.

So now you don’t have to worry about lathering yourself with small pieces of soap. Place the remnants in a box and save them for later use. And you can always throw it away...

Old soap turns into wonderful new soap. If you successfully select the colors and smells of the soap remnants, your soap will turn out better than before!

Two types of soap can be made from soap remnants: liquid and solid.

WITH liquid everything is very simple: we push the remnants of soap into a bottle of old liquid soap (preferably with a dispenser, for solidity), about half a bottle, fill it with hot water and... wait.

Periodically, shake the bottle and mix its contents.

After a few days (it all depends on your soap remnants: some soap dissolves faster) you will have a bottle of liquid, viscous soap. If the soap mixture seems too thick, dilute it with water.

Solid soap made from soap

To prepare it, we will need a plastic container suitable for heating in a microwave, in fact, the microwave itself and molds into which we will pour the finished soap.

Step 1. Grind the soap on a coarse grater or chop it into small pieces with a knife.

Step 2. Place them in a prepared plastic container and add a little hot water. If you want to get multi-colored soap, place the soap remnants in different containers, without mixing one color with another.

Step 3. Close the container with soap remnants with a lid and put it in the microwave for 15 seconds. Then take it out and mix. Let's set it again. And we do this until the soap melts. Try not to bring the soap to a boil.

Step 4. Before the final “heating” you can add it to the soap. various oils, oatmeal, ground coffee, flower petals... So you will not just have recycled soap, but a new useful and beautiful product.

Step 5. Grease the soap molds with oil and pour the melted mixture into them. You can make soap with several layers. To do this, first pour melted soap remnants of one color, let the soap dry a little, and pour the second batch of a different color.

Tin cans are suitable for molds (when the soap dries, we simply cut off the bottom of the jar and push the soap out), children's sand molds, pastry molds for cupcakes...

The soap should dry for several days. Well, then you will have your own soap made from the remnants.

Solid soap is used in every home, and therefore we are all faced with the question of where to put the little soap. Most often we throw them away. But from several collected pieces you can make a new soap with the addition of various ingredients: cream, oil, scrub, etc.

How to use leftover soap

We use soap to wash our hands, do laundry or wash dishes. When a bar of soap becomes thin, flat and brittle, it becomes impossible or simply inconvenient to use. Practical housewives are in no hurry to throw away remnants, but come up with new ways to use them:

1. The most popular move is to attach a remnant to the new soap. To do this, both pieces need to be wet and connected to each other. After two or three uses, the soap remnant is firmly imprinted into a new piece of soap and is completely consumed.
2. Needlewomen use soap in cutting sewing. But not every woman is engaged in sewing, and one piece of soap will be enough for this task for a long time.
   The soap leaves clear lines necessary for cutting, is easily washed off, and leaves no traces
3. Several remnants of soap can be placed in a stocking or fishnet, tie a knot and use the resulting bag of soap for laundry, washing dishes, instead of a washcloth. The same bag can be hung near the street washstand in the garden: the soap will not be lost, it will dry out and will always be at hand.
   Soaps folded into a similar bag will become convenient for use.
4. Leftover scented soap can be placed in the linen closet between stacks of bedding or clothing. Things that have lain long time without use, they will have a pleasant aroma instead of a musty smell.
   Place scented bars of soap between piles to protect against unpleasant odor stale things
5. Remnants will help decorate windows: in winter time with their help you can glue snowflakes and other New Year paraphernalia to the windows; they will also help secure the lace tulle to the glass.
   Tulle glued to the glass will help limit the view from the street, protect from the sun or decorate the window
6. To insulate windows, you need to soak pieces of fabric in soapy water and seal the cracks.
   The soap will reliably stick the fabric to the surface of the window, leave no marks and can be easily removed
7. If the zipper on your clothing gets stuck, you can lubricate the zipper with dry soap.
   A zipper coated with soap is easier to close.
8. Poorly moving desk drawers can be lubricated with soap to improve sliding.
   You can lubricate the wooden grooves along which the box moves with soap.
9. From the remnants you can make a new full-fledged bar of soap.
   From old bars of soap you can make new bars with different useful supplements

   Making liquid soap from soap remnants

In order to make soap from soap remnants, you need to accumulate soap residues for some time. It is best to allocate a jar or other container for this. When the vessel with remnants is filled, you can begin making.
Handmade soap can be given as a small gift to friends and loved ones

Making your own soap has many positive aspects:

• waste-free use of soap;
• soap made from remnants will save the family budget;
• this activity will provide an opportunity to engage in creativity, since here you can show your imagination in additives, shapes and colors;
• the process will distract you from everyday worries and problems;
• soap making can become a favorite pastime;
• the resulting product will please all family members, and even if the final result is far from expected, the soap will still be suitable for use;

How to make liquid soap without cooking

New soap does not necessarily need to be made solid; if desired, liquid soap can be obtained from soap remnants. And if you add various useful components to it, the resulting product can be used instead of shower gel.

To make liquid soap you will need:

• fine grater
• case with dispenser,
• glycerin (sold at the pharmacy),
• lemon juice,
• hot water,
• non-solid additives (essential oil, milk, honey).

For soap making, it is better to buy a separate grater or wash the kitchen one well so that soap particles do not get into the food

Lemon juice is added as a preservative when using natural ingredients. Otherwise, the soap will quickly deteriorate. Lemon juice can replace oil bay leaf, oily vitamin E.

The recipe for making liquid soap is very simple:

1. You need to grate the soap on a fine grater.
   The smaller the resulting soap shavings, the sooner they will dissolve in water.
2. Pour a capful of glycerin and lemon juice into a container for future liquid soap. There are no specific proportions; usually, 1 tablespoon of glycerin is added to 1 liter of finished soap.
   Glycerin is added to soap to soften the skin
3. Place the grated crumbs into the case. The bottle should be 2/3 filled with soap shavings.
   If your case is opaque, then you can make soap in a jar and then pour it into a dispenser
4. Pour boiling water over the crumbs. Water can be replaced with herbal decoction. Leave some space if you plan to apply additives.
5. Close the bottle tightly with the lid.
6. Shake the container vigorously.
7. Leave until completely dissolved, shaking occasionally. The process may take several days.
8. When the soap shavings are completely dissolved, you can add a few drops of aromatic essential oil or liquid honey. If you plan to add milk, then it should be half the mass of soap crumbs. For example, for 5 level tablespoons of chips you need 2.5 tablespoons of milk.
   All additives for liquid soap must also have a liquid consistency.
9. Shake everything well.
10. The soap is ready for use.

You can add no more than 1/3 teaspoon of essential oil, 5–7 drops, to 100 grams of liquid soap lemon juice, 30 grams of honey.

When trying to improve the quality of a new soap, it is important not to overdo it. All additional ingredients should not be added to one bottle. This will only ruin the final product. Everything should have its own measure: if you want to supplement liquid soap with milk, then just add a little honey to it. You can combine 2-3 essential oils, in which case you don’t need to add anything else. It must be remembered that excessive amounts of oils can provoke allergic reaction, and the soap will not foam. Soap based on a decoction of herbs will itself have useful components, so other additives will be unnecessary.

Video: making liquid soap from soap remnants

A simple recipe for making liquid soap from soap remnants

To turn small pieces of soap into a full bar, you can use one of the most simple recipes with the addition of mint.

For production you will need:

• 100 grams of soap,
• water 50–60 ml,
• 1 teaspoon mint leaves,
• a cap of glycerin,
• lemon juice (5–7 drops).

Preparation:

1. We grind the soap on a grater.
2. Pour mint leaves with hot water.
3. Bring to a boil, turn off, cover with a lid.
4. After 1-2 hours, reheat until it starts boiling and pour in soap shavings.
5. If necessary, you can add water.
6. Stir and leave for about 30–40 minutes.
7. Add glycerin and lemon juice.
8. Mix everything well and pour into a container with a dispenser.
9. When the shavings are completely dissolved, use the soap.
10. You can store the new soap, but the bottle cap must be tightly closed.

For household needs, liquid soap can be filled with additives instead of baking soda(1 teaspoon per 0.5 ml of soap) and wash dishes with this product. And if you also put 1 tablespoon of mustard there, the soap will wash away the grease.

Making solid soap from soap remnants

It’s also easy to make new bars of soap from remnants.

Preparing solid soap in a water bath

The water bath is used not only in soap making, but also in cooking, as well as in making candles. Exposure to steam avoids burning, excessive evaporation and allows the product to be sterilized. In a water bath, the soap is melted gradually, reaching the desired consistency.

Experienced soap makers use special dishes for a water bath, but in fact this is not at all necessary. It is enough to prepare two heat-resistant vessels different sizes so that one can fit inside the other. A regular saucepan and glass container will do just fine.
Any pan is suitable as the bottom of a water bath, and for the top of the structure you can use a glass, plastic, ceramic or enamel vessel

For a water bath, soap can also be placed in a thick plastic bucket, but in this case, a textile kitchen napkin should be placed on the bottom of the lower pan.

Required items:

• water bath dishes,
• grater,
• remnants,
• water,
• additives,
• soap containers,
• oil for lubricating containers.

When everything necessary items at hand, it's time to start cooking:

1. Rub the soap on a fine grater. You can cut it into small pieces, but then the pieces will take much longer to melt and the process will be delayed.
   Combination of remnants different colors may give an unexpected result, so it is better to melt them separately
2. When the soap is crushed, put a pan of water on the fire and bring to a boil.
3. We install the upper bowl with soap shavings.
   If the top bowl of the water bath comes into contact with boiling water, the soap will melt faster, so you should stir the soap more often and monitor the temperature more closely
4. Melt the soap, stirring occasionally. Don't let the soap boil! The optimal soap temperature during melting is +80 o C.
5. While the contents of the top are melting, grease the soap molds with oil. This will make it easier to remove the soap after it has hardened.
   To make solid soap, you can use any containers, including children's sandbox molds
6. When 90% of the soap shavings have melted and all that remains is large number crumbs, remove the vessel from the water bath.
   The choice of soap additives depends on the personal preferences of the manufacturer, and the ability to combine them comes with experience
7. Pour hot soap into molds.
8. Leave in a cool place until hardened. Do not dry soap in the sun.
9. Remove the solid soap from the molds.
   To make the soap easier to remove, place the mold in hot water for a few seconds.
10. Wrap in plastic film.
    Ready-made soap should be stored wrapped in film to avoid overdrying and deformation.
11. We put it away for storage.

The drying time of the soap and its quality depend on the amount of added water, the ingredients and the composition of the soap from which the new pieces were made. The ability to properly prepare soap comes with experience, so practice and the results will follow!

Video: how to make soap from soap remnants in a water bath

Melting soap over gas and in the microwave

Some soap makers find using a water bath too long and tedious, so they prefer to melt soap using gas. This method will require some skill, which comes with practice. When using gas, hold the pan with powdered soap over the fire at a distance of 3–5 cm, stirring vigorously and preventing burning.
If you are new to soap making, then it is better to abandon the idea of ​​melting soap on gas, since there is a possibility of getting burned by hot soap, hot utensils and open flames.

The method using gas is indeed faster, but not the safest and most convenient: during the procedure, you can accidentally drop a container of hot soap and get burned, and holding the container and stirring at the same time is not very comfortable.

If it is not possible to organize a water bath, and you do not want to use gas because of possible dangers, then using a microwave oven can easily replace both options. It's very simple:

1. A cup (of course, non-metallic) with grated soap is filled with hot water and placed in the microwave for 15 seconds.
2. After turning off the oven, remove the cup and stir the mixture well.
3. Microwave the soap again for 15 seconds.
4. Repeat the procedure until the soap is completely dissolved in water.

An example of making solid soap from soap remnants

Pieces of old soap can simply be melted down and poured into molds, or you can show your imagination and get creative. Much depends on the number of remnants, their color and the desire to turn your ideas into reality.

How to make soap pie

For beginner soap makers, such an interesting and simple option as soap pie is suitable.

Photo gallery: options for making a pie from remnants

The simplest option for making a soap pie can be tried by both beginners and experienced soap makers. The brighter and more varied the pieces of old soap are, the more visually the new soap will be. Soap pie fillings can be used in a wide variety of shapes and colors

So, let's prepare a soap pie. For this you will need:

• remnants different colors, if the remnants are pale color scheme, then you can enrich it with the help of food coloring;
• container for the final product;
• alcohol in a spray bottle;
• all items used to melt soap (see above).

The easiest recipe for making soap pie:

1. Cut the colored soap into pieces of different sizes.
2. Melt neutral-colored soap using one of the above methods.
3. Cool the resulting liquid soap until slightly thickened.
4. Place the colored pieces - the filling of the pie - into a greased container.
5. Sprinkle these pieces with alcohol.
6. Pour melted soap over the colored scraps. The filling should not be hot, otherwise it will melt the colored filling.
7. Apply a little alcohol again to the surface of the cake.

For alcohol, you can use a spray bottle from old cosmetic products: lotions, styling products, decolons

Alcohol is needed in order to avoid the appearance of air bubbles, which will certainly form on the surface of the soap after pouring. Soap not treated with alcohol looks unsightly, so if this substance is not used, the soap will lose its aesthetic appearance.

Free sale of pure alcohol is prohibited by law. But vodka or salicylic alcohol will not work. You can use formic or boric alcohol.

If desired, the colored components of the pie can be melted separately and poured into small containers various shapes. In this case appearance The soap will turn out to be more interesting, but the manufacturing process will require a significant amount of time.

How to make scrub soap from soap remnants

The scrub is used in cosmetology to soften the skin, remove dead cells, enhance the massage effect and blood flow. If you combine a scrub with soap, you can cleanse your skin and take care of it at the same time. Soap with added solid particles will have a scrubbing effect.

The easiest way to make scrub soap with oatmeal:

Instead of flakes, you can add ground coffee or its whole grains, a ready-made cosmetic scrub, sea ​​salt, crushed cereals (corn, barley, etc.). The main thing is not to overdo it with additives, otherwise the soap will crumble. The use of cereal products will make the soap very harsh, it can scratch the delicate skin of a child or hand. It is best used to exfoliate the skin of the feet.

Other ways to use soap remnants

Imagination and practicality can expand ideas about application simple remnants. For example, you can use them to make bubble bath or soap bubbles.

Bath foam from soap remnants

Fans of foam baths can use soap instead of expensive products. You can add a few drops of essential oils (see the instructions for the oil for the exact amount), throw dried rose petals into the bath, or light candles. A pleasant, relaxing environment will help relieve fatigue and switch from work.
Homemade foam from soap remnants must be washed off after taking a bath

An example of making bath foam:

1. Prepare liquid soap from the remnants.
2. Add glycerin.
3. Pour in 1 teaspoon of liquid honey.
4. Stir gently for a few minutes to evenly distribute the ingredients.
5. Avoid foam formation.
6. Pour the soap into a container with a screw-on lid.
7. Shake before use.

Soap for foam should be prepared in small portions so that finished product It was quickly consumed and did not have time to deteriorate.

Soap bubbles from soap remnants

All children love to blow bubbles. So why not try making them from a bunch of unwanted scraps? But not just any toilet soap will do in this case. They often contain impurities unnecessary for soap bubbles. But remnants remain from laundry soap, which is quite suitable.
Soap bubbles are an essential attribute of summer walks with children in the park.

Recipe for making soap bubbles from laundry soap:

1. Grate 100 grams of laundry soap.
2. Pour 5 cups of boiling water.
3. Stir crumbly until completely dissolved.
4. The mixture can be heated over a fire or a water bath if it has cooled down and the soap has not dissolved. The mixture must not be boiled!
5. Add 1 teaspoon glycerin and stir.
6. Cool.
7. Soap bubbles are ready.

Instead of laundry soap, you can use soap with olive or almond oil.

Can be used as dyes natural products. Here are some options:

You can also add useful ingredients to solid soap, and in this case the list is more varied than in the case of liquid soap:

• ready scrub,
• oatmeal flakes,
• ground coffee,
• cream,
• essential oil,
• herbal decoction,
• milk,
• pieces of leaves,
• citrus peels,
• dyes
• etc. to the taste and imagination of the manufacturer

Possible mistakes in soap making

The first pancake, as they say, can come out lumpy. The same goes for making soap. In an effort to make good and healthy soap, you can overdo it. If the result saddens you, then study possible errors and their causes.

Table: soap maker errors and how to eliminate them

Problem	Possible reasons	Way to resolve the error
The soap crumbles and breaks.	Too many solid additives the soap is dry there are a lot of other soaps in the soap	Add less scrubbing particles, After production, pack the soap in plastic film, Spray alcohol generously onto small soapy parts so that they stick together well
The salt added to the soap has dissolved.	The salt was poured into too hot water or added to soap that was still hot.	Add salt to warm soap mixture
The scrub soap is very harsh.	A large amount or very large particles of scrubbing elements have been added	Before adding to soap, grind hard particles until crumbly and apply sparingly.
There was mold on the soap.	Used fresh fruit, juices, etc.	Only dried fruits should be added to soap, and decoctions should be used instead of juices.
The soap does not foam well or cracks.	Soap contains too many oils a lot of solid particles and decorating additives, the soap is dry	To 100 grams of soap you should add no more than 0.5 teaspoon of oils, scrub and decorations should be no more than 1 teaspoon, soap should be stored in plastic wrap and not for too long.
After using the soap, an allergic reaction appeared.	Soap contains components that cause allergies. Most often this essential oils.	Before using oils, perform a sensitivity test by applying a drop of oil to the crook of your elbow. Do not add oil to soap for children and pregnant women.
Soap stains the skin.	There are too many dyes in the soap.	For 100 grams of soap, 1-3 drops of well-dissolved dye is enough.
The soap turned out greasy.	Too much essential oil or glycerin has been added to the soap.	If the soap contains glycerin, then you no longer need to add it.
The film became covered with soap fumes.	the soap was packaged half-dry	Unpack the soap and dry it; after making the soap, you need to dry it for at least a day.
The soap cannot be removed from the mold.	The product is not dry enough yet.	Let the soap dry and place it in the freezer before removing it.

Safety precautions when working with soap

Those who are planning to recycle soap for the first time need to know important rules ensuring the safety of the upcoming work:

1. The room in which new soap is made, usually the kitchen, should be well ventilated. An excess of various odors and elements can cause an allergic reaction or slight intoxication.
2. The dishes in which the soap is melted must be glass, ceramic, or enameled. You can use stainless steel containers. But galvanized, aluminum and tin pans can react with the alkali contained in the soap and will be damaged.
3. A wooden spatula is ideal for mixing soap, while silicone and rubberized ones can leave an unpleasant odor, especially if they are made from low-quality raw materials.
4. Young children should not be allowed near the water bath. The structure may be unstable, but the child is very inquisitive.
5. When working with alcohol, you need to wear a mask to avoid inhaling harmful fumes.

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You can, of course, throw away the remaining pieces of soap, but if you are a thrifty housewife, everything in your home should go to use and the right direction. As a result, you can save a lot of money over a few years. Those who are used to counting money in advance will fully appreciate this!

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You can make a washcloth for washing your hands after working on the ground or in the garage.

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As you know, after fiddling around in the garden and fixing a car, it is very difficult to wash your hands. This is where our washcloth will help us. We take the remnants of soap, place them in a net in which garlic is sold in supermarkets, tie it and get a washcloth that will help you quickly wash your hands even after the dirtiest work.

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And by putting the soap remnants in a linen bag, we get a washcloth for the body.

Soaps will help to wash your laundry better and make it more fragrant.

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To do this, you need to put the soap remnants in an old sock, tie it well and put it in the washing machine along with the laundry.

Place fragrant soaps on the shelves with linen.

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Your things will smell nice. And you can be sure that you won’t get a musty smell.

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If your desk drawer doesn't open well, soap can help.

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One has only to rub the bottom of the drawer from the outside and the supports along which the drawer slides out (to reduce friction) and the movement of the drawer will become easy.

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When preparing your home for the winter cold, you can use soap remnants to seal the windows.

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It is enough to lubricate paper or fabric tapes with a soap solution. After such insulation, there will be no traces left on the windows.

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Using soap remnants you can decorate windows for the New Year.

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Cut out snowflakes from paper and use soap to glue the snowflakes to the glass.

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In summer, remnants will help make lace windows.

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Using old tulle and soapy water, you can easily shade the windows to get rid of the heat or unwanted glances from neighbors.

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Those who sew use soap instead of tailor's chalk.

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The lines left by the soap are clearly visible, and after washing there is no trace left of the line.

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You can make a convenient “cushion” for needles from the remnants.

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At the same time, the soap will lubricate the needles to make work easier.

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Soaps can also serve to facilitate screwing screws into wood, just lubricate it with soap.

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If you have garden plot and there is a tap with water on it, you can put the soap in a nylon sock and hang it near it. The soap will foam perfectly and will not slip out of your hands. By the way, a stocking with such soap is good at repelling some insects

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Remnants can be used to make wonderful new soap

And both liquid and solid.

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So, the first and simplest thing you can do with a soap remnant is to attach it to a newly purchased piece of soap.

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Wet the soap and a new piece of soap, lightly press the soap and let the “sandwich” dry. That's it, you can use it! It’s easy to calculate that over several times you save on whole piece, and if you use high-quality and inexpensive soap, the savings are significant.

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Or you can simply collect the remnants in a pile, and when enough of them have accumulated, “wash them away” into a separate piece.

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It may not be very aesthetically pleasing, but it is quite high quality.

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It is very easy to make liquid soap from soap remnants.

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We push the soap into a bottle of old liquid soap, about half the size of a bottle, fill it with hot water and shake the bottle periodically. In a few days you will have a bottle of liquid, viscous soap. If the soap mixture seems too thick, dilute it with water. You can add food coloring - it will turn out more presentable :)

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Liquid soap can be made in another way

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Grate the soap pieces on a coarse grater or chop them with a knife, pour them into a small saucepan and add water. Leave to brew for half an hour, and then place the container in a water bath.

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When the soap is well dissolved, remove the pan from the heat and wait until it cools. Add a teaspoon of glycerin or vodka to it. Using a pipette, add a few drops of essential oils and floral water and stir thoroughly. To make your soap antibacterial, you can add tea tree essential oil to it.

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Pour the soap into a clean, airtight bottle with a dispenser that will prevent evaporation and drying out.

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Watch the master class "How to make soap from soap remnants WITHOUT COOKING"

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New soap made from soap

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You can grate the soap into shavings or cut into pieces and pour in a soap base.

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Then you will get such beauty :)

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And if you are not lazy and melt these pieces, and even use soap molds self made, then it’s not a shame to show it to guests.

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How to make soap from soap in a water bath.

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1. Grate the soap into a stainless steel container. The result should be about 2 cups of grated soap.

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2. Melt the soap. To do this, add half a glass of water or milk to the soap flakes (it will make the soap soft). The liquid should only dampen the soap a little, because if you overdo it, it will take longer to make.

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Place the pan inside a larger pot of water to create a water bath.

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Stir gently over low heat wooden spoon the resulting mixture so that the soap does not stick to the bottom of the container. Be careful not to create foam when stirring.

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Do this until the soap melts. If you feel like it's starting to dry out, just add a little milk or water. The resulting mixture should be translucent and slightly rough.

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Add to the soap any ingredients that your darling pleases - a few drops of your favorite essential oil, perfume, herbal decoction. To do this, remove the soap from the heat and add the ingredients you need, remembering to mix the mixture thoroughly.

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Place the soap into the molds. You can use any plastic rectangular container or individual ramekins. In this case, you are limited only by your imagination.

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Refrigerate the soap. After the soap has been in the molds for a few minutes, it should be placed in the freezer for 1 hour to make the soap easier to remove from the mold.

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After this, the soap should rest for about three weeks in a well-ventilated area. Once completely hardened, your soap is ready to use!

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Soap from soap remnants can be simply WELDED.

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Grate the soap into shavings and add water. Typically, water is taken at a 1:1 ratio. That is, if you have a liter jar of soap, then you also need a liter of water, and if it’s a half-liter jar, then half a liter of water.

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Place the resulting mixture on very low heat and cook for about two hours. Do not forget to stir this brew periodically.

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You can add a special charm to your future masterpiece by adding crushed aromatic herbs, aromatic oils, finely ground coffee, or whatever your taste and imagination dictates to the mixture towards the end of cooking. When the mixture becomes homogeneous beautiful mass, add additives, stir, boil slightly and remove from heat.

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Pour the finished soap into pre-prepared molds.

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Where can I get them? All kinds of silicone baking molds, for freezing ice, and sand molds are perfect for this purpose. Yes, also, be sure to thoroughly grease the molds first, otherwise the beauty will be lost - everything will stick.

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The soap should remain in the molds for several days until it dries completely, after which simply shake it out of there. Now you and your whole family can wash yourself with homemade soap!

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You can make sure that the soap also removes something oily that is deeply ingrained into the skin!

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To do this, you can put scraps of a washcloth, preferably a coarse one, into a solution of melted soap, so that when it hardens, you can not only wash your hands, but also remove dirt at the same time. Very convenient. If you want to add a little fruit flavor, it is better not to use juices or fruits themselves, especially if they have a lot of liquid. For this you can use, for example, skin and zest. For example, we want to add a little citrus aroma.

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We take and cook the soap, as mentioned above, now grate the zest separately, add a little olive oil, and then all this into the finished liquid soap. Mix, evenly distributing the additions among the molds. The soap has hardened and is ready to use.

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You can make soap from soap remnants in the microwave!

You will need a plastic container suitable for heating in the microwave and a mold into which you will need to pour the finished soap.
1. Three remnants on a coarse grater.

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2. Place them in a prepared plastic container and add a little hot water. If you want to get multi-colored soap, place soaps of one color in one container and another color in another.
3. Close the container with a lid and put it in the microwave for 15 seconds. Then take it out and stir. Let's set it again. And so on until the soap melts. Try not to bring the soap to a boil.
4. Before final heating, you can add various oils, oatmeal, ground coffee, flower petals to the soap... This way you will get something that is not only new, but also beautiful. useful product.
5. Grease the soap molds with oil and pour the melted mixture into them. You can make colored soap. To do this, first pour a mixture of one color, let it dry a little, and then pour a mixture of a different color.

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So now feel free to put the remnants in some box and save them for later use.

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7 August 2015

As one of the heroines of a popular sitcom said: “A good housewife should always have a jar for storing soap.” But, if you don’t have such a jar, and the remnants of soap are simply lying around, for example, in a drawer in the bathroom, and every time you come across them, you figure out how to use them, then this master class on soap making especially for you.

How to make soap from soap remnants at home?

It’s not difficult at all and you don’t need special industrial equipment, all you need is the following:

1. Remnants of different types of soap: toilet, laundry;
2. Large and small saucepans (for a water bath), a grater with large holes;
3. Food coloring (any you have available, including: coffee, saffron);
4. Soap molds (if there are no special molds, take regular plastic containers).

Important: the molds must be made of soft, thin material: plastic, silicone. This is necessary to finished product could be easily removed.

The procedure for making soap from soap remnants

1. If you are going do striped soap, as in our case, then sort the remnants by color - as a rule, white ones accumulate the most.

2. Grate the pieces on a coarse grater and pour hot water over the soap shavings and stir. The water should cover the contents by one finger. Leave it overnight.

3. Then stir the contents, if it is too thick, add water. The consistency should be like thick sour cream. You can use milk instead of water.

4. Fill a large saucepan halfway with water and place a container with soapy contents in it and cook over low heat, avoiding boiling, until the lumps are completely dissolved. That is, the soap mass should turn out monotonous.

5. When the soap is almost ready, add dyes, fragrances, and essential oils to it. Mix everything thoroughly.

6. Prepare your molds and start pouring. Take a ladle, pour one layer, put it in the refrigerator for 20 seconds, then pour the next layer and so on.

At the same time soap base do not remove from the stove - it must always be warm, otherwise it will instantly harden.

7. Fill the mold to the top, keep it in the refrigerator for 2 hours.

Important: Warn your family that there is soap in the refrigerator, and not “something tasty.”

8. Cut the soap into “portion pieces” as you see fit. While the soap is soft, you can make engravings, inscriptions, and reliefs. To do this, use coins, ropes, etc.

9. Place the soap on cardboards covered with polyethylene and place in a dry place for a day.

Then remove the plastic and keep the pieces in a dry place for a week. After this, it can be used for its intended purpose.

Note: After complete drying, the soap may change color. Saturated colors will become paler, but at the same time the sharp, unpleasant smell will also disappear and the finished product will have the aroma that you gave it during cooking.

How to make soap from soap remnants you now know how manufacture gift soap from scratch to special recipe, look in this master class. Soap self made will become an expensive souvenir for loved ones and relatives.
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