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After making bars of soap from pieces, how should they be stored?
By chris from Cumming, GA
My sister used to wrap her bars in leftover gift wrap. They can also be stored in zipper sandwich bags.
You can place them in toe of a piece of pantyhose (knee high). I do this and tie it to the outside faucet for easy clean-ups after working in the garden.
Great idea!!!!!! Best yet! Thanks
How can I use up old bits of soap? Perhaps make into fresh bars to use. Any other suggestions?
By Sandra
Walmart (& probably other stores) sell little scrubbies over near the cosmetic department that are like an envelope that you place the soap pieces in. It has a loop that you put through another loop to I hang it in my shower & one side is a little rough & use it to scrub the dry skin off my feet, etc.
I crocheted (all cotton, cost $1 on sale each to buy the Peaches 'n Cream yarn) bath mitts, simple rectangles that we slide the soap and hands into for a good scrub up.
Since I made those mitts, lol, we no longer have soap bits:)
Can I melt pieces of soap into big bars of soap in the microwave? Thank you.
By Terry L. L. from PA
There are oodles of different ideas, including using the microwave, if you scroll down on this page to the ThriftyFun archives below. :-)
I've never melted soap ends, but what I have done is taken the ends and pieces and tied them up in a nylon mesh and made a 'scrubbie' out of it. It's great and foams up like you wouldn't believe!
I have a jar full of soap jelly made from leftover toilet soap. How can I use it now?
By Marian
Those last tiny slivers of soap are perfect for adding to the inside of your exfoliating glove, using them for one final cleansing task. This is a page about add pieces of soap to exfoliating glove.
ThriftyFun is one of the longest running frugal living communities on the Internet. These are archives of older discussions.
Can I melt small pieces of bath soap in microwave oven and make one big bar?
How do you recycle bar soap pieces? Thank you in advance.
I always hated to throw away the small parts of soap bars when they became to small to use.
How do you make one bar of soap from small pieces?
What can I do with all the leftover pieces of soap in the shower?
What can you do with small pieces of soap besides put on big pieces of soap?
We have all had needs for bath soap etc. and I have found that each bar costs lots of money. I have made up my mind to recycle all of the bits of soap-ends...
I would like to know what to do with leftover pieces of hand soap. I have started using liquid soap for hands, but have plenty of soap pieces left over.
