Is there an easy way to melt small leftover bits of bar soap so you can form one bigger piece?

Question

I buy expensive natural soaps, and hate to throw out the bits when it gets down to a small piece. But I tried to "melt" several of these in a ceramic bowl in the microwave, and got a frothy mess. Is there a simple, better way to do this or don't bother?

Answer 1

Put the bits into a double boiler. Heat the double boiler on very low heat. This will provide the gentle melting that is needed.

Answer 2

Get in the shower turn the water as hot as you dare, hold the small piece of soap and a new bar under the water, take the small piece and squeeze it unto the new bar as hard as you can. Shower away!! I do this all the time. It does not matter if the soaps are different brands, all soaps have basically the same ingredients. I have been looking for a soap press that was offered in a Carol Wright(?) catalog that was designed to do this very thing but have not found one.

Answer 3

Grate the soap in a dish and add abit of warm water to it, and repeat the process until your bar is big enough with your bits of soap

Answer 4

You need to have the soap in a pot which is in a pot of boiling water the same as you would do to melt chocolate. Softly softly is the operative word for this job.

Answer 5

You try a double boiler? Put a pan on top of another pan full of hot water on top of the stove. Will heat more evenly and slower.

Answer 6

The best thing to do is get a small mesh bag, put all your small pieces in it and use them that way.wash away

Answer 7

That could be very dangerous, Never do that

Answer 8

i think the "natural" soap has affected your brain. THROW IT OUT