squeezing little pieces of soap together?

Question

I hate using soap after it gets soooo small and thin, but I have so many of those little pieces now, does anyone know the best way to get them to become one big piece of soap again??? I tried squeezing them together, but they still fall apart, this would save me a lot of money too

Answer 1

I HAVE THE same problems too!! till i leave the the small pieces of soapwet them for a couple oh hours or till they're soft, and squeezed them into a bigger lump, if it gets too soft, leave it in the sun, after you've try a couple of times you'll know how long to soak your soap

Answer 2

Okay the last two people that answered have got the right idea. I've had this problem forever until I found the solution about a month ago at Walmart.

They've got a mesh soap saver thing in the tolietry dept. It's made of the same material as those shower poof's that people use to exfoliate and put shower gel on to make it all foamy. The one I have is light blue and I can't remember if there were various colors or not. In Walmart it was on the aisle with the loofah sponges, back brushes, shower poof's, exfoliating gloves, etc.

It's a soap bar sized mesh bag with a drawstring on top. It is a perfect place to drop small pieces of soap into and also does double duty as a great exfoliater. It washes all those dead skin cells right away. It's a little scratchy on sensitive skin so I keep a bar of soap inside of it and another one without a soap saver bag, but it feels great on my back and my legs.

Answer 3

Stick a container or zippie in the bathroom. When the soap gets too small, drop it in there. Then you can go one of two ways: liquid soap or remaking a bar out of it.

For liquid soap, use a clean tupperware or yoghurt/cottage cheese type container and put some water in with your soap. Leave it sit as you add more little bars. When you have enough to use, stir, use... great for washing lingerie (we gals do this) or hands.

To remake bars, melt the soap over very low heat, and pour it into a container that is a good size and shape for a little soap bar. I don't have official ones, so I just use a large paper cup, the kind that can take heat (like for coffee), and make round bars. I have not tried microwaving it; if I did I would use a low setting and check often.

Answer 4

Well you can put them all in a jar of water and wait till they go all mushy. Pour the liquid into a bar shaped container, place somewhere to let the bars dry out. This will take weeks if not months by the time you collect enough slivers and carry out the process. Much easier to attach the sliver to the next bar. This is easily cone if you place the damp new bar on the damp sliver and leave for a day or so. Better still, use body wash. No problem with left over soap, does not have soap scum build up and is generally less expensive.

Answer 5

They sell hollow artificial sponges made for putting a bunch of soap scraps inside. When you get it wet you can squeeze soap through its pores and use it as a washcloth.

I also found this under SOAP CHIPS on interrnet:
"Make a soapy scrubber. Place small bits of leftover soap into a square of nylon netting, fold the netting so there are several layers around the soap, then tuck in all the edges with heavy thread. Use for scrubbing collar stains or cleaning hands after gardening or painting."

The third alternative is when you fill a bathtub to soak yourself in throw in some soap scraps and just let them dissolve before using the bath.

Answer 6

When they get to a thin point just before breaking apart open another bar and use the new one for one shower. When done stick the thin piece on the full bar and let dry until the next day,(next shower). Very rarely does the thin piece break off the new bar, and you use the entire bar of soap with the help of the next bar of soap. You never throw any away, and you never have little pieces of soap lying around.

Answer 7

You might save your little pieces and put them in the toe of an old nylon stocking. Tie a knot and cut off the excess. Now you can still use your soap and have something to use those old nylons for.

Answer 8

A better way to deal with them is to put them in an old blender with a little water. Reduce them to a thick liquid about like oil. Put that in a pump type bottle and away you go. Press down on the pump to get your soap.

Answer 9

just throw them out. it's not going to save you a lot of money, unless your soap is $20 a bar, in that case, you need cheaper soap.

Answer 10

put them in the microwave and melt them together...

or in a pot on the stove. por into a plastic type mold or a cardboard box...