How to Use Leftover Soap Pieces and Scraps

Little did I know that when I married my husband he’d bring a few frugal ideas of his own into our home.

Before we were married, I thought I was doing real well working that soap down to a little thin sliver, then tossing the last little tiny bit into the trash can. Along comes hubby. One day I went to take my shower and found a full sized bar of soap with my little sliver stuck onto the bottom of it. I didn’t think much of it, just thought that when he put the new bar out, it stuck, and that was it. But then I started noticing this was happening all the time…my slivers were never making it to the trash can, they were always sticking to the bottom of the next new bar of soap, so I asked him if he was doing this on purpose.

Following is a video that shows you how to use soap scraps to make new soap…how mixing different types of soap scraps helps in the process.

The instructions are very detailed and helpful…and it gave me a NEW idea. Along with the usual scraps, I can use all those soaps my husband loves to bring home from hotels to make larger bars of soap….we have at least a hundred little bars from hotels.

If you want to use the video as you make your soap, view this once through, gather the things that you need, and then listen to the video and pause it as you need to while you make soap from soap scraps.

She's not in a hurry, this is about a half hour long, so you can watch and make along with her.

Take soap and rub your nails on the soap so that some of it goes underneath your nails, then do your gardening.

Old plastic mesh onion produce bags can be reused and re-purposed with soap by putting soap pieces inside to make a great scrub pad for cleaning in the kitchen.

This should work as an exfoliating scrub in the shower as well depending upon how you secure the bag and the soap you use.

I get my onions in bags like this, and will be saving them to try this.

Someone shared with me that her mother used soap scraps in the washer when she had an old wringer machine.

She also used them in hot basins for clothes that needed to be soaked.

This is a great idea if you have badly stained cloths that need an extra soaking before you put them in the washer.