If you're not worried about looks, and want to save time, add them all to a stocking and tie shut or into a wool sock and tie shut, then use it as that. Wool will act as an exfoliant while keeping soap contained :-) Cheap life hacks 101! Love your videos!
Yes, my grandmother used to use a stocking for that. Ebay is actually selling tiny pouches/tie bags made out of some exfoliating stuff, the kind of stuff the sponges are covered with for washing your back. I prefer bar soap to shower gel. It is cheaper and more natural than all those shower gels. So much crap goes in those gels, but I hate when the soap gets small. My kids often mess with the soap, they split it into pieces or make silly shapes out of it and I buy organic soaps so they are not cheap so I finally decided to find a way to rebatch them. I'm not so keen on the stocking method and I don't have the melting pot. I need to find another method.
I think I'd do this instead. I used to grab a new bar and get it wet and use it a bit because they tend to lather really really good and I use that with the old soap bars like a glue to hold the other ones together. So I'd would just heat them up and with some new soap stuff just press them together and let it dry and it work good enough for washing hands at the sink.
I think if people would recycle more and spend less, they would be amazed at how much they save. I have a nonstick pan with mini loaf molds that I use for baking mini bread loaves for gifts at Christmas. I use that for mold pan for my soap recycling.
It's not a matter of price ... it's that feeling that you're using something made by you (although you didn't make it from scratch). I would use this soap to wash delicate things, such as silk items, or very thin items which require hand, delicate wash. Thanks for the idea :)
ctianas just don’t use too much soap and it really only works in the hot water cycle because of the oils in soap. It’s pretty neat though to try making your own detergent
My teen son loves dr squatch bar soap which is $8 a bar & he’s been saving the slivers saying how cool it would be to make a bar out of them. I’m gonna try this & surprise him! Thanks
I wish I would have seen this sooner. Somebody told me I could do it in a microwave and it did not work It was just a mess I made a video tonight epic fail. But I will be trying this method Thank you so much for sharing. Stay safe and healthy and may God bless you always!
My grandma always used a sardines can as a mold: back then, lots of people knew about using a can opener sideways instead of upright, and she would do that to take the lip right off the can. Without the lip, most times she could get the soap right out without having to destroy the can.
I like to recycle if I can and keep the left over soap from going to the landfill...other videos said to use silicone molds for easy release. So I think I'm going to try this. I'm a crafter, so to me it looks like fun...thanks for sharing...hugs from Arizona...:)
I used to throw away soap bars I don't like and small pieces, then I found out how many go to the landfill, millions, so I save it for hand soap and hand washing clothes.
That is definitely how you know the times are changing. When you said box of checks, my brain went towards Chex rather than Checks. It’s good to know someone is still writing personal checks.
I just put the small pieces in a plastic container, put a little water just on bottom, and put on the lid. In a couple days they are mushy on bottom. I turn them over, and do the other side. Then take them out and squish together. I use those for hand soap.
My mum and I did this in the 50s the home smelled so good n clean mostly Ivory then. I mostly watched and stirred a bit. I have a wealth of high end fragrance soap bar leftovers I saved for this day. Thanks so much The best method I've read over the years. I was waiting for you to post this. Thx💖💞💖
I bought some soap from The San Francisco Soap Co. for like $6 a bar. Now I know how to save it for later. I also remember a friend telling me that you can fill some pantyhose with soap pieces and tie a knot in them and use it that way. All I know is that for $6 a bar I getting my moneys worth!!😉
I put my bits and pieces in a cool whip bowl. I make my own soap and every time I have a little left over from filling my molds, I pour it in the cool whip bowl of scraps. Eventually the bowl is full and I cut it into bars. It makes for some pretty interesting designs.
This is definitely good for more expensive soap, like Mechanics Lava soap. Its not cheap. I have lots of small pieces of it, so you would definitely be saving money in that case.
That's why I started doing it, I buy natural hand made soap which is expensive and if I buy one I don't like in the shower, I use it for hand soap, not throwing it away.
Thank you for your video. I had bee. Saving old used bars during the Corona pandemic. I was going to start a project like this. Thanks for your honesty as well. It does appear to be a great deal of work for a little bit of soap. Take care
Its interesting to me that most videos on how to re-soap, are done by non American folk.... we Mericans are CONSUMERS BABY! Really appreciate your background info. Well done video.
When you factor in the costs of raising, slaughtering, transportation of the animals that the soap is made from and the cooking process, we’re doing the earth a small favor by doing this. I wonder how many vegans know what their soap is made from. But that’s a different video.
Interesting. I looked this up, and your soap will contain mostly animal fat if you see "tallow" or "sodium tallowate" on ingredients list. Other kinds of fats used in soap are olive oil or other kinds of vegetable oils. Good use of animals instead of wasting them: when other parts are used to feed people or overpopulated animals starve to death.
As a disclaimer, I would also like to point out that God commanded humans to be kind to their animals. Such as Proverbs 12:10. But he never said they were the equals of humans. We live in a fallen world, and people do sin against animals as well as their fellow man. However, no longer having to kill animals or defend ourselves from them is for a future era, outside of our current realm.
hey Dr Chill, thanks for the video...just a quick comment about adding essential oils (or fractionated oil) to soap while on the heat....please check the 'flash point' of whichever scent you are using or it can combust.. traditionally fragrance is best added after the soap comes off the heat.....
That box of tea you had ... would you be able to throw some of it in the batch? Or, make some tea water and use that for the bit of water used to melt it? Would that give it a nice (new) smell?
I've done this and it's amazing. I'm gonna do it again today. The soap I use isn't cheap so you better believe I'm rebatching. Oh for the mold I use is the silicon muffin liner. Repurposing!!!
I buy expensive natural soap too but I don't do this, I just fill an empty bottle of hand soap with water and use it for hand soap, let the left over bar melt.
Put the soap in 2 ziploc bags, then the freezer. Take out next day and bash with a rolling pin. Leave in the bag, in a warm place...on a radiator.. In the sun etc. Shape in the bag or remove and mould.
Doctor Freaking Awesome it only took me 56 years to get here. But hey I finally made it. Thank You for this kick A** video I'm ready to rebatch Thanks to You😃 I have a bunch of scraps I've been saving for this video😃
Glad I ran across this video. I have several bars of soap and I hate to waste them and was curious how to do/melt them. The soap I buy I have to order online as they dont sell it in stores so this is a win win for me. Thank you very much. (BTW the soap is "Tone" with cocoa butter the original kind)
Yeah, I'm thinking about doing it for Christmas next year for gifts, maybe add essential oil and wrap it pretty. Melt down a few cheap dollar store bars, and add a few things, tell everyone I made it.
@@dinarusso3320 Now that I've tried it, I have to say, never again! The soap never really does melt down, and it certainly doesn't 'reunite' well. I shall go back to sticking my leftover bits of soap onto the new bar - which also stops them being wasted. I'm glad I tried once though.
I hate bar soap. But the best soaps come in bars. So, bring about 4 Cups of water to a simmer, and add in a shredded bar of soap, gradually, until melted. And now it's liquid soap. And life is good.
I’ve been saving all my soap pieces because I knew there was a way to recycle it. By the way. I love your fancy expensive tools and molds!! 😂 Great video! Thank you!!
That is a great idea the melting in the pot to fix soap I make from scratch (using lye) and I do not like the top of it. Thank you. Great way to say soap pieces too.
I'm all for recycling and not wasting anything but I think that instead of using using the electric power and all other materials you mentioned for this process, just stick multiple slivers of soap together and keep using them.
For " leveling out", after molding couldn't it be easier and less messy to just use a warm washcloth then when done just throw the wash cloth into the washer?
I’m proud to be cheap. I wear cloths till they fall apart and resole shoes. I’ll do this because I have a can full of small bars of soap I couldn’t bear to throw out.
You can still find cheap soap but I can't use it, like Ivory, etc, tears up my skin, I buy expensive natural hand made soap and I just use it for hand soap if I don't care for it in the shower.
I bought some "Natural" type of soaps but I don't like how they smell or almost no smell at all, so I melt them and put some essential oils, flower leaves, put them into a mold, and now they smell good and look better :)
I been saving mine but I just use them as hand wash in the upstairs bathroom but I use my bars down even smaller. I have mostly bars Dove and Irish spring and hotel soaps lol
I've tried the cold version (pressure to squeeze shaved soap back together) with my shave soaps in the past. Never turns out well for me. Those are 15-20 USD each for the nice ones. I'll gladly try the double boiler next time!
I buy expensive natural hand made soap, so I just take an empty bottle of hand soap with a pump and let it melt in water and use for hand soap. That's too much work
@@dinarusso3320 could you please tell how long does it last? A month or so? Is there any chance for mold to appear? I imagine with lots of people in the house it lasts only a couple weeks but maybe things are different for a single person or a couple.
I run an Airbnb so I change soap after every guest. This is brilliant for me. NOTHING is cheap anymore and it's going to get more expensive. #thegreatreset
I have so many shampoo bar scraps and I've always wanted to melt them and make a huge bar out of em. Shampoo bars are expensive compared to regular bar soap
Well it's not about being cheap, its about being recourceful and reduce the waste you leave :)
So true, less waste.
Its called recycle, not cheap 🤗
It’s about using what you pay for. Would you throw away 12% of a gallon of milk or 12% of a loaf of bread?
That’s what I was thinking 😊
The carbon emissions from the melting process cause more issues than just throwing out the scraps.
If you're not worried about looks, and want to save time, add them all to a stocking and tie shut or into a wool sock and tie shut, then use it as that. Wool will act as an exfoliant while keeping soap contained :-) Cheap life hacks 101! Love your videos!
Yes, my grandmother used to use a stocking for that. Ebay is actually selling tiny pouches/tie bags made out of some exfoliating stuff, the kind of stuff the sponges are covered with for washing your back. I prefer bar soap to shower gel. It is cheaper and more natural than all those shower gels. So much crap goes in those gels, but I hate when the soap gets small. My kids often mess with the soap, they split it into pieces or make silly shapes out of it and I buy organic soaps so they are not cheap so I finally decided to find a way to rebatch them. I'm not so keen on the stocking method and I don't have the melting pot. I need to find another method.
I think I'd do this instead. I used to grab a new bar and get it wet and use it a bit because they tend to lather really really good and I use that with the old soap bars like a glue to hold the other ones together. So I'd would just heat them up and with some new soap stuff just press them together and let it dry and it work good enough for washing hands at the sink.
Call me cheap. But, I’m doing this. Thanks for the idea👍🏾
not cheap. SMART
Just made mine lol wish i could send u a pic
You're cheap! And so am I. I'm doing it too
It’s not cheap, our waste problem is real, we need to do such things to slow the climate crisis we are facing. Good job 👍🏻
I call u smart
You can use a vegetable peeler to plane down the side and just put the scraps with your next batch to rebatch!
Thanks for this video. Due to my laziness, I wouldn't even have leveled them out. Plus the roughness exfoliates.
Been trying to find a recycled soap video for so long and finally did thank you so so much!!!
I think if people would recycle more and spend less, they would be amazed at how much they save. I have a nonstick pan with mini loaf molds that I use for baking mini bread loaves for gifts at Christmas. I use that for mold pan for my soap recycling.
It's not a matter of price ... it's that feeling that you're using something made by you (although you didn't make it from scratch). I would use this soap to wash delicate things, such as silk items, or very thin items which require hand, delicate wash. Thanks for the idea :)
ctianas some grated soap with a quarter cup of Borax is a great laundry detergent
@@Catglittercrafts Thanks for the suggestion :)
ctianas just don’t use too much soap and it really only works in the hot water cycle because of the oils in soap. It’s pretty neat though to try making your own detergent
@@Catglittercrafts Wouldn't dissolving the grated soap in water before adding it to the load work with cold water?
I just don't waste. I buy expensive soap.
My teen son loves dr squatch bar soap which is $8 a bar & he’s been saving the slivers saying how cool it would be to make a bar out of them. I’m gonna try this & surprise him! Thanks
@melissaday1701 ,
Please share if it worked for you!?
You are a good mother
That’s exactly why I watched this video. A ton of broken Dr Squatch pieces. Your son wants to smell good for the ladies.
I love man crafters. You get right to the point and share purposeful tips. thx
This was amazing and so simple. Will definately try it. Tough times are coming so its a good idea to know things like this.
You're telling me you don't just smash left over pieces of soap into each other and end up with a never ending rainbow colored turd of soap? *what*
That’s what I do but I’m trying this.
That's how I do it.
I used to do that, but now I'm doing it
That’s exactly how I do it!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I wish I would have seen this sooner. Somebody told me I could do it in a microwave and it did not work It was just a mess I made a video tonight epic fail. But I will be trying this method Thank you so much for sharing. Stay safe and healthy and may God bless you always!
I have lots of little hotel soaps I could do this with, and it would be fun to use soap molds. Thanks for this video.
I thought I was the only person who did this...LOL Thanks for making me feel not quite so weird...smile
My grandma always used a sardines can as a mold: back then, lots of people knew about using a can opener sideways instead of upright, and she would do that to take the lip right off the can. Without the lip, most times she could get the soap right out without having to destroy the can.
Interesting. TY
I like to recycle if I can and keep the left over soap from going to the landfill...other videos said to use silicone molds for easy release. So I think I'm going to try this. I'm a crafter, so to me it looks like fun...thanks for sharing...hugs from Arizona...:)
I used to throw away soap bars I don't like and small pieces, then I found out how many go to the landfill, millions, so I save it for hand soap and hand washing clothes.
this is the best video imo for me to learn how to reuse the soap I've accumulated. I don't even have to buy soap molds. Thank you so much
That is definitely how you know the times are changing. When you said box of checks, my brain went towards Chex rather than Checks. It’s good to know someone is still writing personal checks.
Mine did too. I was trying to picture a tiny box of Chex and it wasn't making any kinda sense...🤣
I thought he said his wife's teeth 😆
I'm still writing checks also for certain things.
I think they look awesome! Craft presentation!! Thanks for the vid. Cant wait to try this!
*slowly puts back bottle of Agent Orange*
Spoil sport
Thank you for sharing. Everything in life is not about money or trying to save it. Some people just like to do things that people like to do.
I just put the small pieces in a plastic container, put a little water just on bottom, and put on the lid. In a couple days they are mushy on bottom. I turn them over, and do the other side. Then take them out and squish together. I use those for hand soap.
My mum and I did this in the 50s the home smelled so good n clean mostly Ivory then.
I mostly watched and stirred a bit.
I have a wealth of high end fragrance soap bar leftovers I saved for this day.
Thanks so much
The best method I've read over the years. I was waiting for you to post this. Thx💖💞💖
I bought some soap from The San Francisco Soap Co. for like $6 a bar. Now I know how to save it for later. I also remember a friend telling me that you can fill some pantyhose with soap pieces and tie a knot in them and use it that way. All I know is that for $6 a bar I getting my moneys worth!!😉
I wonder if coconut oil can be used instead of the added water?
I put my bits and pieces in a cool whip bowl. I make my own soap and every time I have a little left over from filling my molds, I pour it in the cool whip bowl of scraps. Eventually the bowl is full and I cut it into bars. It makes for some pretty interesting designs.
That sounds really cool!
This is definitely good for more expensive soap, like Mechanics Lava soap. Its not cheap. I have lots of small pieces of it, so you would definitely be saving money in that case.
That's why I started doing it, I buy natural hand made soap which is expensive and if I buy one I don't like in the shower, I use it for hand soap, not throwing it away.
I have always used the "stick the old bar to the new bar" method but it does not always work 100% of the time.
Great . I have lots of pieces of soaps and didn’t want to throwaway so thus video is just want I needed. Thanks for sharing. Greetings from Vienna
Thank you for all EFFORTS!!
Mama always said " waste not want not!!!
Later. When vant buy any soap!! Save it up, for when that happens!!!
Yes. Who knows the future?
Thank you for your video. I had bee. Saving old used bars during the Corona pandemic. I was going to start a project like this. Thanks for your honesty as well. It does appear to be a great deal of work for a little bit of soap. Take care
Its interesting to me that most videos on how to re-soap, are done by non American folk.... we Mericans are CONSUMERS BABY! Really appreciate your background info. Well done video.
When you factor in the costs of raising, slaughtering, transportation of the animals that the soap is made from and the cooking process, we’re doing the earth a small favor by doing this. I wonder how many vegans know what their soap is made from. But that’s a different video.
Interesting. I looked this up, and your soap will contain mostly animal fat if you see "tallow" or "sodium tallowate" on ingredients list. Other kinds of fats used in soap are olive oil or other kinds of vegetable oils. Good use of animals instead of wasting them: when other parts are used to feed people or overpopulated animals starve to death.
Another point I like to ponder is, what purpose(s) did God have In killing the first animal after mankind's initial disobedience?
As a disclaimer, I would also like to point out that God commanded humans to be kind to their animals. Such as Proverbs 12:10. But he never said they were the equals of humans. We live in a fallen world, and people do sin against animals as well as their fellow man. However, no longer having to kill animals or defend ourselves from them is for a future era, outside of our current realm.
There are plant based soaps as well
hey Dr Chill, thanks for the video...just a quick comment about adding essential oils (or fractionated oil) to soap while on the heat....please check the 'flash point' of whichever scent you are using or it can combust.. traditionally fragrance is best added after the soap comes off the heat.....
The mold and multi purpose tea box! Haha priceless
That box of tea you had ... would you be able to throw some of it in the batch? Or, make some tea water and use that for the bit of water used to melt it?
Would that give it a nice (new) smell?
Thank you for a detailed explanation!
I've done this and it's amazing. I'm gonna do it again today. The soap I use isn't cheap so you better believe I'm rebatching. Oh for the mold I use is the silicon muffin liner. Repurposing!!!
I buy expensive natural soap too but I don't do this, I just fill an empty bottle of hand soap with water and use it for hand soap, let the left over bar melt.
Put the soap in 2 ziploc bags, then the freezer. Take out next day and bash with a rolling pin. Leave in the bag, in a warm place...on a radiator.. In the sun etc. Shape in the bag or remove and mould.
Doctor Freaking Awesome it only took me 56 years to get here. But hey I finally made it. Thank You for this kick A** video I'm ready to rebatch Thanks to You😃 I have a bunch of scraps I've been saving for this video😃
When you said “don’t put in agent orange, put in an exfoliant.” 😂😂😂 You got an immediate “like” from me
Glad I ran across this video. I have several bars of soap and I hate to waste them and was curious how to do/melt them. The soap I buy I have to order online as they dont sell it in stores so this is a win win for me. Thank you very much. (BTW the soap is "Tone" with cocoa butter the original kind)
U created those high end expensive looking soaps 🏆
They too don’t have factory finish
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Love this. Gives the impression of homemade, especially when you've added coconut fat and a couple of other things.
Yeah, I'm thinking about doing it for Christmas next year for gifts, maybe add essential oil and wrap it pretty. Melt down a few cheap dollar store bars, and add a few things, tell everyone I made it.
@@dinarusso3320 Having now done it, all I can say is...never again!
@@dinarusso3320 Now that I've tried it, I have to say, never again! The soap never really does melt down, and it certainly doesn't 'reunite' well. I shall go back to sticking my leftover bits of soap onto the new bar - which also stops them being wasted. I'm glad I tried once though.
I hate bar soap. But the best soaps come in bars. So, bring about 4 Cups of water to a simmer, and add in a shredded bar of soap, gradually, until melted. And now it's liquid soap. And life is good.
I’ve been saving all my soap pieces because I knew there was a way to recycle it. By the way. I love your fancy expensive tools and molds!! 😂 Great video! Thank you!!
I have over 10 years worth of soap pieces. I always knew there had to be a way of "MacGyver-ing" them into soap. Now I know 😆
@@MissGenXr or you can save it for hand soap or to wash dishes that aren't very dirty to save your dish detergent. That's what I do.
Thank you so much 😊
Thank you, it is not about being cheap. I needed to know how to melt and customize soap, since I can’t find what I am looking for in shops.
That is a great idea the melting in the pot to fix soap I make from scratch (using lye) and I do not like the top of it. Thank you. Great way to say soap pieces too.
Okay almost spit out my drink with the Agent Orange comment, was not expecting that haha
Damn.... now I have a reason to save soap ends😄Thx buddy!
I'm all for recycling and not wasting anything but I think that instead of using using the electric power and all other materials you mentioned for this process, just stick multiple slivers of soap together and keep using them.
Great advice!
Great Job! - Will try it!
Great video
Omg I've wasted so many Dr squatch bar slivers. I'm gonna save them up and rebatch them now, thanks so much!
Yesss! My teen boy loves dr squatch but it’s expensive! I’m gonna try this! Fingers crossed ;)
Good evening - I would love to know more about your double boiler.
I use many bars of soap & it's not cheap when you use as much as I go thru, plus I'd like to make a larger "man sized" bar😊
Thank you
“ my wife’s tea , get some use of it “ 😂 lmaoooo
Dear Dr At 6:05 minutes, Would refrigeration at this stage be a good idea?
For " leveling out", after molding couldn't it be easier and less messy to just use a warm washcloth then when done just throw the wash cloth into the washer?
I was thinking of 3D printing a custom mold.
Sopa is not so cheap where i live, so thank you for taking the time to make this video
Might come a day when we can't buy soap so this is good to know
I’m proud to be cheap. I wear cloths till they fall apart and resole shoes. I’ll do this because I have a can full of small bars of soap I couldn’t bear to throw out.
I think it looks like rlly cute soap 😌
Cookie cutters for molds also.
I love it. Waste not, want not
Whatever bro! I just need bigger blocks of soap for my project... And your video gonna help me
Great idea, thank you! I don’t find soap to be cheap anymore.
You can still find cheap soap but I can't use it, like Ivory, etc, tears up my skin, I buy expensive natural hand made soap and I just use it for hand soap if I don't care for it in the shower.
I bought some "Natural" type of soaps but I don't like how they smell or almost no smell at all, so I melt them and put some essential oils, flower leaves, put them into a mold, and now they smell good and look better :)
I’m so high right now and I decided to make soap and this video is my favorite. Thank you.
If you press into a cookie cutter with parchment or wax paper underneath, you can skip the step where you 'sand'
An awesome video, very clear, detailed and funny ( your wife’s tea ;)) commentary
Im going to try this this week, I am not even leveling my soap up😅. We are going with those rough levels😂
I bet you get a lot of views soon because of a pandemic
Thank you this is inspiring!
You could slice the uneven parts off and then reuse the scraps to make more soap.
How do you clean the dishes? Are they safe in the dishwasher, at 65°C?
I love this channel btw. Great content
Never knew might need it one day
I been saving mine but I just use them as hand wash in the upstairs bathroom but I use my bars down even smaller. I have mostly bars Dove and Irish spring and hotel soaps lol
I make my soap business using this method duhhhh its not cheap , its creativity
I've tried the cold version (pressure to squeeze shaved soap back together) with my shave soaps in the past. Never turns out well for me. Those are 15-20 USD each for the nice ones. I'll gladly try the double boiler next time!
I buy expensive natural hand made soap, so I just take an empty bottle of hand soap with a pump and let it melt in water and use for hand soap. That's too much work
@@dinarusso3320 could you please tell how long does it last? A month or so? Is there any chance for mold to appear? I imagine with lots of people in the house it lasts only a couple weeks but maybe things are different for a single person or a couple.
How do you maintain a melted solid soap in liquid? Just want a liquid one
Thank you very much!!!
I just put a whole bunch of colorful soap leftovers in a glass jar looks great for display
It looks like fun too
Multipurpose tea 😂love it ...thanks for the video.
I bet this guy builds a mean guitar.
Cheers for that, any tips on how to make bars out of liquid bottled shampoo and conditioner?
What can be done with the potash (wet ashes) after leaching potassium carbonate from it?
I run an Airbnb so I change soap after every guest. This is brilliant for me. NOTHING is cheap anymore and it's going to get more expensive. #thegreatreset
Ewwww
Thank you so much this means a lot. God bless ❤️😇
Can it be whipped ??
I have so many shampoo bar scraps and I've always wanted to melt them and make a huge bar out of em. Shampoo bars are expensive compared to regular bar soap
Where can I get the double broiler and grater? I them to recycle my Soap.
I stared using dr squatch all natural soap. And was wondering about doing this. And here it is. Awsome
Will adding to a ginger work… save time