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How to Make a New Bar of Soap from Used Bars of Soap Oct 20th 2012, 16:00 If you have too many leftovers from used soaps, this is a great way to turn the many pieces into new soaps. This method of re-using soap is called hand-milling. Edit Steps Prepare your used soap bars. Grate or chop them into small pieces. Put on rubber or latex gloves. Prepare the mold(s) with a non-stick vegetable spray. In a double boiler, heat the liquid you chose (milk, water, tea, etc.) to 170ºF-180ºF (76ºC-82ºC). The water must be warm, not boiling. Add the grated soap while stirring slowly and constantly. Reduce the heat so that the liquid/grated soap come to a simmer. Stir slowly (but not constantly), until the grated soap turns into liquid. Add additives if you want. This is not required but might be something you'd like to do to improve the final soap. Additives would include such items as exfoliating items (for example, oat flakes, lavender flowers, etc.), essential oils, food coloring and so forth. If adding, stir them in well. Immediately pour the mixture into the mold(s) and cover it up in plastic wrap. After 24 hours, remove the plastic wrap and set molds in a draft-free, dry place for three to four weeks. It's ready when it has dried out enough to feel like new soap. Edit Video Edit Tips Another very easy way to reuse soap pieces is to snip open a new bath sponge and tuck the soap pieces inside. When this sponge is wet, it will lather up beautifully, drawing out the soap and using up the remaining pieces with ease. Edit Things You'll Need Cheese grater Double boiler One pound of used soap shavings 12 ounces of liquid (milk, water, tea, etc.) A mold for soap - not made of aluminum, zinc, copper, Teflon, or iron Plastic wrap Non-stick vegetable spray Stainless steel large spoon Rubber/latex gloves Edit Related wikiHows How to Make Bar Soap How to Make Primitive Country Cake Candles How to Create a Mold for Candles How to Make Shot Glass Candles How to Make the Most from Your Old Candles Edit Sources and Citations Inspired by Catherine Bardley, Making Soaps and Scents Confirmed in Reader's Digest, Extraordinary Uses for Ordinary Things, (2007) p. 293, ISBN 0-7621-0705-7 Article Tools Read on wikiHow Email this Article Edit Discuss Media files: 200px-Make-a-New-Bar-of-Soap-from-Used-Bars-of-Soap-Step-1.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-Make-a-New-Bar-of-Soap-from-Used-Bars-of-Soap-Step-2.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-Make-a-New-Bar-of-Soap-from-Used-Bars-of-Soap-Step-3.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-Make-a-New-Bar-of-Soap-from-Used-Bars-of-Soap-Step-4.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-Make-a-New-Bar-of-Soap-from-Used-Bars-of-Soap-Step-5.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-Make-a-New-Bar-of-Soap-from-Used-Bars-of-Soap-Step-6.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-Make-a-New-Bar-of-Soap-from-Used-Bars-of-Soap-Step-7.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-Make-a-New-Bar-of-Soap-from-Used-Bars-of-Soap-Step-8.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-Make-a-New-Bar-of-Soap-from-Used-Bars-of-Soap-Step-9.jpg (image/jpeg) 200px-Make-a-New-Bar-of-Soap-from-Used-Bars-of-Soap-Step-10.jpg (image/jpeg)

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