Always the same game: At first the soap feels good in your hand and at some point it is so small that you can hardly use it. But you don't have to throw it away! This is how you can recycle soap scraps.
Solid soaps are quite wonderful for the environment. You save a lot of plastic and packaging waste.
But a little annoying are small soap residues towards the end already. Too bad to throw away, too cumbersome to use. So they stay in the shower until they become really slimy and disgusting. Remnants lie around everywhere. Often they are only a few centimeters in size.
At least that's how it is for me.
If you also like to use solid soap for washing your hands, hair or showering, then you will surely know this problem as well.
Today I want to show you how you can recycle soap scraps. Throwing away is clearly too bad!
Even the smallest remnants of soaps can still be used and processed in a variety of ways.
How you can recycle soap scraps without melting them down
There are more elaborate methods of recycling leftover soaps and those that can be implemented really quickly. For those who have little time, here are the quick and easy methods.
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How the soap bag helps to use up soap scraps
My absolute favorite and the easiest way to not have to throw away small pieces of soap is the soap bag. I have my bag for a year in use, in between I wash it by hand or in the washing machine and it is like new.
If you are skillful, you can sew or crochet your own soap bag.
Simply fill the soap scraps into the bag, wet it and lather up the soap with your hands.
This is especially practical for body soap that you use for showering. The meshes of the bag act at the same time as an exfoliant on the skin. You remove dry skin flakes and make the skin shine again.
However, the sachet is not suitable for hair soap. This is rather painful, because the hair gets caught in it when washing. But you can at least lather it up in the sachet and then distribute the foam in the hair with your hands. Overall, however, this is very complicated.
Soaps glue together
Also very simple and even cheaper than a soap bag is this method.
You have a small soap and a large one? Then moisten both and stick them together. Warm them with warm water until they are really nice and slippery and press them firmly together.
This is especially recommended if you have the same varieties and molds in use.
Do you know how to make your own hair soap? Here it is!
Remove odors with bars of soap
You can recycle soap scraps by using them to neutralize foot odor. Supposedly, small pieces of stiffener help get rid of odors from shoes. Whether that really works, I can't confirm. But I'll definitely give it a try.
To do this, place the bar of soap on a kitchen towel and then place both in the shoe overnight. If this does not work: With a tbsp. Baking soda* is guaranteed to work - I've already tried it.
How you can create something new from soap scraps
You want to create something great from the leftovers? Then you need a little more time and a few ingredients. But it's worth it. Besides, these ideas are even good as a gift. You just have to package your DIYs nicely.
No one will notice that you recycled soap scraps :)
Turning soap scraps into liquid soap
You can use soap scraps wonderfully if you make liquid soap out of them. You do not need to buy liquid soap, it is super easy to make yourself.
You can also collect several soap scraps for this. If you have enough scraps, then it goes to the DIY project.
If you like, you can also add skin care ingredients such as a little bit of Almond oil* or Vitamin E oil*.
However, the DIY version of liquid soap does not last indefinitely. You must always shake it up briefly before use so that the ingredients combine again.
How to turn soap scraps into liquid soap!
How you can make new soap from soap scraps
Turn 10 small scraps into a new soap. All you need is a pot, a little water and, of course, soap scraps.
- Chop up the soap scraps with a knife. The smaller the better.
- Melt the residue in a water bath. Stir constantly so that everything dissolves evenly.
- Pour the liquid soap into praline molds and let cool. Done!
That's it. You can repeat this process forever and keep adding new scraps. By the way, if you want to recycle soap scraps, it's worth sorting them by color. Otherwise, you'll end up with gray and very unattractive bath chocolates.
So you can make detergent yourself!
Recycle soap scraps with DIY detergent
Have you ever made your own detergent for your clothes? No? Then it's time! Because you can also make good use of soap residues.
You then only need Washing soda* and essential oils. The detergent is ready to use in just a few minutes.
So you can make detergent yourself!
Our conclusion
As you can see, you can recycle soap scraps and save them from the trash. From today, the small pieces of soap will no longer end up in the trash. Turn them into liquid soap, detergent or simply put them in a soap bag. Have fun making them!
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