Despite the recent appearance of gels designed for showering, many use the usual soap in the old fashioned way. It costs less, and today you can buy a similar product with any smell and any color. Therefore, in most houses, small remnants accumulate from time to time. You can, of course, just wrap them in a cloth and use them to wash dishes, tiles or linoleum or throw them into a washing machine. But you can do something else. In this article we will consider how to make soap from remnants. There are various technologies for its manufacture.
Making Liquid Soap
In order to get a liquid detergent, in addition to the remnants proper, you will need:
- Bottle with dispenser.
- Glycerin (sold at the pharmacy).
- Lemon juice.
The bottle will need to be washed with hot water. Pieces rubbed on a fine grater. A little lemon juice and a cap of glycerin are poured into the bottle. After that, grated soap is poured and everything is filled with hot water. All ingredients need to be mixed well. Such remnants of soap should stand for several days (2-3). Shake well before use.
Solid soap in a water bath
As in the first case, the remnants are rubbed on a grater (this time it is possible on a large one). After that they are put in some metal bowl and some water is added. Its amount depends on the amount of rubbed remnants. You do not need to add too much, otherwise the finished product will dry for a very long time. A particularly thick mixture should also not be.
The cup is placed in a water bath and the melted pieces are expected to melt. To make high-quality soap from remnants with your own hands, it is necessary to remove foam from the surface from time to time. Do not stir the composition, otherwise bubbles will appear. It is also not necessary to bring to a boil.
Forms must be prepared in advance. Inside they should be greased with some kind of fat. You can take molds designed for making cupcakes, or children's toys. The melting time of grated soap depends on its grade and quantity. Once everything is ready, the mixture is poured into molds and left to dry in a dry, warm room. After a few hours, the resulting pieces can be pulled out. For a couple more days they will be dried.
Gas melting
So, how to make soap from remnants in a water bath, it is clear. There is nothing complicated about it at all. However, those who find steam melting too long a process should use a slightly different method. A cup with grated remnants can simply be held for several minutes over the gas (at a height of 3-4 cm from the fire). Before the mixture melts, the metal does not even have time to especially heat up.
Another way
Next, consider how to make soap from remnants in the microwave. Pieces are also grated, put in a bowl, poured with water and put in the oven for 15 minutes. After that, they get out and mix. Then they are again placed in the microwave (at the same time). Then they are again removed and mixed. This process is repeated until a completely homogeneous mass is obtained. Usually, five reheatings in the oven are enough. The resulting mixture, as in previous cases, is poured into molds.
Soapy Pie
Now let's see how to make soap from remnants exclusive and beautiful. To do this, you need the source material in different colors.
Part of the remnants are cut into small pieces, and part - into large ones. They will need to be mixed and sprinkled with plenty of alcohol, achieving adhesion. Separately, melted (you can use one of the above methods) transparent soap is poured into the mold. Cooked sticky colored layer is placed in the container. After the base dries, the resulting soap is pulled out of the mold and cut into pieces.
Useful Tips
How to cook soap from remnants, you now know. However, if you melt simple pieces and dry, the finished product will not have any smell. In order to correct this situation, at the last stage some aromatic essential oil should be added to the mixture (best of all, since toilet water or something like that just evaporates). You can also add a little dye at the same time. To use chemical, of course, is not worth it. Better to take some food. To prepare a scrub soap, also at the last stage of cooking, you need to add regular ground coffee to the composition.
You can also try making soap that is good for your skin. For this, dry lavender or peppermint, crushed into powder, is placed in a heated solution. In summer, you can put finely chopped freshly picked herbs. It can be mint, lemon balm, Bogorodskaya grass, chamomile, St. John's wort, etc.
If you don’t have the right paper molds, you can simply glue or fold a box of plain paper. Of course, the finished soap will not work out especially beautiful. However, it will be possible to give it the desired shape by simply turning the bar with an ordinary knife. Those who have already tried to make soap at home, also believe that it is not necessary to grease metal and plastic containers with fat. In this case, the surface of the bars is smoother, without "shells".
So, how to make soap from remnants, you now know. All of the above methods are not at all difficult to implement. You can use any of them. Of course, before cooking a new soap, the remnants of the laundry should be pre-selected and removed. Otherwise, smelling the finished result even when adding flavorings will not be too good.