Don’t drop the soap…

by M.D. Creekmore on February 5, 2013 · 15 comments

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15 comments

connie February 5, 2013 at 9:15 am

I save my slivers and use them when I make laundry soap.

Bam Bam February 5, 2013 at 10:00 am

I save my slivers of soap and put them in a quart canning jar. When I am ready to make laundy soap, I grate them and use them to make soap.

Mama J February 5, 2013 at 10:02 am

Haha, Awesome.
I grate mine into a batch of laundry soap.

waterboy February 5, 2013 at 12:04 pm

And here I thought I was the only one cheap enough to piggy-back the sliver onto a new bar. I guess I’ve been prepping for a lot longer than I thought…

Mexneck February 12, 2013 at 11:09 pm: Cheap? No, that’s just good thinking. Only soap companies and FEMA would encourage you to throw away perfectly good soap. A penny saved is a penny earned.

JP in MT February 5, 2013 at 12:06 pm

I just save mine to remake into more bar soap. Get the 2 piece covered soap tray/carrier from the dollar store to use as a mold.

GIL February 5, 2013 at 12:38 pm

I so thought this was going in another direction from the title. :-)

J Cook February 5, 2013 at 2:52 pm

Please elaborate on that train! (-;

GIL February 5, 2013 at 4:22 pm

Well lets just say I thought this was a article about survival in a prison camp type setting.

WARLOCK SUNDANCE February 5, 2013 at 7:32 pm: LOL

cowboy February 5, 2013 at 2:23 pm

You can take the small bits of soap and put them in a knee high hose and use for hand washing when you go camping.

Tactical G-Ma February 5, 2013 at 4:56 pm

Waste not…Want not.

mindyinds February 5, 2013 at 5:48 pm

I broke down and bought one of those brush pot scrubbers that has a fat body for putting in soap bits, and a rubber top. You lift off the top to put in the soap and water, then depress it to squirt out soap goo from the bottom. I love it. Dollar General, my favorite place to shop.

Linda February 6, 2013 at 8:36 am

I have been doing this all my adult life. Since DH and I use different soaps (medical reasons, he has to use medical soap due to sensitive skin) it is only mine that gets a cap. Never thought about it being strange or just frugal. Great post.

God bless, Linda Lou

Desert Fox February 6, 2013 at 3:28 pm

By the time my long-lasting soaps get to be slivers, I’m tired of it and reach for a different scent; then I throw the sliver at the edge of my garden…deer and other critters don’t like human scents…or…give it to the Faeries ;)

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