[noshed]

So how do you get all the little bits of soap to stick back together into one bar?

[mumofstig]

My mum used to leave them to soften in a dish with a little water then scrunch them all together to make a smooth shape...........then leave to dry out again. Simples

[pumpkinpatch]

My mum used to leave them to soften in a dish with a little water then scrunch them all together to make a smooth shape...........then leave to dry out again. Simples

same with me. comes in handy

[scabs]

Sellotape.

[sunshineband]

 

We start the new bar before the old one is finished but quite thin, and just kind of meld them together so you get a humpback bar  Werks fer me 

[DD.]

What's soap?

[sunshineband]

The stuff that turns yellow sudsy on your hands when you wash them after pinching out tomatoes 

[noshed]

Squidging it is then.

[Patricia]

We start the new bar before the old one is finished but quite thin, and just kind of meld them together so you get a humpback bar  Werks fer me 

We do the same thing here too.

[Can you eat that?]

I make my own.

How ever, if you have loads of soap ends, grate them up, add washing soda and use to wash clothes.

Or warm up until melting in a bain marie  add a dash of almond oil, and may be a bit of essential oil for a nice smell. pour into a mold. Leave to harden and  cut into new bars.

[FCG]

I've done the melting and mixing with fragrant oils thing before and it's way too much hassle. Just go to Lush for fancy soaps but they are a bit £££. My best advice to you is to mush the end onto a dry bar before it is used. We do this in my house and it works a treat.

If you get soap with a little sticker on it (i.e Imperial Leather 3 for £1 in the poundshop) always take these off - the soap wears out smoothly not leaving a lump under it.

[Jeanieblue]

I used to save all the bits of soap and make new bars by squidging them together.
But it grieves me to hear our kids reminiscing about this .. and my 101 ways of cooking mince ... and the sprouts I made them eat at Christmas.  At least they were clean and fed, for goodness sake!

They've grown up and left home thank goodness, but they still get offered sprouts ... and this year they'll have a choice of green or red, thanks to the allotment. Aren't they the lucky ones!

PSSST   and I still squidge the dog-ends of soap ... great after a session on the lottie ....  just don't tell the kids. 

[joyfull]

do red sprouts taste any different and do they keep their colour after cooking?

[savbo]

does anyone ever remember to do that tip about scratching soap under your fingernails BEFORE gardening so they clean up easier afterwards? I always thinks about it as I work away with the nailbrush not getting very far...

M

[Jeanieblue]

re red sprouts, will spill the beans later after they're harvested!
Re soup  I mean soap  under the fingernails, have definitely read that ... several times ... and have meant to do that ... so will do it now and test drive the idea while weeding the onions!