As I was taking a shower, I wondered how many people do this.
I always felt guilty about soap going to waste when the bar got too small and would crumble when I was using it.
We discovered that if you just put the smaller soap on top of the new bar when it's wet, they stick to each other once it dries.
By doing this you can use every bit of the bar of soap.
You probably already knew this, but I thought I'd mention it anyway.
Nothing like being clean... and thrifty.
I always felt guilty about soap going to waste when the bar got too small and would crumble when I was using it.
We discovered that if you just put the smaller soap on top of the new bar when it's wet, they stick to each other once it dries.
By doing this you can use every bit of the bar of soap.
You probably already knew this, but I thought I'd mention it anyway.
Nothing like being clean... and thrifty.
Great tip! Those little slithers of soap add up.
ReplyDeleteHow logical! What a rational solution. That should be printed on the wrapper. Beats breaking up the wafer-thin bar into your washcloth. I need to follow you around for a day to learn more "obvious" secrets. DrumMajor
ReplyDeleteYes, I have done this at times. I now tend to use liquid bath soap with a pump, but I have saved bar soap that way.
ReplyDeleteMy husband saves all his little bits of soap and uses them somehow.
ReplyDeleteMy Dad used to do that. I recall he would wipe screws in the soap, cover the shaft and then they would go in real easily to the wood, no matter how hard it was..
DeleteArt says he's heard about this. I've never seen him try it, but what a great idea!
DeleteAww, piggyback!
ReplyDeleteus too!
ReplyDeleteWhoa! I'd never heard of this trick! Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI never heard of this, either. I will use it now. Who knew? Did you figure this out yourself? :-)
ReplyDeleteI don't use bar soap but I do stick Hubby's slivers together when I'm in the shower. I also add water to the bottom of my pump soap bottle to make sure I use every bit of it before I toss the bottle.
ReplyDeleteWell that is a new one and a good one. Thanks for sharing. I have also seen bits of left over soap tied in net and used as a bathing scrubber.
ReplyDeleteI always use bodywash, never liked bar soap
ReplyDeleteGreat idea. Very useful
ReplyDeletemy hubby does that too...lol!
ReplyDeletegood tip..must tell my mum about it..
ReplyDeleteGood idea....sometimes we've done it by accident...with the big soap stuck on the little one. Usually we keep it separate and I'm the one who uses the last piece of soap with half of the piece falling off the towel and just thrown away. Yet I always knew those homesewn scrap bags were not the best solution.
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We learned it by accident too. Then I saw it on a forwarded mail.
DeleteThank you for your message and I need to get my act together!! Any idea how Peggy is doing?
DeletePeggy is doing great. She gave up on her blog after it locked her out for some reason. Her leukemia is in remission and I should see her sometime this year.
DeleteMy grandma used to do that. The bars won't stick together for me. Double darn.
ReplyDeleteYou do have to sort of press them down together when it's wet. Try again. :-)
DeleteVery good idea! Keeps from being wasteful. I am going to start doing this :)
ReplyDeleteHey thrifty nifty
ReplyDeleteI do that too BUT I do it because I make all my own soap and shampoo and I use the most expensive and the finest oils. I don't want to waste a speck of soap so I always stick them together. But a good tip for those who don't know. My own kids don't get any more of my soap. They are wasteful and let the soap sit in water in the soap dish. They may not have been depression babies but I was and I do appreciate good soap and being thrifty. Thanks
Wow! You make your own soaps and shampoos? That's fabulous!!!
DeleteAppreciate what ya got, yep!
ReplyDeleteAloha :-)
I used to do that also till I discovered body washes. Now I can't remember the last bar of soap I bought.
ReplyDeleteI sometimes do this, but sometimes I like to change up the soap and I don't want to contaminate a new bar.
ReplyDeleteThese days, I use body wash. When I used soap bars, I did what you do. Dianne
ReplyDeleteDuring the War, that phrase only means World War II to me, my Grandmother used to put every bit of used soap in a little wire cage thing with a handle. She would then shake, rattle and roll it in the dishwater to create suds.I guess soap was rationed "for the duration," as was the phrase used back then.
ReplyDeleteThat sounded like a great idea too!
DeleteHenry Soft Soap Chapin? Hank, you are so funny!
DeleteWe just started doing that this last year. Tom discovered it. I like the results too.
ReplyDeleteSome bars work better than others. Most homemade soaps are soft and cooperate quite well for the piggyback rescue maneuver.
ReplyDeleteI have one of the basket swisher things from the 1940s and I swish it in the washing machine to use the last bits or broken bits. Another thing you can do is take a cup of water and the soap bits and heat it in the microwave, then let it sit until the soap is dissolved. Then put it in your liquid soap dispenser. Shake before using.
That's very true. I use Ivory and it really sticks to each other.
DeleteThis is a great idea, but there isn't a bar of soap in the house. My skin is so sensitive and worse now for some reason that I am using organic liquid soaps and organic shower gels in the house. Hubby uses a regular liquid soap and shower gel..not cheap....Michelle
ReplyDeleteI've stayed in enough hotels that I've not had to buy soap in more than 10 years. Piggy-backing cakes of soap pretty much doubles the life of hotel room soap.
ReplyDeleteIf a cake is "too hard" to blend onto another, just soak it in water (I use a saucer full) and it eventually is pliant enough to merge with another cake or sliver.
Baking soap (soap that you've blended yourself from old slivers) will dry it out & make it last much much much longer.
Kay, I'd have thought with all the travel you've done you'd have a tea chest full of hotel soaps at home by now.
I do have a lot of soap from hotels. I've given a bunch away to homeless charities. I like your piggyback idea since I have a bunch more collected in my drawer.
DeleteBeen using soap slivers to help set screws for years. I'm surprised Art hasn't tried that. It works well.
ReplyDeleteDo you know that hotels are recycling soaps? What a great idea!
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