Take your bar of soap (we use Dove or store brand like it, because it's more moisturizing), and grate it with a cheese grater.
Pour the water and grated soap into a microwaveable container and cook on high for 3 min.
Remove and stir until all soap bits have melted (put in a bit longer, if needed).
Let it cool, then pour into pumps (leftover from store bought liquid soap), and the remainder in any container with a lid.
Gently mix soap with water.
Do not shake.
Pour into foam soap dispenser.
Note: I used Dawn dishwashing liquid (apple blossom anti-bacterial soap) with great results.
I did a test run first using 1 tablespoon soap to 4 tablespoons water.
Shred soap using a grater.
Place in a large bowl.
Add water. Microwave on High for 5 to 6 minutes or until soap is dissolved. Stir every 2 minutes.
Let cool.
Mixture thickens as it cools. Fill pump-type soap dispenser.
Pour boiling water over the soap and stir until soap is completely dissolved.
Cool completely.
Pour into a pump-type dispenser or a squeeze-top plastic container, and use in place of commercial liquid hand soaps.
In the palm of one hand, sprinkle a small amount of powdered hand soap.
Add a few drops of water to dissolve soap.
Stir with a finger to make a thin paste.
Add a few drops of white glue directly onto soap paste and mix thoroughly.
Paste will soon change properties to those of plastic putty.
Fill a 32oz squirt bottle with liquid soap.
Add the oils.
Shake well.
Bring out the dirty dishes.
Use away!
Palmolive Bag.
Use the green liquid dish soap - Palmolive.
Don't dilute, just put into your zip lock bag, double bag and freeze, maybe reused several times. Makes a nice bag that molds to the affected area.
Alcohol Bag.
Use rubbing alcohol.
1 part alcohol and 2 parts water. Freeze and use. (this is my favorite).
If it's too stiff, add more alcohol, too mushy - add more water.
ontainer feels cool to the hand.
Melt the fat in
f liquid soap (either regular dish washing soap or a natural brand of liquid soap
nd add grated Fels Naptha soap.
Heat on low until
wire whisk or a hand-held electric mixer, whip the
our food processor, grate the soap bars, if you want a
Cut the bar of soap into small squares that will fit into the pump bottle.
Put them in the bottle (1/4 bar to 8 oz water) Add water to fill bottle.
Let sit an hour or two, shaking once in a while.
You will have a great liquid soap that will make your hands feel soft!
As you use up the liquid add more water until all the chunks of soap are gone.
Then add more soap!
The chunks of soap actually look pretty in the container.
I bet the high end stores come out with this in a few months!
ool down to about your hand temperature.
[Oil] Add the
Mix Fels Naptha soap in a saucepan with 3
Shred the bars of soap and set aside.
In a heavy saucepan, over low heat, warm the soy milk and gradually add the shredded soap until mixture is a sticky mass.
Remove the pan from the heat and add the rice bran and jasmine oil.
Stir until the bran is evenly mixed.
Spoon the soap into a mold and let it set for 4 hours or until hardened.
You can double the recipe and use a milk carton for the mold.
Using a heavy saucepan, melt the soap over low heat until it is liquid.
Remove pan from heat.
Stir in cinnamon oil and food coloring.
Pour soap into a mold and let it set for 3 hours.
Unmold and enjoy.
Method:
Dissolve the lye in the water and let stand until it is lukewarm.
Add slowly to the fat, stirring constantly until jellylike.
Cook slowly.
Add Borax water and mix thoroughly. Remove from fire; add ammonia and stir until about the consistency of thick honey.
Pour into mold; cut and let cure from 4 to 6 weeks.
Same recipe may be used by omitting Borax or ammonia or either.
Place in 1-quart mixing bowl the Ivory Snow.
Add hot liquid. Mix well.
It will be like paste.
Shape into balls or roll out on pastry sheet and cut out shapes.
It is important to let the soap balls and/or shapes dry 24 to 48 hours.
In a large bucket mix the baking powder & very hot water.
In a seperate glass, mix alcohol & Xanthan gum to make a slurry.
While stirring the bucket of hot water mixture, slowly pour in the alcohol slurry.
Add Dawn & stir once more.
Have fun!
p.s. Xanthan gum can be found in Publix (where the Uncle Bob's products are or in the organic foods section), Whole Foods & other crunchy organic type groceries. :) You can also substitute guar gum at the same measurements.