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Turn A Bar of Soap Into Liquid Hand Soap

Turn A Bar of Soap Into Liquid Hand Soap


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savvyhouskeeping how to turn a bar of soap into liquid hand soap
I have a confession to make: I hate bar soap. It gets dirty, is annoying to handle, and takes too long to use up.
Despite this, people like to give me bar soap as a gift, which I feel guilty not using. So I’ve been buying liquid hand soap at $3 a bottle and putting the bar soap in a box with the intention of finding a use for it.
Then it occurred to me that I might be able to convert the bar soap into liquid hand soap. Why didn’t I think of it before? I did some research and found out that it is easy to do. All it takes is melting the soap with water, adding a little vegetable glycerin, and voilĂ , you have liquid hand soap.
savvyhouskeeping how to turn a bar of soap into liquid hand soap
So I tried it and was thrilled to find that it works great! From one bar of soap, I made close to 2 liters of hand soap, which will last a long time. The only thing I purchased for this project was a $2 bottle of glycerin at my local drug store:
savvyhouskeeping how to turn a bar of soap into liquid hand soap
Glycerin is made from plant oils and is commonly used in soaps, shampoos, and moisturizers. Since bar soap already has glycerin in it, I tried this experiment both ways, with and without the added glycerin. I found that the below recipe worked fine without glycerin, except that the soap tended to clump and didn’t have as smooth a texture. It made enough of a difference that I would recommend adding the glycerin, but you can also try the recipe without it, if you want.

How To Turn A Bar of Soap Into Liquid Hand Soap
Ingredients:
    1 c soap flakes
    10 c water
    1 Tbs glycerin

Equipment:
    Cheese grater
    A large pot
    Measuring cup and spoons
    A spatula for stirring
    A soap container with a hand pump
    A container to hold excess soap
    Funnel

Directions:
First, grate the soap. Get out your cheese grater, grab the soap, and get grating. I found this to be surprisingly easy, although the soap particles tend to float in the air as you grate. You can wear a mask to avoid breathing it in. When you’re done, the soap flakes look like grated Parmesan:
savvyhouskeeping how to turn a bar of soap into liquid hand soap
One bar of soap yielded a little over 1.5 cups of flakes. The recipe only uses one cup of soap flakes, so I put the remaining soap in a jar for later use.
In a large pot, combine 1 cup soap flakes, 10 cups water, and 1 Tbs glycerin. Turn on medium-low heat and stir until the soap dissolves. This happens fast, about a minute or two.
Let the soap cool completely, then pour into containers using a funnel. That’s all there is to it!
savvyhouskeeping how to turn a bar of soap into liquid hand soap
As I mentioned, this recipe makes a lot of soap, about 6 bottles worth. I put the excess in a large bottle and am storing it under the sink until I need more.
You can also use this soap as body wash. To make it smell nice, add a drop or two of essential oil to the mix.
As I mentioned, the only thing I bought for this experiment was the glycerin. I reused the bottles and the soap was a gift. In the end, I used about $.40 worth of glycerin to make the equivalent of 6 bottles of hand soap. That’s a savings $17.60, well worth the half hour of my time it took to make the soap.
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ETA: The kind of soap you use may be a bit of a wild card, since every soap will have different ingredients in it. I got the best results with a bar of Yardley soap, which did not even need the glycerin to become hand soap.
Dove Sensitive Skin Beauty Bar seems to be more difficult to turn into hand soap, which I would guess has something to do with the “sensitive” formula.
ETA II: I’m happy so many of you are finding this recipe helpful. If you are having trouble, such as thin or watery soap or “snot-like” soap, I encourage you to read through the comments. Lots of people have reported back with their experiences with the recipe and troubleshooted the problems. It seems that sometimes letting the soap sit to thicken in the pot or hacking it with a hand blender to loosen it does the trick.
ETA III: For a solution on getting the soap to lather, try a foaming soap dispenser.
Good luck!
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Note: (useful comments)
COMMENT BY TAMMY
March 18, 2011 @ 1:26 pm
I followed this recipe and it came out the consistency of skim milk. Because of my allergies I used a bar of Dove unscented. I ended up adding the other half of the bar (total of 2 Cups) and another tablespoon of glycerin (which totaled 2 T.), and it still didn’t thicken up. Is there a typo on this recipe? Should the 10 cups of water be a lesser amount? Or should I be using a different type of bar to have a thicker liquid result? Thanks so much! I can’t wait for this to work out. I’m going to use the thinner stuff, but my hubbby will hate it. LOL I won’t begrudge it. He hates using bars, and I hate using other liquids. I wash my hands a LOT since I’m in the kitchen so much due to my food allergies, and my hands dry out, crack and bleed from all the washing. I’m hoping this will help alleviate that problem. =) Love your blog site!
COMMENT BY CAROLINE
March 18, 2011 @ 7:41 pm
I’ve tried this twice with two different types of soap. The first one didn’t need any glycerin but needed twice the water, and the second I had the same problem as Tammy – 8 tbsp of glycerin and it’s still very, very runny.
First bar was a Trader Joe’s tea tree oil bar, second was Dove unscented/sensitive skin.
I love the blog and this idea – maybe I’m just messing up this recipe?
COMMENT BY SAVVY
March 19, 2011 @ 8:02 am
Caroline and Tammy: Sorry to hear you are having problems with the recipe! It’s hard for me to reply without seeing what you did, especially if you are doing things like adding twice the water (of course it was runny?) and 8 times the glycerin.
No, there's no typo. I can say that I tried this recipe out several different ways and it worked great every time, as you can see by the post. The only wild card here is the kind of bar of soap, since they all have different ingredients. I got the best results with a bar of Yardley soap. It sounds like Dove soap in particular doesn’t work as well. Try a higher quality soap?
COMMENT BY JANEY
March 19, 2011 @ 2:22 pm
Hi, I’m having a similar experience as Tammy. I tried Irish Spring, which is my son’s favorite soap. First, it didn’t become crumbs, but grated off in little strips. I didn’t think it would matter in the long run, but it definitely didn’t thicken in the water. I waited a long time after it cooled to see if anything happened, but it stayed thin and runny. I eventually added in the entire bar and it stayed like water. Maybe it has to be a ‘dry’ type of bar soap?
- COMMENT BY JANEY
March 20, 2011 @ 8:06 am
I know I posted a comment yesterday that the soap didn’t thicken, but I left it out all night and this morning it just as I expected it to be. It did clump a little, but I stirred it and spooned it into the bottle and it was fine. I guess it just needed time to ‘gel’. Thanks for the recipe!
- COMMENT BY KIM
April 3, 2011 @ 2:29 pm
I tried this over the weekend with some… interesting results. I wanted to make a half batch of liquid soap (not having space to store 6 bottles!) but after reading the comments above, and considering the texture of the grated soap, though I had better put all of the bar into the pot. I thought that it would be much easier to water down the end product than to make it less runny, especially as I had no more of the same soap. I was so disappointed when I finished as it was just like water, but I let it sit and cool and came back to a semi-solid (very nice smelling) jelly. I reheated, added more water, cooled, still had jelly, so reheated added water and cooled again. Finally, it’s a plunger bottle soap consistency. I think I could have added a little extra water to make it less sticky, but I’m happy with the result now. I used a bar of passionfruit soap from the Body Shop which was almost transparent, rather than the creamy Dove-type soap, which I think accounts for the difference in texture. Thanks for posting this, a great idea, and with some patience, perseverance, and experimentation, I think it will work for any soap!
COMMENT BY NCL82
April 19, 2011 @ 6:18 pm
To thicken the soap, mix 3tbsp. table salt into 8oz hot water until dissolved, whisk the salt solution a little at a time into your runny soap mixture until desired thickness, (soap mixture does not have to be hot, can be room temp) you may need more of the salt solution. I make a liquid soap using, 1 grated 4oz bar of Kirk’s Original Castile and a gallon of distilled water and the salt solution.
COMMENT BY STACEY
May 19, 2011 @ 11:52 am
Oh, and a suggestion for those with runny soap… try putting it in a foamer bottle. It may be perfect for that!
COMMENT BY JASMIN
June 13, 2011 @ 5:58 am
Hi, I followed the recipe and added some freshly ground cinnamon and sweet orange EO at the end. Mine turned out watery after cooling. However, I used my hand blender to whip it up and in ten seconds flat, I had thick and creamy liquid soap. Hope this helps others.
Thanks a lot for this recipe. So far, its the simplest on the net :D
COMMENT BY RACHELLE
April 16, 2011 @ 2:02 pm
I made this using a bar of Ivory soap (actually about 2/3 of a bar = 1 cup grated). I really wanted to love this, but honestly I am disappointed by the fact that there are no suds. I certainly love the price and the DIY aspect, but it feels weird to wash my hands with no suds at all. Did anyone else get suds using a different soap?

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