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Christmas Gifts: Rebatching Ivory Soap

December 11, 2019 by admin 1 Comment

I like home­made gifts for Christ­mas presents. After all, one can buy what one wants, but the time, effort, and love put into some­thing home­made makes the gift special.

Today I am rebatch­ing Ivory Soap and reshap­ing them usng angel and mer­maid sil­i­con molds.

I ordered the sil­i­con molds online.  I use Ivory Soap but have used Dove and oth­er brands. While some peo­ple add scent, oat­meal, flow­ers, herbs etc. into their soap, I like to keep mine sim­ple to pre­vent allergies.

Grate the Ivory soap. I like to do this the night before, and I sprin­kle some water over the soap and cov­er it overnight. In the morn­ing, I use a dou­ble boil­er to melt down the soap.  I add around a quar­ter cup of water to 2 bars of soap.  The fact is I just eye­ball it. You don’t want it too wet because the soap will not hold.  What you should get is goey sticky stuff.  I put the goey soap into a mold and squish down so the soap fills the crevices.  Wait until the soap is dry, and wait some more. You can wig­gle the sil­i­con mold to free the rebatched soap — then, voila! — beau­ti­ful angel and mer­maid soap.  I trim off the edges and back with a knife.  Save the soap trim­mings or redo work that is irreg­u­lar.  You can also throw in those small pieces of unused soap.  Melt down the soap and start over.

Enjoy!

 

Tags: soap, rebatch­ing, Ivory soap, Christ­mas, Christ­mas gifts, soap mak­ing, arts and crafts, home­made, DIU

 

 

 

Filed Under: Nonfiction Tagged With: craft, Ivory Soap, rebatching, soapmaking

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  1. Tina says

    August 11, 2021 at 2:12 am

    What a won­der­ful idea, ami­ga! Thx for shar­ing. I’m a huge fan of ivory soap ❤

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