No heat rebatch soap - Recycling old soap scraps into new soap easily
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To use this process to rebatch soap, use your normal cold process recipe and add about 30% soap scraps by the weight of the oils. So for example, if your recipe calls for 1000 g oils, add about 300 g soap scraps.
Add the scraps to your oils and blend until smooth. After this, proceed as usual by adding lye solution etc.
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DISCLAIMER: This way of rebatching is not for fixing soaps that have issues. This is a way to recycle perfectly good soap scraps if you don’t like the normal rebatching method❤
No lye needed for the recycling?
Could I use this method if I want to add more superfat in my soap? since my CP soap feels too dry for my skin
That extra oil is superfatting your soap causing an overload of oil in your soap rendering your soap super soft.
@@elistyle82 - No, you still need to use Lye because this isn't real "rebatching" in which you use heat to melt the soap, it's a technique known as Confetti Soap.
@@denaturalseeker - Yes and no. You can add more SuperFat to the oil portion, but not to the shredded soap.
I know you made this tutorial a few years ago, Sara, but I too wanted to express my appreciation for demonstrating this technique. The outcome is so beautiful. And I learned a different method! I always learn so much from you. hugs!
So this was hella calm and relaxing to watch while also being very Very VERY useful.
You're a genius! This changes everything.
Oh my goodness I just stumbled across this video. I'm new to soap making and recently "ruined" a batch. It accelerated way too quickly and I couldn't get it in the mold in time. I'm so grateful for the video. I almost cried when I found it. Thank you so much!
Good timing. I was just looking at my soap scraps thinking what to do with it. Thank you!
This is just what I needed. I recently made a batch of soap where the color morphed otherwise it's okay but I still don't like the way it looks. Just found the perfect solution. Thanks a million!!!!!!!!
This is so soothing to watch
Another wonderful video. 😊I do rebatching for my soaps that well didn't exactly go as planned in the pretty department and I do love my crockpot. I will say for those who don't exactly like the chunky consistency must try cutting very small in size or you will have large chunks that will not melt down properly. I enjoy the look of a chunky rebatch crockpot soap because of the natural look of it the rocky element that it gives makes me think if nature itself which is the direction all of my soaps lean towards among all of my other items I carry. A double boiler works well too if you have enough patience.
That extra oil is superfatting your soap causing an overload of oil in your soap rendering your soap super soft.
Hello I read your disclaimer but still used your for my soap that oil heavy and would not harden. I did not want to throw away 30 ponfs of soap. It came out wonderful! Thank you💗
I know you posted this a while back, but I love this - to me it’s NOT the same as confetti soap like some people are saying. And in the end, it looks like a much smoother rebatch!
Thank you, I feel the same way☺☺
I'm binge watching your videos and they get more awesome as I go!
All of your videos are wonderful! Thank you for sharing so generously!
I love the No Heat Rebatch Technique!! I don't like to heat up my soaps so this is a fantastic option! I will have to try this method. Mahalo nui loa & Aloha!
Why don't you like to heat them?
Hi... Thank you so much for this video. I try this with 187 grams old soap shred (small chunks) and new soap batch with 450 grams OILs. It turns out good, smooth, perfecto.... so thank you so much :)
Sort of an extreme version of a confetti soap, this is great.
I recently made soap like this but I put my melted oils and soap shreds in a Vitamix blender to pulverize it all. Then I transferred the oil/shreds mixture to a big bowl and added my lye water. It turned out great!
Using the Vitamix sounds like a good idea - I was thinking that my stick blender would probably burn out. Did you heat your oils much or just melt them? Thanks.
@@elainem7722 I usually heat my oils to 100 degrees.
Oh my goodness!! Thank you so much for the video, definitely gonna try this!! You are awesome!!😎
This was awesome! I am quickly accumulating lots of soap scraps and a no heat method is just what i need. Thank so much for sharing!
That extra oil is superfatting your soap causing an overload of oil in your soap rendering your soap super soft.
@@tiffanygrimsely14 she's then adding lye too
This great, I can’t wait to try it.. thank you for sharing this method...
You might be genius material. Thanks for the video and the idea
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Thanks, Sara. Great way to rebatch.
Thank you
I recently made a batch of passion soap that i was super excited about but didnt like the final look....I also added passion seeds and quickly found out it was a bad idea......
I am absolutely going to try this on the batch
Thank you so much
Thank you. This changes a lot for me
Very nice, I'm so afraid to try soap making but I feel like I could try this, not much to mess up. Thanks for sharing
You can do it, just remember to wear eye protection and gloves🙂
This happened to me and I spent 3 soap base lmfao to waste ! Cus of my fear of blowing up my house lmfao 🤣😆 now I'm kinda getting used to it lmfao
This was really cool to watch. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much!
I love this. I will definitely give it a try
I have followed your technique with a batch that I found not superfatted enough. I used 30% of the oils weight in rebatch soap and superfatted to desire the fresh batter recipe and it went incredibly well and in the final product we couldn t identify the rebatched soap. They perfectly melted with the soap batter that was basically the same but more superfatted. I really thank you for saving my soaps!!!! ❤❤
I'm glad it worked for you❤
I have the same issue for my first CP soap. I'm very newbie on this. I'm sorry for silly question, could you explain those 30% of oil in rebatch soap?
If the batch is 1000 grms do I calculate the lye for 700 grms of oil?
I’ve never been happy with my rebatch. TFS this!
TFS?
Thanks for sharing? Lolz
I love this!
You are amazing!!!
So clever 👍👍👍
Beautiful 💕💕💕
You are very inventive !!! 🏆🏆🏆👏👏👏 🌹
Hi, lovely video!! May I know the water to Lye ratio used for this recipe?
I did a similar method but I grated the soap bigger and added to the new batch after emulsification and I end it up with a soap that has bits the size of a poppy seed which makes the soap a bit exfoliating 😀 the scraps I used were from different batches and some were harder/dryer maybe, than the new batch idk 🤔but the soap is great otherwise 😊 Happy soaping/re-batching 🙏
That sounds great!😊😊
will definitely try your method of rebatching! got so many soap scraps to deal with hahah
Me too😁 Let me know how it goes!
@@tellervo. what bout your scraps having many different scents?
I have barely even started watching your video and want to see the make of the soap you are shredding up! It looks like marble! So gorgeous. "Now back to the regularly scheduled program." HAHA!
hehe thank you😁 I do have a video on it it's called 'copper marble'
Hi Sara, I have a question regarding your calculations. You mentioned that we could use our regular cp soap recipe and add 30% of our shredded soap for this method; although not stated, I’m assuming we are to deduct the 30% we’re adding from the TOW of the new soap recipe? So, 70% new soap oils + 30% shredded old soap= 100% ? Am I correct in my assumption? Otherwise, there’s no way to calculate for the mold we’re using. Thank you!
Lovely.
What do you use you do you use in place of kaolin and oatmeal powder?
I had no idea this was a thing! Very cool and informative. 👍 thank you ♥️
I like this method, what if I wanted to add garlic or oatmeal. Would that be ok?
Thank you for your video, so if my recipe calls for 1000 grams of oils, I prepare a recipe for 700grms .? Or 1000 so at the end I will have 300 grams of extra batter?
Perfect
Ps. Your Soaps are very beautiful!💕
Thank you so much❤❤
Woooow Sara! You are amazing, thanks for this video, I will try this today but I have questions yet, help me please:
1. How to calculate the lye?
2. How did you calculate this part: "im using 30% soap shreds by the weight of my oils"
👍😍💜 Thank you so much!
This will have the same cure time of 4 to 6 weeks?
When adding the lye do you count the 1000 grams or the 700 grams of new oil
Ohh I love this. I don’t like the normal rebatch method. So to be sure: you’re calculating the lye for the oils NOT including the soap right? The soap is like an additive?
Yes, that's correct🙂
@@tellervo. awesome! I’m going go try it soon
Good question thanks for clarifying
Yes indeed
@@tellervo. is the soap scraps from already cured soap or from a soap during the curing stage?
I like the way the soap comes out , I don’t care for the rebatching in a crock pot, the soap looks to chunky and rugged. I gotta try this way.
Some people put nylon or cardboard on the saponified mixture and cover the mold around the mold with a cotton towel. Are they doing it right?
Is the lye solution calculated based on the 1000 gr oil only? Not oil + shredded soap?
what kind of oils are you using?
Love the music in the background, who is the artist?
Wonderful! I love the idea of not to heat the soap. Question do you add the 300 grams to the 1000 grams for a total amount of 1300 g of oil or do you substract the 300 g from the 1000 g? Thank you so much for your wonderful videos! 😊
Add 300 to 1000.
@@jaytee3baxter and calculate lye to 1000 g oil?
How do u calculate the amount of lye and water to use with this recipe?
Oh great work! Thank you so much for this smart rebatching method 💕
I just have a question! Do you CPOP the soap or not? Thanks again
Thank you❤ I didn't cpop this one, but you could if you wanted to🙂
@@tellervo. thank you 🙏💕
Thank you for sharing your amazing technique 🌸 Can we do this with soap scraps that are not cured?
Yes, you have to cure this soap anyway☺
@@tellervo. Right ☺️ Thanks a lot for your reply ❤️
Lovely soap. I hope you mind me asking a question. In your example of how to calculate…. 1000 grams add 30% of oil weight. Is this 300 grams added to the 1000 grams, making the total amount of batter 1300 grams or is the 300 grams subtracted from the 1000 grams which would end up being the following; 700 grams of oil and 300 grams of shredded soap. Please forgive, I am fairly new at soap making. I really enjoy watching your videos.
Hi, how much lye/water do you add? I wasn't sure if you added the normal amount in your recipe or if you added more to compensate for the scraps.
I just added the normal amount with a 35% lye concentration
How much soda is in the solution and how do you estimate the weight of the mixture
How many grams did you add lya?Please answer
So, the soap scraps are used almost as an additive here. And they too get saponified in the process, do they? If I try this method for some of the good soap scraps, does the final product need to be cured ? If yes, how much time does it take for curing ?
Yes, exactly. The soap scraps are already saponified. The final soap has to be cured for about 4 weeks since there is fresh soap in the mixture.
That seem so much easier
I will try that way thank you for showing this video much love soap family
what kind of oil you used?
though its not detailed how may ml of lye will be added to
Wow. Hey u r genius 🙂. I have never seen such an easy & time saving method on any channel / book. I will try it. Thank u so much for sharing such great methods 🥰🤗❤️. Will it be ok if I don’t use kaolin Clay plz? Stay Blessed 🙏❤️
Thank you❤ Kaolin clay is just an additive, it’s fine to leave out. I also saw your other comments about the recipes. I don’t always share them, especially if the video is about showing a technique. When I make ‘how to’ videos on a specific soap or additive I always share detailed recipes. But I do encourage every soap maker to learn about fatty acids and how to formulate your own recipes. This way you can learn how different oils and fats perform in soap and you get a better understanding of what you like. For example, I often use a lot of butters in soap, but not everyone likes that🙂
Could I use a salt bar in this rebatch? It became crumbly due to me not cutting it soon enough and I would hate to see it go to waste. Also, very beautiful video :). Thank you!
I think it would be difficult to blend salt soap with the oils and get it to a smooth consistency. But I don't know maybe it's worth a try😊 Thank you so much!
How long does the soap have to rest? I'm quite new at soaping.
I would cure it for 4 weeks since there's fresh soap in the mix.
How much lye need to add
So to be sure, use the same lye solution amount and decrease the oil amount by 30% in place of the soap shreds?
Use the same amount of lye solution and oils, do not decrease anything and add the soap shreds on top off that.
@@tellervo. ok. Got it! 😊
Awesome job can't wait to try, what was your super fat and how much lye did you have to use??
Thank you, my superfat was 5%, I like to use soapee.com to figure out the lye amount
So u replace30% of your batch and put in 30% of the shreds? And can they be different soaps and I also soap with milk will that be okay? Sorry for all the??'s lol
No, I use a recipe and add the soap shreds on top of that. The amount of soap shreds I added was 30% by the weight of the oils in the recipe. As an example, if you have 1000 g of oils, you would add 300 g soap scraps. Calculate the lye amount based on the oils and just consider the soap shreds as an additive. Any soap shreds should be fine and I don’t see a problem with adding milk either.
Thank you for sharing this process! Does the rebatched soap need to be fairly fresh? I have some made 9 months ago that I would like to rebatch.
If you can grate your soap, it should be fine to rebatch. Fresher soap is easier to grate. I would not discount my water in rebatch in an older soap.
@@jeanettehaygood4154 thx!
@@debbieescobar6267 I hope it works out for you!
I would definitely give it a go!
Please, do we add 30% of the soap to all weights of oils? For example, I have a total of 753 grams of oils. Should I add 30% to it as you explained in the description?
I often using the same method.. more than 1/3 shredded soap ratio compared with oils will be a mess.. so yes.. 30% is maximum for this method :)
So, just so I have it straight, if I have 100 g oil, I add 30 g shreds for total weight of 130 g, or is it 70 g oil and 30 g shreds for a total weight of 100 g?
@@lyndabonner1149 This is his explanation to someone else: "No, I use a recipe and add the soap shreds on top of that. The amount of soap shreds I added was 30% by the weight of the oils in the recipe. As an example, if you have 1000 g of oils, you would add 300 g soap scraps. Calculate the lye amount based on the oils and just consider the soap shreds as an additive."
@@elainem7722 Thank you ; I was looking for that answer!
Could the shredded soap be used as is in soaks?
I don't see why not🙂
How do you calculate the lye solution for this rebatch? Do you calculate it based on the new oils only or what other method do you use?
I calculate it only for the new oils🙂
@@tellervo. thank you
Could you share a link for the soap cutter.
It's in the description box🙂
Hi there, great video! Is it necessary to add lye?
If you want soap you need lye :)
what's about the weight of lye solution for 1000gr oil and 300 gr soap please
The lye amount should always be based on the amount of oils. It would depend on the oils being used. I recommend using a soap calculator to determine this.
Hello! I tried this with my usual recipe but after 3 days the soap was still soft and when I unmolded it the shape got ruined. Is it normal that it’s soft for long?
Oh I'm sorry about your soap. That doesn't sound normal at all, what water percentage did you use?
@@tellervo. 32% lye concentration but it was pretty high in olive oil, it has firmed up now so I should have just left it in the mold for longer! I was able to fix the shape by cutting it so it still looks okay.
Will definitely try again with less soft oils, I love how easy this technique is :)
❤ how many grams of shredded soap and how many grams is your oils? I have a bucket with shreds and need to do this!!!!
The video shows about 30% shredded soap to oil weight.
Nice video. Have you heated oils before adding shredded soaps?
Thank you, yes just to melt the hard oils
Beautiful video and I thought the soap looked lovely. Just a slight concern with it being called rebatch rather than confetti soap. People often use rebatch to fix a soap that went wrong, we often see advice given in forums to people who have maybe accidentally left out an oil so their soap is lye heavy, they're told to rebatch it and add in the missing oil. Or a soap seized so ended up a mess or even with lye pockets in it. In these cases using that 'wrong soap' with this method wouldn't be safe as a full hot method to melt everything down (and add in the extra oil if necessary) would be needed to correct that.
I know that's probably not the type of soap you were aiming at, but the term rebatch would imply to less experienced soapers that this was an acceptable method for solving those problems when it wouldn't.
I hope you don't mind my comment. I do think it was a beautiful soap
Thank you for your comment. I understand, however I don’t see why rebatching good soap couldn’t also be called rebatching. This is obviously not the method to use with lye heavy soap, I will add a disclaimer on that. I don’t think this is a confetti soap since the end product is very different. People often wonder what they could do with perfectly good leftover soap and this video is for those people❤
@@tellervo. I also agree that this is rebatchinb soap. You can rebatch any soap even if it was a perfectly good bar with no imperfections or lye oil or fragrance issues. Great way to rebatch. Thank you for this video
@@tellervo. you are in essence 'rebatching' to make a new soap. So to say you are rebatching would be in my humble view quite acceptable.
Love the soap, I may end up making this sort of a batch once we get a bit more of our soap used 😂
That extra oil is superfatting your soap causing an overload of oil in your soap rendering your soap super soft.
@@tellervo. - Folks rebatch "good" soap all the time, it isn't always about fixing a soap that has too much or too little Lye. Maybe soap has lost it's scent or the colorant faded, morphed or just didn't turn out the way you wanted. And it isn't always about fixing anything either...you can actually buy pre-shredded unscented, uncolored soap (BrambleBerry sells regular and goat milk shreds). It's a great alternative for folks who don't want to hassle with Sodium Hydroxide, but also don't want to make M&P.
But in order to 'rebatch' a soap...you have to remelt it. You do this by first grating the soap into shreds, putting it in a slow cooker or double-boiler on the stove, adding liquid...usually Distilled Water, and applying heat. All you did was grate the soap and then added the shreds to CP Soap...that's called "Confetti Soap".
Confetti Soap refers to bars that contain shreds of previously made batches. And as with Rebatch, it has evolved...it's gone from folks recycling their trimmings and putting it in a white soap to using it as a design element. A few months back I made a soap to resemble Brach's Neapolitan Coconut Sundaes. To replicate the 'coconut', I made a small batch of unscented white soap and shredded it and then added to each layer. I've seen white soap used in blue to make 'snow', or in black soap to make 'stars'. And you don't have to use 'shreds' to make a Confetti Soap...you can simply chop up a soap into different size bits/chunks, or cut it into different size squares or chop up extruded soap dough.
Now I do agree that the end product looks different. Hot Process/Rebatched Soap has a very unique appearance, which is why I was so quick to click on your like...your 'rebatch' looked like Cold Process Soap and so I thought you had invented some new process. But once I saw you add the shredded soap to a new batch of soap, I knew it wasn't. And even though you used the same dark colorant and stick blended the shreds, you can still see them in your soap...it's just the nature of the beast.
Hahaha perfect timing! I just made an accidentally rock hard loaf of soap. I’m almost scared to grate it because I’ll just have a pile of dust to work with. 😂🤦♀️🤦♀️ This showed up first in my YT feed ~ guess it was a sign! 😂 Thank you! Looks great! 🙏
Haha oh no! I hope you can salvage it🙈
Wow, this is the first I have seen with no heat. Why did you add lye solution to a rebatch? (Sorry, I'm new to soap making.) thanks!
Since this is not a normal rebatch I needed to saponify the oils I had in the mixture🙂
Lye as per 70% oils right??
I’m going to assume you used the same fragrance in this loaf as in the soap scraps?
I actually used a different one. In the soap scraps I had used an essential oil blend, for this soap I used a fragrance oil and I find that it overpowered the essential oils
Hello, I want to try this. Are the oils heated before adding the grated soap? Thanks.
Yes, just like you would heat them when making regular cold process soap🙂
@@tellervo. Thanks. I've only been making soap of olive and coconut oils so I just melt the coconut oil and add it to the room temp olive oil.
@@elainem7722 That's perfect!
@@tellervo. Do you use a water discount when doing this? Thanks.
@@elainem7722 Yes, I often do a 35-40% lye concentration and that's what I do for this as well.
Nice technique! But I feel one can be fooled with false trace with such a method. Any tips/tricks on dealing with that?
Thank you😊 I'd say look for a stable emulsion, no oils streaks and pour at a thick trace
I know is a "no heat" video, but what temperature were the oils? Room temp? Beautiful, as always, btw. < 3
Thank you so much💝 They were a little over room temp :)
Room temperature lye water too?
@@lyndabonner1149 Yes :)
What if i dont have heat
How can you tell when you've reached emulsion with this method?
I would check that there's no oil streaks on the blender shaft and let it go a little thicker then I normally would :)
@@tellervo. Ah okay! Thank you for answering my question!
@@ParisAndTheUniverse That was my quests well. Thank you.
So this method is "New" and being called the Ciaglia Method from Soap Makers Challenge LoL
Can I add more than 30% of soap scrapes?
You can always try!
What happens if you don't use lye?
You don't get soap.
how much lye did you use?
I used a 35% lye concentration.
1 tsp or two of sodium lactate would have helped the soap pop right out. Turned out nice.
And some patience😁
I cant believe I just melted my soap in water like a peasant