Comments on: Ivory’s Ivory Rebatch

By: Easy Organic Garden Bug Repellant

Easy Organic Garden Bug Repellant — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:19:49 +0000

[...] *If you don’t have homemade or Liquid Ivory handy, just blend a bar using the technique in this post (minus the oil) or melt it using the technique in this or this post. [...]

By: Zorak

Zorak — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:17:04 +0000

i’ve been making several of your soap recipes for christmas gifts. my mom said she would like some, but is allergic to lye soaps (she gets really bad contact dermatits, and wears rubber dishwashing gloves in the shower when she washes her hair). dove soap is just about the only thing she can use, so i grated up 6 bars of the unscented kind to try this recipe. then i couldn’t find a bowl big enough to hold all the shavings, so i plopped them in a pot and stuck it on the stove. it never foamed – whether that was from the style of cooking or the type of soap, i don’t know – and it didn’t turn clear. this i’m almost positive is from the added moisturizers in the bars. anyway, i added 1/2 oz lavender essential oil, and 3 1/2 tsp dried lavender flowers. i did call mom first and make sure she wasn’t allergic to lavender! anyway, it’s been curing for awhile now, but isn’t quite done. seems to be doing fine, though. thanks for the idea!!!

By: Jeanette

Jeanette — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:30:48 +0000

I think that may be it. I did a second batch, and it melted much better, although it still has some chunks. And since I added cocoa powder, it makes it look a bit like head cheese. Smells good though. Thanks for the ideas!

By: Ivory Soap

Ivory Soap — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:15:08 +0000

Maybe more water?

By: Jeanette

Jeanette — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:12:52 +0000

Arg. I just spent over 20 minutes trying to get my soap to go liquidy. It looked nothing like vaseline, it was still stiff. Our microwave is usually stronger than the average too, cooks things really quick. And no matter what I did it kept foaming, so I was popping the microwave open every 45 seconds. Ah well, I spooned it into a pringles can and I’ll see how it turns out.

By: Always in Blue Denim

Always in Blue Denim — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:39:25 +0000

I think I’ll have a go at this as well as your liquid soap and stick deoderant! Sometimes Ivory soap is available at a very low price for several bars packaged together. This method sounds great because you can vary the additives for custom made soap without the long process of making soap from scratch.

By: ivorysoap76

ivorysoap76 — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:05:27 +0000

Tell me how it goes!

By: December

December — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:39:14 +0000

Awesome! Im totally going to try this out!