Thread: rebatching palmolive stick ends

I have some ends of Palmolive sticks that I was going to melt down and turn into a puck, I have looked into the process of melting the soap in a microwave after grating, I was wondering whether it would be worth mixing in some glycerin, and if so how much. I also have some maca root shave cream, should I/ is it worth mixing this in too? thanks for your input .

Hi Ed,

Ed, I have a feeling that it might be better to finely grate the Palmolive stick ends and compress them into a container, rather than melting them.

Woolworths have clear plastic screw top containers for under $2 which make ideal shave soap/cream containers. My collection includes about 20 varieties and they stack one above the other easily.

I don't think Palmolive will melt in the microwave. Grating is usually the safest bet with tallow soaps.

They may go funny in the microwave, I'd au-bain-marie them.

My stick is almost down to the last bit, so I was wondering what to do as well.
To be honest, they are so small I'll probably end up grating my fingers, so I'd just use them as a hand/bath soap instead!

I just squash the little stub that's left into the middle of my tub of Cella.

I ended up just grating and then squashing it into a $2 mini casserole dish. The dish is maybe 100mm across and about 50mm deep I would guess. I also bought 4 new sticks and a grater. Total outlay $12. It worked really well. I chose the dish because i liked the red colour, the fact it had handles and a lid and the size seemed about right, I think I could fit all of the sticks in there but probably will just pop one more in for now. Thanks for the input.

No pictures? It did not happen....

Onya mate!

Okley-dokely will post a piccie when I get back to my room, will be a couple of hours, I realise that the tension must be causing keniptions within the SRP family, but there is nothing I can do.
Hope the picture was worth the wait.

Tension relieved, aaah!

Twenty matching coloured dishes with various grated shave sticks will brighten up any shave den. Good stuff mate!

Sunbird