# Substitute for softsoap?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitute-for-softsoap/400300>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 16, 2007, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitute-for-softsoap/400300 "2007-04-16T05:03:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitute-for-softsoap/400300/41 "2007-04-19T10:39:51Z")

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[QUOTE=StarvingButStrong]  
Oh, I’m all about frugality. I let the soap slivers soften a bit, then weld them to the new bar.  
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I’m always amazed at the lengths people will go to in order to use every last bit of the soap slivers, when welding them to a new bar is so very easy. It takes about a second to do. I’m frugal with my money AND my time.

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2007, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitute-for-softsoap/400300/42 "2007-04-19T10:50:32Z")

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[QUOTE=StarvingButStrong]  
Oh, I’m all about frugality. I let the soap slivers soften a bit, then weld them to the new bar.

I got some nice smelling cheapo shampoo yesterday – it seems to be working fine. My hands don’t have a single split end and no frizz! 😃  
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I’m really not that frugal, but I do this too. It is kinda silly since soap is so inexpensive, but I’ve done it forever. For me, I just like a big bar of soap to use and so I break out a new one long before the old one is a tiny sliver.

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