megandgarr Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Me too! I only buy grated cheese. About the only time I use my grater these days is to shred soap for laundry detergent.Candybee, off topic a bit but I sometimes make my own laundry soap (the dry kind). I put my bar soap in the microwave instead of using a cheese grater. If you micro it in about 1 minute intervals, the soap will expand and become very dry and brittle. Just keep taking off those pieces and put the non expanded portion back in the micro until it has all expanded. Once it cools down enough you can just break the pieces over a blender and it will pretty much disintegrate into small granules and then you can blend it further to make it nice and smooth. I am not sure if that method would work for those that make liquid soap, but for the dry laundry soap it works wonders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sporadic Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 I just use a rubber mallet and putty knife. Chunks up the wax perfectly in no time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissKasey Posted October 1, 2013 Author Share Posted October 1, 2013 Well the problem is I somehow lost my hubby's hammer (just vanished!) so I took his chisel and rubber mallet, broke the chisel then took 2 of his screwdrivers....He doesn't know about any of this yet.....And he loves that I'm making my own candles and tarts now because he thinks we are saving soooo much money vs buying yankee.....**evil cackle** j/k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeanie353 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 And he loves that I'm making my own candles and tarts now because he thinks we are saving soooo much money vs buying yankee.....Keep it your secret or he might tell you to go back to Yank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QTsmum Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Well the problem is I somehow lost my hubby's hammer (just vanished!) so I took his chisel and rubber mallet, broke the chisel then took 2 of his screwdrivers....He doesn't know about any of this yet.....And he loves that I'm making my own candles and tarts now because he thinks we are saving soooo much money vs buying yankee.....**evil cackle** j/k LOL!!! Uhhhmmm, Christmas gift idea! "Hey hun, I noticed a few tools were missing and though it was important that you had some new ones! You're welcome!" -Kind, loving, innocent wife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
se2653 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Sshhh, your secret's safe with us, what's posted in craftserver stays in craftserver.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissKasey Posted October 2, 2013 Author Share Posted October 2, 2013 I love you guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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