Making soap can be a fun hobby. You also have the pride and satisfaction of making your own soap, controlling exactly whats in it and wowing your friends and family with your hand made soap creations.
The melt and pour process is an easy way to make your own soap. Melt and pour soap comes in ready made blocks of uncolored and unscented soap. Basically, you melt the blocks, add your own color, fragrance, fun additives (optional) and pour it into molds. Once its set, its ready to use!
Here are ten top tips for melt and pour soap making:
1. Use a good recipe. Even though its easy to make soap this way, you still need a recipe to ensure the color, fragrance and optional additives are in the right amounts.
2. Make sure you wear the appropriate safety equipment. I like to wear protective clothing, shoes, gloves and safety goggles. Melted soap is very hot! You dont want to get burned if you accidentally splash yourself.
3. You need suitable soap making equipment. You can melt the block of soap in the microwave, but you need a sturdy microwave safe bowl or jug for doing this. If melting on the stove, you need a double boiler. You also need rubbing...