How to Melt and Pour Soap: an easy, beginner friendly tutorial!

In Melt and Pour Soap Making, the lye water & oils have already saponified to create soap- so all you have to do is safely MELT, add safe fragrance & colorants, and POUR! I walk you through a very easy beginner soap, and if you follow along on my Beginner Playlist, you'll find more in depth information about choosing a soap base, how to use fragrance, how to use colorants, how to melt your soap, etc., along with many beginner friendly projects- all explained with easy to understand instructions. Be sure to listen/watch all the way through my tutorials, as it's easy to make assumptions and lose out on very important information. Yeah, sure- I could use the Watch Hours, but honestly, I've seen soapers make some interesting mistakes, simply because they did not watch and listen till the end. Don't miss out!
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Chapters:
00:00-00:57 Easy Sanitizing Method
00:57-02:49 What you'll need; chopping
02:49-04:30 Melting the soap base
04:30-06:27 Fragrance & Bluing
06:27-08:19 Fragrance Test Pour
08:19-13:54 Three Colors; One Mica
13:54-17:00 Unmolding Your Soaps
17:00-18:09 Looking Ahead

[@JesusLovingHomesteader]

Thank you for all of your help

[@msTsoap]

You're quite welcome! Thank you for watching! 🙂❤

[@susanravella6261]

Nice video! I hope you have an opportunity to discuss how to handle the finished soaps, including when to wrap them, shelf life, how to handle hazing, etc.
Last weekend, I was beveling a soap, and it hazed as I was working on it, and that just freaked me out. It kept coming back, too. I ended up spraying it with alcohol and rewrapping it before it evaporated, but now I am afraid to take the wrap off to see if it ok! Soap drama at its finest!
Any suggestions?

[@msTsoap]

Spraying with alcohol is extremely helpful, as is putting it in front of a fan for a bit- I usually do both. I usually spray it with 91-99% RA, rather than 70% due to the extra water content, and I spray it every few hours before I wrap. I live in Florida, so I have to really stay on top of glycerin dew- if that is indeed what's hazing your soaps. What are you wrapping with? I am used to a clear wrap and can see when it is dewing up. What ever you use, you want it to be airtight. so it's not exposed to humidity. Other things that can cause that problem are overheating your base, adding too much fragrance oil or other oils, or even the type of base itself.
I do plan on doing a "troubleshooting" video, but that will be a while, as I have a ton of things on the docket. Soap doesn't really have a shelf life, it may lose fragrance or fade a bit, but as a usable soap it should be usable for many years, if not forever- as long as you are not including additives that can rot- which shouldn't be used anyway (ex, lavender buds). Let me know if any of this seems to help, and ask further questions if needed- always happy to give advice when I can. 🙂❤

[@susanravella6261]

@msTsoap Thank you very much for your help, Ms T! I went through your list of potential causes, and I think the culprit was the heat and humidity that day, which was worsened by the fact that I had a double boiler going most of that afternoon. My soap 🧼 room is nearly ready to move into, and I have a fan and dehumidifier in there.
Anyway, thanks a million for the advice! I am really enjoying the videos you have been posting! Have an awesome day!

[@msTsoap]

@@susanravella6261 I'm so glad you found the culprit! Happy to help anytime I can. I'm very excited for you and your new soap room! That's awesome! Thanks so much for watching my videos- very happy that you're enjoying them! 🙂❤

[@Synamon652]

Hi, new subscriber here.
Why do you spray each bar with alcohol when you remove them from the mold?

[@msTsoap]

Hi, and thank you for subscribing! Great question! There are 2 reasons. One has to do with filming for videos, as the clarity doesn't pick up well on camera, and spritzing it helps that a lot. The second reason has to do with glycerin dew, or "sweating". I live in Florida, and it's extremely humid, which can cause pretty significant sweating. I'm in the habit of spritzing my soaps with rubbing alcohol to help remove the excess water and sort of "cure" or dry the soaps out a little, and after I put them in front of a fan and spritz every few hours if it's an extra humid day. That process also hardens the bar slightly and will help it to last a little longer for the consumer. I hope that helps and please feel free to ask more questions as they arise. Thanks again! 🙂❤