How to Make Soap

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How to Make Soap

• By Megan Rees

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Supplies

• Soap mold
• Soap base in paper cup
• Scent
• Dyes
• Inserts (cookie cutters)
• Bottle of rubbing alcohol
• Stirring stick
• Paper towel or napkin
• Sparkles and/or mica if needed

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Step One - Preparation

• To prepare to make soap, make sure you have your
  inserts ready to go.
• For soap inserts, cut them out with cookie
  cutters in advance, before you even start making
  your soap.
• Have you scents, dyes, sparkles, etc already
  chosen.
• If you are going to do a solid back, you will
  want to have that cut in advance as well.

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Step Two Melt Soap

• Melt your soap for 30 seconds in the microwave.
• If there are any unmelted pieces, stir the soap
  until the hotter soap melts it.

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Step Three Stir-ins

• Now that your soap is hot, stir in all liquid
  ingredients such as SCENT, DYE, and if needed,
  SPARKLES and MICA before pouring.

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Step Four Pour Soap

• After you have thoroughly stirred your soap with
  its new ingredients, you are ready to pour it
  into your mold.
• You may want to spray the back with alcohol to
  get the bubbles out.

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Step Five - Inserts

• There are many types of inserts, which you will
  learn about later. For ALL inserts, make sure you
  spray them with alcohol before you place them in
  the soap.

• Remember that you are placing them face downthe
  bottom of the soap is going to be the front.

• Use your stir stick to place them exactly where
  you want them. You only have so much time to do
  this before the soap will harden. Spray the back
  with alcohol.

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Step Six Waiting!

• After you are finished with your soap, you need
  to place it in the freezer so it can harden
  faster and is easier to pop from the mold.
• Carry it CAREFULLY to the freezer and leave it
  there. Mrs. Rees will take care of it after that.
  Youll see it the next day in class!

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Step Seven Solid Back

• IF you are doing a solid back, follow these
  directions
• 1. Take your soap from the freezer and ensure
  that it is sufficiently solid.

2. Only AFTER your soap is solid, melt the back
of your soap for only TEN SECONDS in the
microwave.
You should be able to touch the back without a
dent being made. The more solid the
betterotherwise the back layer will break
through the front and obscure your soap.
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Step Seven Solid Back
3. Stir the soap until its all melted. Then
SPRAY the back of you soapif you dont, the two
layers will easily break apart after they are
solid.
4. Pour the soap onto the back of your soap until
it is even. Then spray the back and put it back
in the freezer.
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THE END