It's preferable to use a double boiler method to melt the m&p soap instead of using the microwave to avoid overheating and damaging the nutrients in the soap oils, butters, etc.
Hi, thank you so much for the information. I do have a few questions, because I am not sure which one to pick actually and I am a complete beginner. 1. I live in the tropics (Indonesia), which process do I need to use to make my soap? I heard certain soap can sweat in humid areas. 2. I’ve bought 2 different soap base and can’t wait to try to make my Melt & Pour ones. At the same time, I have everything I need to make soap base from scratch as well. But in the end it does look like I am making soap through Cold Process instead of Melt & Pour. Does that makes sense to you and could you explain me more of the details?
Does anyone know if wooden wicks soap bases are any good? I've tried many but not theirs yet. The name of the soap bases sound wonderful and im curious.
You can actually use cold/hot process soap after 3 days. It may not last long. but you can use it. You can also add oils to melt and pour. I also disagree that lye is a con to soap making.
if i don't have a microwave (haven't had one since i moved out of my parent's house when i was 18 lol) can I use my wax melter for the melt & pour base soap? or should i just buy a small microwave to use for soap making?
Melt & pour requires no cure time or additional ingredients. Essentially the base is created already and you just melt and pour into the mold and can customize with fragrance or botanicals. However hot process uses an external heat source to bring the soap to gel phase (when it congeals), where it is then poured into the mold. You have to create the soap recipe from scratch oils. Hope that helps!
@@makesyofficial thank you.plz let me know it means we can make soap base with hot pressed procedure and then same soap base can be use for melt and pour?
With hot process, you'd be taking oils and mixing them with lye to create your soap from scratch. Whereas the melt and pour is premade and you just melt the base and mix with your fragrance and botanicals, eliminating the extra steps. Does that help?
From what I've read about soap making, adding oils to M&P soap can change the properties and make the soap less sudsy. If you make the soap from scratch (not melt & pour) there are online soap calculators that tell you the ratio of lye to oils you need in order to keep the integrity of the soap sudsy, etc.
@@charlottekatona5173 thank you for responding with that information Charlotte! Love the videos and I found some things on the website I can’t wait to try. Happy New Year!
It's preferable to use a double boiler method to melt the m&p soap instead of using the microwave to avoid overheating and damaging the nutrients in the soap oils, butters, etc.
Thanks for such an informative video:)
Melt & pour ....here I come
Great video. Straight forward and to the point .
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Thanks for the video. I love both Melt and Pour soap making and Cold Process. :)
Can you create swirls on top of melt and pour soaps?
Yes
My favorite is hot process soap
Hot process it is...Thank you!!!
Are there cost advantages to using the other methods other than Melt and Pour?
Melt and pour. :)
Hi, thank you so much for the information. I do have a few questions, because I am not sure which one to pick actually and I am a complete beginner.
1. I live in the tropics (Indonesia), which process do I need to use to make my soap? I heard certain soap can sweat in humid areas.
2. I’ve bought 2 different soap base and can’t wait to try to make my Melt & Pour ones. At the same time, I have everything I need to make soap base from scratch as well. But in the end it does look like I am making soap through Cold Process instead of Melt & Pour. Does that makes sense to you and could you explain me more of the details?
Does anyone know if wooden wicks soap bases are any good? I've tried many but not theirs yet. The name of the soap bases sound wonderful and im curious.
Hi Emily, our DIY soap kits are a great way to test it out :)
You can actually use cold/hot process soap after 3 days. It may not last long. but you can use it. You can also add oils to melt and pour. I also disagree that lye is a con to soap making.
Soap still requires a cure time. There's more to the cure than just saponification
@@pjmarks100 I agree. The pH lowers a bit during the cure, and soap becomes milder on thw skin. The bar doesn't melt away as fast either.
Can I use 100% aloe oil in my pour
Soap instead of aloe Vera?
I think cold process is when you are professional and you have a big business and that's you're full time job ill stick with melt and pour :p
It's really personal preference but yes cold processed is the original and artisan way to make soap! But much more time consuming :)
if i don't have a microwave (haven't had one since i moved out of my parent's house when i was 18 lol) can I use my wax melter for the melt & pour base soap? or should i just buy a small microwave to use for soap making?
or can you do a double boiler?
You can use a wax melter or double boiler :)
Cold process! Science nerd here
We have some new cold process videos available here :) th-cam.com/play/PLd7Ui4O8ZFoh7bgex_qhVl_mVyU2VZFfK.html
What is difference between melt n pour and hot pressed? As i think both same .
Melt & pour requires no cure time or additional ingredients. Essentially the base is created already and you just melt and pour into the mold and can customize with fragrance or botanicals. However hot process uses an external heat source to bring the soap to gel phase (when it congeals), where it is then poured into the mold. You have to create the soap recipe from scratch oils. Hope that helps!
@@makesyofficial thank you.plz let me know it means we can make soap base with hot pressed procedure and then same soap base can be use for melt and pour?
Sorry to push but please let me know
With hot process, you'd be taking oils and mixing them with lye to create your soap from scratch. Whereas the melt and pour is premade and you just melt the base and mix with your fragrance and botanicals, eliminating the extra steps. Does that help?
@@makesyofficial thank you
You can add oils to MP
From what I've read about soap making, adding oils to M&P soap can change the properties and make the soap less sudsy. If you make the soap from scratch (not melt & pour) there are online soap calculators that tell you the ratio of lye to oils you need in order to keep the integrity of the soap sudsy, etc.
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Any products organic?
We are launching a new organic soap base soon! We currently sell organic spray bases, essential oils and botanicals as well.
@@charlottekatona5173 thank you for responding with that information Charlotte! Love the videos and I found some things on the website I can’t wait to try. Happy New Year!