How To Have Fun With Soap Making

Are you amazed when you go into hotels or specialty stores and see soap that has

been beautifully crafted? You may see designs that you thought you wouldn't see done with a soap. Some may even look too good that you don't want to use them in the bathroom. These soaps may seem really hard to make but once you try soap making, you will see and enjoy how fun and easy it is to make and design soaps.

The process of soap making is called saponification. This involves the mixing of the two basic ingredients of soap in water, and upon undergoing a reaction, this will then produce soap. These ingredients are not hard to find as all you will need are some fats and lye. These two ingredients alone will then yield the most basic type of soap.

There are two ways on how to go about the saponification process. The first process is the hot method, wherein heating of the fat and lye mixture is needed. This method is generally used if the lye that you have is not pure and you don't have the exact measurements of your ingredients. The soap produced in this process is not as hard as that in the next process but it can still be used for decorative purposes.

The other method of saponification is through the cold process. This method requires precise ingredients or it will not produce the soap that you desire. When lye and fat are mixed in water, heating is no longer required as this method relies on the heat produced by mixing water with lye. This method produces harder soap with better quality if done correctly.

For you to be able to make soap similar to those that you have seen in specialty stores and hotel bathrooms, you will first have to learn and practice the basics of soap making. Once you get the hang of making the basic soaps, you can then move on to making soap with more advanced designs.

In designing your soap, you will need additional ingredients such as dyes and fragrant oils to add to the appeal of your soap. You might also want to use different molds and cutting knives so that you may shape your soap in any way that you please. You can even combine several soaps so that you will be able to come up with a bigger soap with a much better design. Think of how you make designs out of clay when you were younger.

Even though soap making is a fairly easy process, it can also be dangerous if you do not take precautions. The danger basically lies in the handling of lye because lye is a very dangerous and corrosive substance. This should not be held with your bare hands. Mixing lye in water also results in the release of harmful fumes when inhaled. Wearing gloves and face masks are a must when handling this substance.

Don't be intimidated or amazed with those soaps that you see on stores. One day, with patience and a lot of practice, you will be able to start making soaps like those. You might even make soap that is better than those sold in stores and you may want to sell your creations.

by: Jen Hopkins.

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