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Soap Making

Making your own soap for personal use or gift giving can be a fun and rewarding activity. This page contains money saving tips for soap making craft projects.
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Can I use a microwave to rebatch soap chips?

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I have been making soap using "melt and pour" soap with some success. But the only thing at the moment that I cannot master is when I tried to add oatmeal to make an

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Can I melt pieces of soap into big bars of soap in the microwave? Thank you.

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How can I apply sugar, milk, beer, and honey to soap recipes? How can I test to know that finished home-made soap is good for the body?

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Does anyone know how to put rope on a bar of soap to make "soap on a rope"?

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Using dish soap for laundry soap is cheaper, but making your own from Ivory soap bars, washing soda (not baking soda), and borax, is extremely cheap and very easy to make.

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How do I make liquid soap out of slivers of bar soap?

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I am looking for a goat milk soap recipe that does not use lye. I will be using fresh goat's milk, so I cannot use the melt and pour bases because they tell me that I can

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I tried the 50/50 baby oil and vinegar as a mosquito repellent and I still got bitten. I tried using citronella soap and put it all on my legs and arms and the mosquitoes

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I have a Pfaff Coverlock 4862 serger. I also have the gathering foot that does well on lightweight denim or other material. It won't gather on a cotton gauze material.

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After making bars of soap from pieces, how should they be stored?

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I was reading information about making soap products someone had posted on ThriftyFun. Is it possible to make nice soap i.e., glycerin without using lye? As I have never tried

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I am looking for hand soap recipes that do not require lye.

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Does anyone have a recipe for sugar soap (cleaning product)?

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Where can I buy glycerin for homemade bubble bath?

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Does anyone have advice on how to slice glycerin soap without crumbling it? My daughter is trying to make soap loafs and then slice them into bars.

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I am looking for an old fashioned soap recipe using lye and lard but no oil. Many recipes I Googled had olive or other oils. I misplaced a simple recipe I had using

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Are there any soap makers out there? Would you like to share some tips to those wanting to learn to make soap?

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Does anyone have a basic soap making recipe, using raw silk?

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Are there any soap makers out there that want to share a few recipes?

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I am looking for people who make their own soap.Do you have a good recipe?

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I went to a Tea Room awhile back and used their restroom and when I washed my hands they had this dish with silk flower petals in it that had scented soap that coated them.

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Not confetti soap, where clear soap contains colorful bits. But confetti soap, the fun thin heart or flower shaped disks that you can sprinkle into the bath? My only guess

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Does anyone know how to make cream soap without lye? Especially whipped soap that I have seen on freshwhipped.com.

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Looking for free soap recipes.

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What's the best way to package/wrap homemade soap? I've made some really nice soap, but not sure how to package it.

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Does anyone know if you can add additives to soap bases? I have some pumice powder that I want to add to liquid soap base, and I need a creamy liquid soap, that I

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Don't throw away bar soap that dissolves into those little irritating pieces. Save them and add water, then slowly melt them down on the stove and use as liquid soap.

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I have lost the formula for making liquid soap from Dove Soap Bars. Can anyone help me with this?

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Here's a unique craft for kids that I make. It's called "frog soap pond". It's made with glycerin. Then you just add the frog toys to the top with some type of adhesive.

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Does anyone know how to make homeade bar soap? I want to make it in diffrent shapes and sizes. I have seen several for liquid hand soaps but I would like to have a recipe

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Melt your soap down using a double boiler method. Once melted, stir in your instant coffee or coffee grounds, powdered milk and coffee fragrance oil.

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I was wondering if anyone knows if you can add tea tree oil to any handsoap? And if so, how much and what kind of soap is best? Or is there a good hand or body soap already

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Melt down your soap and water in a double boiler method. Once your soap is melted stir through the remaining ingredients and add any scent or color, then pour the mix into

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Melt your glycerin soap down using a double boiler method. Once metled add the cinnamon oil, keep stirring until completely mixed and then pour into your soap molds.

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You can melt the base in a double boiler or the microwave. If you choose the microwave, make sure you cover the bowl you are melting the melt and pour (MP) with Saran Wrap to

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Melt beeswax and keep warm/liquid. Melt soap base and then mix in beeswax. Add honey and keep stirring until melted. Pour into a soap mold.

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Combine the dry ingredients in bowl and stir until well mixed. Next... Drizzle in the almond oil and stir until mixture is moistened. Add more oil and fragrance and stir until well

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Have some containers ready for each color. You will also need something for a mold, an ice cube tray or something similar will work. Mix the soap flakes with the hot

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I'm new to soapmaking. In fact, I haven't made my first batch yet but I've researched the topic well on the Internet, gathered supplies and recipes and am all set to go.

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Want to make soap as a gift for your party guests? Here are some simple tips for making soap gifts and favors:

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This is a wonderful idea for favors. I have two questions: Can Wilton candy molds be used to mold them without melting? (2) What about Ivory soap? Can you add enough

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Hi Folks. I need a little help here. I'm looking for a recipe to make homemade liquid soap with pumice. (Nothing real involved or spectacular). You know, the kind you

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To make wonderful smelling and silky liquid soap, grate a small bar of soap (or leftover slivers) into a medium saucepan. Add 1 1/2 cups of water and bring to boil, cooking 1 minute.

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