Class Handout: Transparent Soap Making (Melt & Pour Soap Base from

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Last updated 17 Jul 2024

Class Handout: Transparent Soap Making (Melt & Pour Soap Base from

Take handcrafted soap to the next level - make TRANSPARENT SOAP (it's re-meltable too)! Make Your Own Melt & Pour Soap Base. Printable PDF!
Written By David Critchfield & Jen Grimes This Class Handout is a digital download. Once purchased, you will find the link to access your document on your MY ACCOUNT page. Are you drawn to the pretty, jewel-like see-through Glycerin Soaps on the shelf, as opposed to their to their opaque counterparts? Do you craft soap using Melt & Pour Soap Base and have ever wondered if you could make it yourself, rather than purchase it from a store or supplier? Do you make Cold Process or Hot Process Soap already, and want to take your soapmaking skills up to the next level? If you answered yes to any of those questions get ready! You can now make your own transparent & meltable soaps, from scratch! Handmade Soaps made from scratch, both Cold Process and Hot Process, are naturally opaque (i.e., not see-through), but with a few added ingredients, and some additional soapmaking knowledge (a good tested recipe & clear instructions), you can put a unique twist on your handmade soap that will set it apart from the rest and impress most of your soapmaker friends. This instantly downloadable PDF document, created from our combined experience teaching classes on Making Transparent Soap, is for people who want create their own custom transparent, remeltable soap that is as “natural” as possible, but which employs some manmade solvents to achieve transparency. It is important to understand that by sticking with mostly natural or naturally-sourced ingredients, it's impossible to achieve a very clear, hard bar of transparent soap. Natural-ingredient transparent soaps are always going to be more amber in color, slightly milky (as opposed to crystal clear), and a bit softer than their detergent-based, synthetic counterparts. This handout includes a discussion about the use of both natural and manmade ingredients in transparent soap and the trade-offs involved. For a list of typical solvents used in transparent soapmaking, as well as what else is covered page by page, please see the summary directly below. Disclaimer: Making Transparent Soap is more difficult / involved than making bar soap. This is an intermediate or advanced soap making topic. It assumes that the reader has prior experience making soap from scratch. If you have never made soap from scratch using lye before (cold process or hot process), we suggest you first order Ruth's Video eClass for Cold Process Soap Making 101, which includes our Class Handouts for Cold Process Soap 101. BONUS! Learn more about hot process soap making with our page of free resources, including blog posts, tips, ideas & more. Click HERE to find it. Summary of what’s in this Digital Class Handout: Cover Page: Title, Pics, & References Page 1: An Enlightening Introduction to Transparent Soap Page 2: Benefits & Drawbacks Page 3: What Makes Melt & Pour Clear? Page 4: Fatty Acid Composition of Common Edible Fats & Oils Page 5: Solvents (List of commonly used ingredients to take your soap from opaque to transparent, like Ethyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Proplyene Glycol, Rosin, Sugar & Sorbitol. Includes pros & cons of each, and suggested usage rates). Page 6: M&P Landscape (This page 8 lists popular commercially available formulas & their ingredients. Some are true soaps, some are a mix of soap & detergent, and some are all detergent based). Page 7: Three Alternative Melt & Pour Soap Base Recipes Page 8: Materials, Equipment, & Supplies Page 9: Melt & Pour Recipe & Worksheet (with our recipe filled out) Page 10: Instructions (Steps 1-10) Page 11: Instructions Continued (Steps 11-19) Page 12: Relevant Recommended Suppliers Buy this Class Handout, WITH Crockpot Hot Process & Transparent Soamaking and SAVE 30% in our Hot Process Soap Methods Bundle! Please read about the teachers & find more details in the About Class Handouts tab below before purchasing this handout.