How to Pour Soap into Molds for Homemade Soap Making

Part of the Video Series How to Make Lye Soap

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Learn how to pour your soap mixture into molds for curing in this free video on homemade soap making.

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How to Pour Soap into Molds for Homemade Soap Making
I have the molds sitting on a good insulated wood cutting board and I am going to use the funnel and the ladle and fill the molds. I will split this recipe about evenly into the three molds and it is good to make sure you don’t overfill the molds. As this cures it will increase in volume slightly so you want to give yourself between ½ and 1 inch of expansion room within the mold. Okay, I am just cleaning up a few spills. Looks like a pretty good job. These molds, I’ve got a piece of plastic around which I am going to put over the top, and will use a rubber band, put it in place. If you are using a different type of mold, a piece of cardboard or something over the top will work just fine. Stabilize it.

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