| One of the last steps of making homemade soap | | | | non-stick, and heat resistant, which makes it ideal |
| is to place your final liquid product into containers | | | | for any of the four processes. Silicone is also the |
| in which the liquid can harden and take shape. | | | | material most popularly used creating a |
| These containers or molds can give the final | | | | customized mold in terms of shape or design. |
| product a unique design or texture. There are | | | | If you are a beginner to the world of making |
| three main types of molds you can use when | | | | homemade soaps, you can look around your |
| making homemade soap. These molds are basic | | | | home for objects you can turn into molds. Usually, |
| soap molders, wooden, and silicone. | | | | you will be able to find a lot of plastic or basic |
| Basic soap molds are made from plastic. They are | | | | soap molds. Some examples include calling card |
| inexpensive and quite durable. Usually these are | | | | cases, plastic clay molds, plastic ice trays and |
| best suited for the cold process method of soap | | | | plastic jars used for cosmetics. Wooden molds |
| making, a process of soap making in which no | | | | can also be found around your home. Small |
| heat is required. If it is microwave safe, however, | | | | wooden gift boxes you are no longer using or old |
| then it can be used for other soap making | | | | wood shop projects you may have kept from |
| processes in which heat is needed, however, this | | | | school can turn into soap molds for your various |
| can shorten the life of the mold. | | | | projects. |
| The second type is the wooden soap mold. These | | | | You are unlikely to find silicone soap molds around |
| are very traditional and tend to produce uniquely | | | | your home, but you can try to look around |
| textured products due to the grooves in the | | | | anyway. Don't stop at the obvious. Try cookie |
| wood. When using wooden soap molds, you have | | | | molders and old muffin pans, and shallow metal |
| to line it (usually a wooden box with hinges) with | | | | containers like old mint containers can work too. |
| wax paper so that the final product does not | | | | Metal molders (so long as they are not made of |
| stick to the wood itself, and it will be easier to | | | | tin or aluminum, which reacts with lye) are not |
| remove the product once it has hardened. | | | | uncommon among beginners, especially if the |
| Next, silicone soap molds. Among the newer | | | | container was well made. Get creative with your |
| products when it comes to this hobby, silicone | | | | soap molders and you will find that you are |
| soap molds have many benefits. They are flexible, | | | | producing creative soaps! |