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How to Make Melt and Pour Soap

By David Fisher, About.com

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Pour the Melted, Colored, Fragranced Soap into the Mold

Slowly Pour the Soap into the Mold

Pour the Soap into the Mold

David Fisher

Slowly pour the soap into the mold.

Try not to splash the soap or get too many bubbles. (If you do get bubbles in the soap, lightly spray the tops of the bars with rubbing alcohol.)

You're done for now! Carefully move the mold to a safe place (or just leave it where it is and cover it with some Saran Wrap) and start cleaning up.

The soap should be hard enough to unmold in a few hours. You can hurry this along by putting the mold in the refrigerator, but don't put it into the freezer.

It will take several hours on the counter or approximately an hour in the refrigerator for the soap to completely cool and harden.

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