Mold Market Soap Mold Projects

Duck Pond Soap

Make duck ponds soaps using Duck Pond soap mold.

 

 

Sea Shell Embed Soap

Mini sea shell embeds using oval contoured top soap mold.

 

 

Autumn Leaf Soap (Two-Part Video)

Autumn Leaf using 2lb slab mold and leaf soap molds.

 

 

Holiday Wreath Soap

Learn how to make this holiday wreath soap using wreath soap mold and our Professional Soap Tool Kit.

 

 

Cupcake Soapss

Easy to make cupcake soaps using Cupcake

 

How To Line A Wooden Mold For Soap Making

Learn how to make a leak-proof liner for wooden loaf molds. This tutorial will show you how. These lined molds are for use with both MP (melt and pour) and CP (cold-processed) soaps.

 

Make a Realistic Melt & Pour Snail Soap

This advanced melt and pour soap making project produces a realistic snail soap using Mold Market's snail or shell mold. It takes some time, but the finished soap is well worth it.

Here's what you need:

Pure & Natural Clear Soap Base

Ultra White Soap Base (add White Soap Paint Colour to clear base to make white base)

Fragrance Oil

Glass measuring cups or plastic containers to melt soap

Microwave to Melt Soap

Brown oxide, black oxide, bronze, liquid gel colors

Mold Market Snail Mold

Professional Soap Tool Kit

Rubbing Alcohol in a Small Mister Bottle

 

GETTING STARTED

Cube clear soap base, place in a glass measuring cup and melt in short bursts. Do not overheat. You will be using 4 different colors. You will need 4 individual plastic containers for each color (microwave safe)..

Step Two

Pour clear melted soap base into 3 containers. About 4 to 6 ounces per container.

In first

In the second container, add several drops of brown oxide, a drop of black oxide and a drop of bronze color.

In third container, add black oxide until you have a dense black color. Do not overcolor.

Step Three

Melt 8 ounces of white in a fourth container. You will want to have the rubbing alcohol and PJ Professional Tool kit ready.

Step Four

Pour 1 1/2 tablespoons of the amber colored soap into the snail mold cavity. Swirl soap around to cover entire interior of mold cavity.

Use the flat wire tool from the PJ Professional tool kit to gently scrape away any blobs of the amber color. You want the amber layer to be roughly uniform as pictured.

Step Five

Allow the amber color to set up, then liberally spray with rubbing alcohol before pouring 1 1/2 tablespoons of black colored soap. Swirl black around the cavity to make as uniform as possible.

Your snail soap will look something like this (once the black soap sets up) from the top view.

Step Six

Allow black layer to set up and then liberally spray with rubbing alcohol. Pour a layer of brown soap (approximately 1 1/2 tablespoons) and swirl around in cavity. Make it as uniform as possible.

At this point, you have 3 messy layers. No we're going to make it look worse!

Step Seven

Using the pointed end of the PJ Professional Cleaning Tool, score an arch from the back of the shell to the front making smaller and smaller arches as you come to the edge of the shell.

Score all the way to the bottom of the mold (without scratching the mold), this may take 2-3 passes. Flip mold over to make sure you're going through to the bottom.

Step Eight

Once lines are scored to the bottom, use the same end of the tool to make 3-4 random lines wider than the others. This will lend a more realistic look to your snail soap.

Step Nine

Reheat the white soap. Liberally spray the inside of mold cavity with rubbing alcohol. Pour a layer of white soap and swirl to fill the scored areas.

Step Ten

Reheat the brown soap base. Liberally spray the inside of the mold cavity with rubbing alcohol. Top off mold cavity with remaining brown soap base.

Let soap cool and harden overnight.

Step Eleven

Trim around mold cavity edges with the PJ Professional trimming tool. Carefully demold soap.