Soap Making

Some individuals continue to make soap in the home. The traditional name "soaper", for a soapmaker, is still used by those who make soap as a hobby. Those who make their own soaps are also known as soapcrafters. The most popularsoap making processes today is the cold process method, where fats such as olive oil react with lye. Soapmakers sometimes use the melt and pour process, where a premade soap base is melted and poured in individual molds. This is not really to be considered soap making though. Some soapers also practice other processes, such as the historical hot process, and make special soaps such as clear soap (aka glycerin soap View the rest of this article