CP Loofah Soap Tutorial

Well this one was definitely a learning curve....let me give a shout out to Petra on the WSP forum for her instruction on how to do this in a recent thread. This is really pretty simple, except for the unmolding which I now have a fix for. First, you need to mix up your soap to thin trace; if you go to medium you may not have time to get it all in the mold and you want it to saturate all the way through the loofahs. I had a 2 foot long 3" diameter PVC pipe that I set up in a bucket; obviously you need to seal off the end. I took an endcap and caulked it, which is easy enough to remove once you go to unmold. Here is a pic of my setup:


Now, here is what I suggest before you ever get this far: cut the pipe into two pieces using a skilsaw....coat the insides with a thin layer of vaseline, place your loofahs inside and then put the pieces back together and duct tape the hell out of it. Like I said, the worst part of this whole deal is trying to unmold. Ok, so you have this all set up and ready, waiting for the pour.


I have the pipe lined with wax paper, which you can dispense with if you follow my suggestions above and coat with vaseline.


Soap batter has been poured....cover the top with saran wrap and put it in the fridge for 24 hours. Cut the duct tape at the seams, remove the caulk and cap at the bottom and remove the loofah soap for curing. Here's what mine looked like after unmolding.


I'll give it a couple of days to harden up before I cut it; it's butter soft right now. That's it.....easy day if you follow along with the way I will do it from now on.