Soft and moist soap bars are recommended for soap carving. However, it's hard to tell if the soap is soft or not when we purchase the soap. If you have hard and dry soap, please try to soften the soap. I show you how to do so without a microwave oven. It is the best for the very dry soaps.This soap was very hard and I was not able to carve anything.Bottom right: Softened soap Bottom left: Dry and hard soap
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What you will need
Dry and hard soap
Plastic food wrap
Dish cloth (35 cm (13.8") x 30 cm (11.8)) Note: I used a disposable dish cloth as shown in the picture, but you can use cloth of any other kind, except for fluffy cloths. If you want to use a disposable cloth, wash it well to prevent color transfer to soap.
water
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Instruction video
Note: instructions on how to soften soap are shown from 12:09.
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Instructions
1. Wet the cloth with water and lightly wring the cloth.
2. Wrap the soap in the wet cloth.
3. Wrap the soap in the wet cloth in the plastic food wrap twice.
4. Leave the wrapped soap at room temperature for five to seven days. If the soap is extremely dry, leave it for at least a week.
5. Finally, soap became suitable for carving!
