Is your soap stuck in PVC pipe? Give this a try.
PVC makes a great mold for cold process soap! It is cheap and you don’t have to line it. I know many soapmakers who have a hard time getting their soap OUT of the PVC pipe. This is what I do.
- Don’t fill your PVC pipe to the top. You need room to jar it loose.
- 24 after making your soap, take it outside to some concrete.
- Drop it onto the concrete hard to jar it loose! Drop it on the side where there is head room.
- Push the soap out.
It does help if your soap goes through gel phase. Also, please note that I use recipes high in soft oils, such as olive oil. I use 2 times my lye for water.
I don’t coat my mold with mineral oil and I don’t freeze the PVC.
If you’re trying to remove your soap from PVC, I hope this video helps!
Happy Soaping!
-Amanda Gail
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Hi, I am Rafi from INDIA, i am at startup stage of CP soaps and struggling to get quality.
Could someone help me understand the procedure from step-1 to Nd step. pdf Or SOP.
I think I’m just done. Ivebeen trying for 2 days to get my soap out and it won’t budge. I tried banging it on concrete, freeze, push…nothing.
Did u line the pvc mould with freezer paper ?
Wow Amanda! How great and easy, thanx to you. Brilliant idea indeed. I could not have thought about it. You’re such a life saver. I shall do that from now onwards. ??
Fit a car tyre valve to a screw on end cap. Screw this onto the unfilled end of the pipe after gel phase. Fit a hand pump to the valve, open the other end of the pipe, and simply pump the soap out with air pressure. Works easier with light pre-coating of inside of pipe (light oil or cooking spray) before pouring in soap.
I use pvc cap on end of pipe. They can be bought right wjere you get the pipe. To remove, i simply set pipe in a 5 gallon bucket of boiled water. Takes about 5 mins. Soap slides out like butter!
Another method is to insert a small diameter rod in soap. When ready just pull on rod to remove. This will leave a hole in soap, but makes it interesting.
I always spray my pipe with P.A.M vegetable sprsy.
What do you put at the end to keep the soap from coming out?
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
I’m from Trinidad and Tobago and I’ve just started soaping and I’ve never used my PVC pipe cause I was told it have to be greased or just use liners and that is a challenge. So thank you for this tip. I’m definitely going and use it now. Thanks a mil.
Thank you for sharing how to loose the soap from PVC pipe ,it looks very easy to make it out! Thank you so much and give a one more chance to pick up the pipe mold again! Thanks a lot! Will try it later!
Great.. i will try.. thank you.. I always learn with you..
I often use a pic pipe as a soap mold. I use the cold process as well as the hot process. I always line the pipe with freezer paper. It slides right out very easily that way.
Can I do this with the hot process as I’ve never ventured into the cold yet ? Making it this way inbulk would be much easier with all these kids lol
I’m going to try it. What is the % of hard oils in your recipe, and at what temperature are the oils and the lye water,.
I hope you can answer me that , and thank you.
That was helpful! Nice hair btw 🙂
hello, i’m just starting in home made soap and that video is perfect for me and my idea of using PVC tube.
Thank you from France, have a nice day
THANK YOU!! This worked for me. I believe if I had used Sodium Lactate in the mix, the soap would have slid out much easier.
Hi, this is very interesting video and I learned something new every day from the pin interest. Thanks for sharing.
Mineral oil ( Walmart) does the trick everytime….no banging or chipping a PVC mold. no denting the soap with a soup can. No freezing and slippery tube in your hands. Mineral oil is cheap and doesn’t saponify. No residue left on soap and works with all recipes.
Do u mean u just add some to the recipe or coat the mood with it?
They mean coat the mold on the inside with it.
Do you recipes which have the high soft oils so I can see the measurements? Thank you
hi. great video it seems so easy! Will it work with hot process?
I always had problems with the WHITE pvc pipe. I switched to black sewer pic pipe and have very little problems. However, check the inside of the pipe. It must be slick. The last time I purchased some–2 years ago— they had some black that had a slight texture inside. The difference between the white and black, Ihave found was that the black was slicker inside and hence, it slid out much more easily.
Great advice. Will try it soon it’s better, cheaper healthier for my children than using pringles cans lol. Thanks for sharing. I hope you don’t mind I’ve pin it.?
How do you pour the soap into pvc pipe without it leaking out the bottom? Maybe I pour mine in too early when it is still at a thin trace…
Melt some wax in a shallow pan about 1inch and put end of pipe in it, let harden before removing pipe from wax.
I’ve usually lined mine, but I will try this. I’m a newer soaper, and I just wanted to confirm what you mean by “I use 2 times my lye for water.” Do you mean that you figure out your lye and then double it to get your water amount? Thanks!
Yes! That is exactly what I mean. Most lye calcs give you a range for water. So if you just take your lye amount and times it by two, you’ll hit a number in a that range and it will make your process a bit easier when formulating. 🙂
So if you have 4.2 oz of lye, use 8.4 oz of water.
Thank you? very useful video )) Will try))
Love your videos! I have learned so much and so many tricks from you Amanda! I have several of your ebooks…you simplified master-batching…I started with my first lye and oils master-batching. I soap at room temperature and what I like the most is now that I have the lye and oils ready, I’m ready to make soap and not as many things to remember when I make a batch of soap. It’s working great for me..
thanks for this. Always an arm workout when I have to get my soap out. My staff have a good laugh.
Haha! It can be a workout to get the soap out. 🙂
Irene, watch the video again… Amanda does say at the very beginning… she doesn’t line the mold, grease the mold, or put it in the freezer. But she does say how important it is to NOT fill to the very top… that really makes all the difference… to my mind at least. Excellent video Amanda. Thanks!
Thanks, Cee! 🙂
Re: Removing your cold process soap from PVC.
She didn’t mention if she lined her pvc with anything. Vaseline, an oil of some sort, etc.
Please confirm she she poured her soap directly into the pvc. I find it hard to believe she used nothing. I have done this, by mistake, and nothing, and believe me nothing could have removed that soap. I tried EVERYTHING!!
Hi Irene – I didn’t line the mold or prep it with anything. I did use nothing. I just poured the soap into it.
It does help if the soap goes through gel phase. I hope that helps.
Must be a difference in recipe? I had the same experience as Irene: I used PVC with no paper or mineral oil ONCE, and literally nothing would get the soap out. Not freezing, not dropping, not pushing, nothing. (It did go through the gel phase, I always do that.) I gave up and threw the pipe away and just bought another one.
It was amazing to watch this one just pop out.
It could be a recipe thing for sure! 🙂