7 Pawz Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Someone gave me a few pounds of uncut, unwrapped base they had gotten at a thrift store for .25, it had originally come from walmart and i think its been some years since they have carried m&p bases. The "clear" base had turned a little yellow, and some of the edges were a little gummy, I felt that they were too old, hubby suggested to try melting to see what would happen. I started melting in the microwave and it was hard to melt, but finally melted down with a few chunks that didn't melt and a skin started developing on top of the melted soap in the microwave so i added scent and coloring, poured into a mold. I let my soaping bowl and spatula soak, instead of of the leftover soap softening on the tools so they could be rinsed, the soap hardened , I ended up scapping it out of the glass bowl and throwing that portion in the garbage, I was afraid to put it down the drain, it was rock hard.After finally getting that cleaned, I checked the molds, I ended up breaking one of the molds to get the soap out , By this time, I was throughly disgusted and threw soap, broke mold, unused base out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candybee Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I had a bad experience from old M&P too. Someone gifted me some old 1lb bases they got from a friend who quit using them. I had no idea how old they were and neither did my friend. So I melted one down and like you mentioned it was kind of gummy and I could not melt it entirely as there was a thick film on top that wouldn't melt. I even tried adding a sprinkle of water and some glycerin to moisten the base but to no avail. I ended up throwing the whole batch out and the rest of the 1lb bases. Lesson learned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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