Soap Packaging, Melt and Pour / Cold Process Soaps

Soap Making Books : deanwilsonbooks...
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Items I have used. Most of my items were purchased in Australia and I have tried to find those same products on Amazon. Links below.
Soap Boxes
Amazon - amzn.to/3qMj0mT
Australia - heirloombodyca...
A4 Sticky sheet labels (laser and inkjet)
amzn.to/3aLzTIU
Melt and Pour Bags - I use 35um but they don't make them anymore.
www.signet.net...
Or
Amazon - amzn.to/37FTeZS
Heat gun
Amazon - amzn.to/3spGj6t
Shrink Wrap Bags ( 14cm x 20cm )
www.ebay.com.au...
OR
Amazon - amzn.to/3aKRjoU
Heat Sealer ( 300mm )
www.ebay.com.au...
OR
Amazon - amzn.to/3aKRjoU
Hope this video helps you find the right packing for your products.

[@dokiejones3100]

Omgeeze! Genius!!! I never thought of using something around the soap to get it into the bag. Thank you for the tip!!!

[@kfoss70]

Ahhhh!! That pick up tool you made is very clever, Dean!!!

[@DeanWilson]

I saw a soap maker a long time ago, I would give her credit but I just dont' know who it was. Something like 5 years ago I saw a KZbinr use this for the same reasons I do now.

[@Felicias_Box]

I can’t wait to copy it lol

[@kfoss70]

@@Felicias_Box Right!? 😏

[@youarea.]

Love how open you are with your tips and tricks. You're a rockstar. ♥️♥️

[@DeanWilson]

Thanks so much. I'm just a simple man trying to make my way in the universe

[@elizabethtorres8266]

Learned a lot from this video. Thank you! Especially the part on how to get the soap inside the plastic bag.( It was so hard to do)🤦 you made it easier!👍

[@DeanWilson]

You are so welcome!

[@bluemoonscents]

omg, Dean, that cardboard sleeve to get the melt in pour into the bag is a game changer... thanks for thinking outside of the "box"...

[@DeanWilson]

You are so welcome!

[@belindarae9879]

You are so inspiring and love all your tips and soap making thanks for sharing

[@DeanWilson]

Thanks Belinda. Stay safe.

[@patriciadalton9725]

Thank you for posting! Excellent tutorial on packaging & love the cardboard tool to slide soap into the sleeve of plastic wrap. 👌👏

[@Happy_sadvr]

Best shrink wrap video I’ve seen

[@DeanWilson]

Thanks Natalie :)

[@gwenwebster1292]

Brilliant, Dean! Great teaching and tips and tricks!

[@DeanWilson]

Your welcome Gwen, hope the video helps. :)

[@julie4557]

Thanks so much Dean as always 😊

[@tara6777]

Thanks Dean! Yes, that cardboard sleeve is genius 🤩 Also, the heat and then smooth trick🤗

[@dineshbhardwaj195]

thanks sir to sharing good knowledge about good packing style and process

[@justcelestine9513]

Im still using your old trick of unsolicited postcards that I get on mail, work fine. Great job

[@DeanWilson]

That's a great idea!

[@Meilei429]

Omg Dean I JUST did a tiktok video a couple of days ago on how I bag my soaps!!! I use the flaps from a small box and slide the soap in the bags!!! The only thing left that I have to learn is making labels🙌🏼🙌🏼 I have learned so much from you in the past yr that I have started making melt and pour, I just wanna day thank you so very much for all that you do! You sir are the 💣🤜🏼🤛🏼❤️!!!

[@DeanWilson]

Thanks so much Mimi. :) I would do a how to make a label but I currently don't have a photoshop and the other online editors are fussy at best. But once I do, I should make a label video.

[@Meilei429]

@@DeanWilson that’s my issue also😩

[@bobbieg3220]

Your tool is ingenious!! You do a very nice job packaging your soaps. I don't sell soap but make M/P for friends and family. I'm cheap so I use my food saver to seal my bags.

[@DeanWilson]

Thanks. Hey, if it works then your on to a good thing :)

[@lalithanr]

I was apprehensive about how the CP soap would respond to the heat gun while shrink wrapping. You cleared it for me. Thanks a lot Dean!!!. You are wonderful as always :)

[@DeanWilson]

Thanks so much :) Until someone shows you everything is unknown :)

[@rebecamadriz3174]

Vacuum packing could be an option? What do you think? It is possible to do the same packaging procedure that you used with the CP, and apply it with the M&P soap?...today I learn something new, new ideas for packaging. Thanks a lot.

[@INTLEVA]

Love your videos. Dean! Your soaps are soap pretty I am starting to learn how to make melt and pour soaps. Tfs

[@DeanWilson]

Thank you so much!

[@Felicias_Box]

You are the best! I made my very first melt and pour soap yesterday. I followed the video you did a year ago using the suspending soap base, it turned out perfect!!

[@DeanWilson]

Great job! Thats so cool. :) Well done.

[@claudiafonseca5810]

Muy buena presentación y facil de empaquetar. Me gusta mucho como se ve el jabón de frambuesa.

[@DeanWilson]

El jabón de vainilla y frambuesa negra es increíble, me encantan esos colores y el jabón es popular.

[@claudiafonseca5810]

Sabes que pasa Dean, tús bases son de muy buena calidad. Me gusta esa marca de bases. Tiene más duración de liquides. Ayuda mucho para poder trabajar mejor. Aparte de que eres muy talentoso. Mis bases solidifican más rapido que las tuyas. Tal vez tengo que darles más calor. Con tú tecnica tal vez pueda hacerlo. He estado haciendo algunos jabones de proceso en frio. Me fascina hacer jabones y poco a poco he tenido ventas. (Cecelic Lalaxtli) es mi pagina. Tengo que actualizarla. Hacer jabones es adictivo hahaha. Cuidate

[@DeanWilson]

Muchas gracias por su amable mensaje y me alegra que mis videos sean útiles para su viaje de fabricación de jabón. Disfrutar.

[@binchickenbandit7377]

Love your work dean, you've encouraged me to continue my small soap shop :)

[@DeanWilson]

Wonderful! Good work Sam :)

[@angelita661]

Thanks a bunch Dean :)

[@DeanWilson]

My pleasure! Thanks Ange :)

[@jillgross3968]

Very nice. I have a line of cold process soap with Essential oils and I wrap them in craft boxes. I wrapp my salt bars in natural brown coffee filters and a square box. My FO soeps I wrap the same as yours. I dont have melt and pour soaps yet. Im still learning, lol! Most people start with melt and pour then cold process. I'm backwards, I guess!

[@DeanWilson]

All good. Its good to learn all aspects about soap making, not just one way. Well done Jill :)

[@GlendaMoore]

OMG, that sleeve tool to slide in the soap is so clever! Packaging soap has always been my absolute least favorite part of soapmaking. Thank you!

[@DeanWilson]

Mine too! it can get very tedious at times

[@lesleyhocking3839]

Another informative video thank you x

[@jessijacobs9826]

Love the tool to put the soaps in the bag!! So helpful!

[@DeanWilson]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sarah-Jesusfollower]

So doesn't printing labels take a ton of ink?

[@DeanWilson]

Yes, it does. But when I was making them, sometimes it might only be 10 labels, hence no point having them pro printed.

[@mtk2003]

Awesome trick! Can you do a video on ingredient labels for melt and pour and how you did that on your soap?

[@DeanWilson]

Im not sure thats worthy of a video itself. Basically you get the ingredients from the suppler plus whatever else you have added then list it on your label. Each m&p base will be different and so will the supplier. So goats milk from one supplier might be different to that of another goats milk supplier. Also each country have different laws about what you must label.

[@mtk2003]

@@DeanWilson ok so are those like little cards you stick in the packaging?

[@DeanWilson]

Yes, I print them myself.

[@mtk2003]

@@DeanWilson like business card stock? I'm sorry for all the questions but this part is the challenge for me. I appreciate the feedback

[@DeanWilson]

I print my labels onto a A4 sheet of sticking mailing labels. Then I cut each label out. I get 7 labels to a sheet. Check out this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXvRdGt6qcmAjNk

[@mariammohammedmohammed6745]

good 👍 💫💥💥💖💖💖

[@angief892]

Hi Dean great video as usual love all your hints and tips , could you pleeees do a how to make label tutorial as i have been trying for a long time but cant seem to do it and as your so good at explaining everything it would be so helplful and much appreciated ,thank you for all your videos

[@DeanWilson]

Thanks Angie, I will do my best. My only issue is, everyone will be different. However I might be able to show how I made my logo once I get photoshop installed.

[@angief892]

@@DeanWilson Thanks dean im trying to figure out how to do it on online labels ,hopefully i can figure it out im not very good with computers . thanks for quick reply, have a nice day

[@kerriefearby9542]

Dean, curious why don't you shrink wrap M&P? And why do you shrink wrap CP; that seems odd to me as I just wrap my CP in tissue so it can still breathe. Love your sleeve tool tip though, thanks.

[@DeanWilson]

I purchased about 5000 of those bags, so I just want to use them now. I might as well and I dont think im ever going to make 5000 bars of M&P base. lol I wrap the CP with shrink wrap because I like my customers to see the soap with the label on it. Just my preference :)

[@kimmysheorey623]

🙏🙏🙏thanks for your generosity ...could I ask you why you don't shrink wrap the M&P like the cold process soap ....just bought all this stuff 😂.

[@DeanWilson]

I could but I have limited bags and I find that when I heat the bags up they tend to cling to the m&p soap and its hard to unwrap for the customer.

[@kimmysheorey623]

Thanks....are you on instagram . Would love to see your stuff there....photos .

[@DeanWilson]

My instagram stuff is here : instagram.com/swirlsoaps/

[@karenalford5260]

Love this video. Thankyou so much for sharing Dean. Where do I find the suppliers list please.

[@DeanWilson]

For the ingredients, check with your supplier for M&P bases and for CP you should know whats going into the soap. :)

[@ammerinolopez]

Thank you for such an amazing and helpful video. What is the actual size of your cold process label? I think it’s so clever how it wraps around to the top of the box. A great way to place your logo and ingredients in one shot.

[@DeanWilson]

The melt and pour labels are 10.5cm tall, 5.5cm wide. For the Cold process labels, they are the same but with 2mm trimmed off each side and the ingredients cut off to fit on the back.

[@ammerinolopez]

Thank you Dean 🌺

[@lindsayhowse5699]

Great video Dean - is there a reason you used shrink wrap for your CP and just a baggie for your MP? Thanks!

[@DeanWilson]

The bag for the M&P soap is a little lose. I prefer the look of the shrink wrap around the CP soap. When shrink wrapping the M&P it can cause it to sweat.

[@mekowilliamsskincare5327]

Can you package the melt and pour like the cold press soap?

[@DeanWilson]

Nope, because melt and pour needs to be air tight while cold process doesn't.

[@marisoldiaz6850]

Hello there. How long it take to used the soap? Is that soap hard?

[@DeanWilson]

For the melt and pour base, its ready to use once it's cold. For the cold process soaps, they take 4-6 weeks to cure.

[@marisoldiaz6850]

@@DeanWilson than you so much. Since you are a creative, can be possible to mix both type of soap?

[@DeanWilson]

I think you can but I dont know how it will work for the cure time. CP needs to cure for 4-6 weeks, M&P doesn't.

[@marshagilley3664]

Can melt and pour be shrink wrap

[@DeanWilson]

Yes, I did a video on that, you can find it here kzbin.info/www/bejne/fn-XnH6lZ6x5Z8U

[@jcbutifulmom]

How do you make your labels Dean? I am getting mine from online vendors but there's got to be a better way!

[@DeanWilson]

I print my labels with my laster color printer. I use photoshop (or use to) now I use pixlr.com and print on A4 sheets of sticky label paper.

[@jcbutifulmom]

Would love to see a video on label making for melt and pour soap! Everything you do helps me and inspires me to try new things. Thank you so much!

[@nabeelahalkh5803]

Hello ...from Kuwait

[@DeanWilson]

Hello there!

[@talvanecandido4611]

quanto custa uma máquina dessa

[@DeanWilson]

Eu comprei meu selador por cerca de US $ 40 dólares australianos.

[@kanji2089]

I prefer the shrink wrapping that’s used for cp soap for both I suggestion is to put the ingredients on the Botton of the box instead of the top

[@DeanWilson]

If I put the ingredients at the bottom on these boxes it would go over the seal that closes the bottom. I would also have to change all 1000 labels currently in stock. But good suggestion.

[@tenoralove]

Dean where are you???

[@DeanWilson]

Over here. :) Sorry ive been away, something have changed. Back soon.

[@vanessaangrisani5542]

I would recommend you talk about no sulfates fast hair growth shampoo.

[@DeanWilson]

I don't know anything about it, sorry. :(

[@madie1757]

So much plastics. 😭

[@DeanWilson]

But if people do the right thing with it, it will be recycled

[@madie1757]

​@@DeanWilson Oh Dean, I am so sorry to brake the news to you but NO it will not. Plastic recycling is a BIG fat lie created by the plastic producers, packaging companies and the chemical industry. It is not recycled and the fraction that is is downcyled and ends right back where we don't want it. Plastics is what kills those reefs, the singing birds, and the laughing children.... inside that plastics you have many toxic additives that leach out ( onto that lovely soap and into the environment - especially in Australia) due to the heavy molecules that make up the polymer chains and their instability. I would love to share more about this with you but would it change the way you package? Maybe. If so feel free to reach out to me. I know your intentions are pure, and it is not our fault that we believed all these lies- after all some FAT billions went on making sure we did for the last 70 years.