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Containers for soap and wash

For businesses packaging soap and wash, with capacity, neck finish, case pack and case price published on every container.

Top picks for soap and wash

4 oz Clear PET Imperial Bullet Cosmo$0.35 eachcase of 675100 cc White HDPE Packer Bottle$0.26 eachcase of 6404 oz Amber PET Boston Round$0.30 eachcase of 5208 oz Clear PET Imperial Bullet Cosmo$0.44 eachcase of 468120 cc White HDPE Packer Bottle$0.33 eachcase of 5808 oz Natural HDPE Cylinder Round$0.46 eachcase of 4294 oz Natural HDPE Cylinder Round$0.44 eachcase of 4898 oz Clear PET Honey Container$0.64 eachcase of 484

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Getting started

Is a soap business for youWhat it costs to startHow much time it actually takesWhere the oils and the lye come fromEquipment for a first batchYour first year, month by monthWhere the work happensWhat you have to register, and with whomWhat protects the makerTurning a recipe into a productNaming it without a problem later

The bar itself

Saponification, and the number behind every recipeOils, and what each one contributesLye: sodium and potassium hydroxideWater, and the discountSuperfat and lye discountAdditives: clays, exfoliants and milkFragrance and essential oilsColorCure, and what is happening during it

Soap, cosmetic or drug

Three categories, not twoThe exemption, and its two conditionsThe one word that breaks itIf it is a cosmeticIf it is a drugSyndet bars, melt and pour, and the composition testStaying exempt on purposeWhat to say instead

Making a batch

Choosing a batch sizeWeighing, not measuringMaking the lye solutionTemperatures, and why they matterEmulsion and traceAdding fragrance and colorMoldingGel phase and insulationUnmolding and cuttingCuring and storing

What goes wrong

SeizingRicingSeparation and oil poolingSoda ashDreaded orange spotsGlycerine riversPartial gelLye pockets and lye heavy soapSweating and glycerine dewSoft bars and short lifeThe fragrance disappeared

Wrapping and presentation

Cure racks and airflowWrap, box or nakedShrink, film and cigar bandsLabels on a bar that is still losing waterBottles and pumps for liquid soapWhat size bar, and the weight problemTamper evidenceHow it looks on a shelfBulk, seconds and endsCase packing and shippingWhen stock goes off-condition

Selling it

What to chargeWhat the label must carry, in each of the three casesNet weight, and the bar that keeps shrinkingWhat you may legally call itNatural, and the Green GuidesSelling at a marketSelling onlineSelling wholesaleWhat your state addsInsurance, and what your policy excludesWho you buy from

Growing the operation

Making more of itMaking batch 80 match batch 1Equipment at the next sizeHaving somebody else make itThe contractThe first person you payWhat you have to write down

Tools and directories

Soap, cosmetic or drug? A checkThe lye calculation, and how to check oneThe cure logHow many bars you will getWorking out what to chargeWhen it pays for itselfEverything that has to be on the labelThe words, in the order you meet them

Beyond the bar

Liquid soapShampoo barsShaving soapGift sets and collectionsMaking it for somebody else

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