Monday, June 18, 2012

Microwaving Ivory Soap

This idea has been all over Pinterest in various forms since I started pinning.  The idea is to microwave a bar of Ivory soap for about 2 minutes, and see what happens.


It was pretty exciting to watch this small bar of soap turn into a big fluffy soap cloud!  It  is fun to touch, though it reminded the kids of cotton candy, so they had to be reminded not to put it in their mouths!  I put it into 2 separate bowls, so they could all take turns squishing and playing.  It turned into a silky flour-like substance.
 We mixed a bit of water with it, along with 2 drops of blue food colouring. I put it in the food processor (and of course they all needed a turn to pulse it).  We scooped it into a silicone mold, and hopefully in a day or two once it dries, we'll have some "homemade soap."
Someone had also suggested at this point, that you could add a bit of olive oil/coconut oil for added moisturizing, or some drops of essential oils.

All in all, a pretty cool experiment!
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 18, 2012 at 4:55 PM

    So it really does work! I've seen it on Pinterest, and been meaning to try it.

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    1. MaryaJune 18, 2012 at 7:51 PM

      Yes - it's just as easy as it looks! Just make sure to use only Ivory soap.

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  2. Steve VBJune 20, 2012 at 8:19 AM

    Why does it do that? I wonder if we could try it in the church's microwave... :)

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    1. MaryaJune 20, 2012 at 11:52 AM

      I've heard that it has something to do with the air that is whipped into the Ivory soap ("the soap that floats"). Go for it!

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  3. UnknownJune 28, 2016 at 11:04 AM

    If you Google Search science behind ivory in microwave there is a lot of articles explaining why it does this

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  4. UnknownJune 28, 2016 at 11:05 AM

    If you Google Search science behind ivory in microwave there is a lot of articles explaining why it does this

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