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    Default Do glycerin and non glycerin soap mix?

    I have a hard shaving soap that I had grated to press into the shape of my scuttle. The problem is that because the soap is hard it had trouble taking its new shape. I tried to melt a sample of this soap in the microwave to see if it was glycerin based. It just shriveled. With a different soap I tried mixing it with some moisturizer as a binding agent. That just turned it into a good hand washing soap.
    So I was wondering can glycerin be used as a binding agent to help hard shaving soap form into a mould?
    Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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    If you want to convert it to glycerin soap, you need to melt it in high purity alcohol. Vodka works pretty well.

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