Thread: Why melt soap?

Originally Posted by markevens

Do you now why that is, or have any guesses? Do you think the heating changes the chemical composition in any way?

I am not heating the grated hard milled soaps, I just grate them and press the grated soaps back into my soap bowls...
My theory is that basically you are re-milling the soaps again, and that's what makes them lather easier.. just a theory...