{"id":3388,"date":"2021-05-29T17:55:51","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T00:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/housefragrance.com\/?p=3388"},"modified":"2021-05-29T17:55:54","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T00:55:54","slug":"can-you-use-soap-as-a-wax-melt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/housefragrance.com\/can-you-use-soap-as-a-wax-melt\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Use Soap as a Wax Melt?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Using a wax warmer can be very enjoyable and make your home smell wonderful. If you’ve run out of regular wax melts or are just looking to experiment, you may be wondering, \u201ccan I use soap as a wax melt?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Generally, using soap as a wax melt is a bad idea. Depending on the type of soap, heating it can cause the soap to turn black, smell awful, or create harmful chemical reactions. Homemade lye soaps can usually be safely heated and used as wax melts, but you should avoid store-bought commercial soaps.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Most people will have some sort of soap in their homes, whether it\u2019s a liquid soap, bar soap, homemade soap, or some other type of soap. Many people think that soap and wax are very similar, and while they do share certain qualities, they behave quite differently when heated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have a wax warmer, it can be very tempting to use soap in place of regular wax melts, so in this article, I\u2019ll go over whether you can use soap as a wax melt, what might happen if you do, and whether it is dangerous or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n