Custom soap wrapping paper is a greaseproof sheet, printed with your pattern or logo, that folds round a bar of handmade soap and keeps its surface oils off the outside. It takes a crisp crease, so a bar wrapped on the kitchen table looks like it came from a shop.
From £0.25 a sheet. Written quote in one working day and a free design proof; the exact number depends on size, ink count and quantity.
From £0.25 a sheet. Exact price on the written quote.
| Base sheet | Greaseproof white or natural kraft; a textured face on request |
|---|---|
| Typical weight | About 35–45 gsm, light enough to fold sharp corners |
| 1–4 colours in food-safe soy and water-based inks, Pantone solid-coated matches, all-over repeat or single logo | |
| Finish | Matt; takes a thumbnail crease and holds it without tape |
| Typical sizes | 150 × 150 mm, 200 × 200 mm, 250 × 250 mm, 300 × 300 mm |
| Packing | Flat cut sheets in cartons; rolls on request |
Soap wrapping paper is a thin greaseproof sheet, usually white or natural kraft, cut square so it wraps a bar in one piece with the ends folded under. The greaseproof finish stops the oils and butters in a cold-process bar from marking the paper and blurring the print. Makers use it instead of a box when they want the bar to feel hand-finished.
| Format | Typical size | Typical use |
|---|---|---|
| Sheet | 150 × 150 mm | Guest and sample bars |
| Sheet | 200 × 200 mm | Standard 100 g bar |
| Sheet | 250 × 250 mm | Large 150 g bar |
| Sheet | 300 × 300 mm | Oversize and gift bars |
The four sizes above are the usual picks; any other size is a custom cut, so ask on the quote. Full sheet and roll size chart.
Pick one of this paper's photos, drop your logo on it and send the mock along with your quote request.
Upload a logo and it appears on this sheet
Look at the third photo. A bar sits fully wrapped in a coloured sheet carrying a two-colour repeat, with a plain white panel printed on the top face where a scent label goes. The ends are folded under like a parcel and nothing holds them but the crease.
The second photo is a flat sheet before wrapping, white with a line illustration in two shades, which is how your artwork arrives from us: flat, in cartons, ready for the table.
The first photo shows two pale cold-process bars, one with a strip of kraft round its middle. It is there to show how natural kraft sits against a cream-coloured soap; a full wrap in the same kraft looks much the same, only closed.
Measure the bar's girth, that is twice its height plus twice its thickness, and add 20 mm of overlap. Then check the other way: the bar's length plus twice its thickness plus about 30 mm for the end folds. The larger figure is your sheet.
| Typical size | Bar it suits | Fold |
|---|---|---|
| 150 × 150 mm | Guest bar of about 50 g (55 × 40 × 20 mm) | Straight wrap with folded ends |
| 200 × 200 mm | Standard bar of about 100 g (90 × 65 × 25 mm) | Straight wrap, the usual pick |
| 250 × 250 mm | Chunky bar of about 150 g (90 × 70 × 35 mm) | Straight wrap or diagonal parcel fold |
| 300 × 300 mm | Large or oblong bar of about 200 g, or a pleated gift wrap | Diagonal fold or pleated top |
A standard bar cut from a loaf mould at 25 mm thick lands squarely on the 200 × 200 mm sheet. If your mould gives a taller bar, go up a size rather than fighting a short overlap. The sheet size chart lists every size in millimetres.
A cold-process bar keeps changing for weeks after it is cut. Water leaves it, the surface hardens, and a small amount of unsaponified oil, the superfat, migrates to the skin of the bar. That oil is what greaseproof paper is for.
Wrap a bar at two weeks and the oils spot an ordinary kraft sheet within days; the print goes translucent where the oil sits. Wrap the same bar at four to six weeks in a greaseproof sheet and the paper stays matt and the print stays sharp.
Scent travels too. Essential oils are volatile and a paper wrap lets them breathe, which is better for the bar than a sealed film that traps moisture and makes it sweat. Our guide to wrapping handmade soap covers cure times by recipe.
A 35 to 45 gsm sheet holds all three folds with no tape. If you want a seal, a small round sticker over the overlap is enough; a printed soap band over the wrap does the same job and carries the scent name.
White stock shows a pale pink or a duck-egg blue truthfully. Kraft darkens every ink by a shade, so proof it before you fall in love with a pastel.
A soap wrap wants to be light. At 35 gsm the sheet folds like tissue and the corners come out sharp; at 45 gsm it has a little more body and hides a rough-cut bar better. Above that the end folds get bulky and start to spring open.
The finish is matt on both faces. Greaseproof has none of the slip of a coated paper, so the overlap grips itself and the bar does not slide inside the wrap on a market table.
A textured face is possible on request and suits a rustic farm-shop range. It takes one colour well and two less well, because the texture breaks fine lines. Both soap papers sit side by side on the soap wrapping paper range page.
Yes, if every bar in the run shares the same text. A wrap that prints the ingredient list, the weight in grams and your maker details on the base panel saves a label and a job on the bench.
If you make six scents, print the shared text and leave a panel blank for the scent. A rubber stamp or a small sticker fills the panel in seconds and you hold one wrap stock instead of six.
Keep text to 8 pt or larger on kraft and 7 pt on white; the fibres of a greaseproof sheet soften anything smaller. Try the layout in Design Your Custom Soap Wrapping Paper and send the result with the quote.
Nearly every stained wrap we are shown was put on too early. A bar wrapped at ten days is still shedding water and oil; by week three the paper has dark patches. Cure for four to six weeks, longer for a high-olive recipe.
The second cause is a sweaty storage spot. Bars stacked in a sealed tub in a warm room draw moisture from the air, glycerine beads on the surface and the paper wicks it. Store wrapped bars in an open crate in a cool, dry room.
The third is wrapping a bar with a wet top. Soda ash or a damp decoration of petals carries water into the sheet. Brush the top, let it dry, then wrap.
The minimum is 1,000 sheets. From £0.25 a sheet is the starting point, with the exact figure on your quote. A misprint reported with photos inside 10 days is reprinted or refunded. The soap wrap quote form asks for the size, the quantity and your file.
The questions UK buyers ask before a first order. Type a word to filter the cards, or open one for the full answer.
Because the superfat oils in a cold-process bar spot plain kraft within days.
Because the superfat oils in a cold-process bar spot plain kraft within days. A greaseproof sheet keeps the oil at the surface, so the print stays sharp and the paper stays matt on the shelf.
Four to six weeks for most recipes, and up to eight for a high-olive bar.
Four to six weeks for most recipes, and up to eight for a high-olive bar. Wrap earlier and the paper wicks water and oil while the bar is still changing.
Not through a cured bar's greaseproof wrap. The sheet is beaten dense enough to hold oil at the surface.
Not through a cured bar's greaseproof wrap. The sheet is beaten dense enough to hold oil at the surface. A bar wrapped before it has cured can still shadow the paper from inside.
200 × 200 mm. The girth is 180 mm plus 20 mm overlap, and the length needs 90 mm plus the end folds, so the 200 mm square sheet covers both with no waste.
Yes, and it is the most common layout we proof. We place the blank window so it lands on the top face of a straight-wrapped bar and the pattern runs under it.
No. Greaseproof paper breathes, so a cured bar keeps losing water slowly through the wrap.
No. Greaseproof paper breathes, so a cured bar keeps losing water slowly through the wrap. Sweating comes from storage in a sealed tub or a humid room, not from the paper.
A little, and that is fine. The sheet picks up a faint scent from the bar, which customers notice when they lift it.
A little, and that is fine. The sheet picks up a faint scent from the bar, which customers notice when they lift it. It does not stain and it does not change the smell of the soap.
Yes. A 35 to 45 gsm greaseproof sheet holds a thumbnail crease, so the end folds tuck under and stay put.
Yes. A 35 to 45 gsm greaseproof sheet holds a thumbnail crease, so the end folds tuck under and stay put. Many makers add a band over the overlap for the scent name.
Usually, yes. A dark green or black on natural kraft reads cleanly; a second colour on kraft is often lost against the brown.
Usually, yes. A dark green or black on natural kraft reads cleanly; a second colour on kraft is often lost against the brown. Save multi-colour designs for white stock.
Yes, on request. Cut sheets suit a maker wrapping a batch of 50 at the table; a roll suits a bench where someone tears to length all day.
Yes, as a second pass. Most makers put the pattern outside and a line of care advice or a thank-you inside, read as the bar is unwrapped.
One sheet wraps one bar, so 1,000 bars, with a few sheets spare for creasing mistakes.
One sheet wraps one bar, so 1,000 bars, with a few sheets spare for creasing mistakes. Order two sizes if your guest bars and full bars share a design.
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