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Morroccan Soap for Tadelakt

This natural, Moroccan soap is well-known for its amber color and intense olive oil scent.

It is the soap used for the body in the ‘hammam’, the traditional public baths of Morocco; it is therefore become the traditional protective treatment for Tadelakt.

How to use

Apply to the surface of Tadelakt which has completely dried with a metal trowel. Go over it several times so that it penetrates and impregnates the surface. The double action of the soap provides waterproofing and brightens up the colors.

First, because the soap combines with the lime creating a fat molecule which swells in water, the surface becomes impermeable to water. And second, the olive oil not only brightens the colors, but works as a waterproofing agent as well.

Of Cultural Interest

In Moroccan baths, Moroccan soap is renowned for its exfoliating properties. A key part in the hammam ritual, Moroccan soap is rubbed vigorously onto the skin with with either a hand mitt or loofa before being thoroughly rinsed off to leave the skin smooth and supple. After being wrapped in a large towel and remaining in this steam bath, bathers finally retire to the cooling-room for a period of relaxation.