Making soap Options

[logcabinmama View Member Profile]

Here is just one of many sites you can find about making soap at home.

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/p..._3/soapmake.htm

[logcabinmama View Member Profile]

Here are two recipes that one of my sisters has used.

Home made soap

1 can Lewis lye
1 qt. water
1 tsp. sugar
3 Tbsp. Borax powder
1/2 cup. cold water
1/4 cup. ammonia
5 lbs. (3qts.) fat.

Dissolve lye in 1 qt. water; let stand 1/2 hour. Dissolve sugar and Borax in cold water: add ammonia and pour slowly into lye water. Pour fat in lye mixture. Stir once in a while. When it thickens, pour into a 9 x 13 inch container lined with wax paper. Cut into bars when it is solid.


Another recipe.

Homemade Soap.

1 can lye
3 qts. cold water 4 1/2 lb. clear warm fat
1 cup Broax

Dissolve lye in cold water I a stainless steel or heavy plastic container. Add Borax: stir until clear or all is dissolved. Add to warm fat; stir with a wooden paddle or stainless steel spoon. (I stir mine whenever I think about it.) It will begin to set as it cools. When it can no longer be stirred, (usually overnight), wearing rubber gloves, break mixture up into granular soap. It can easily be packed into ice cream buckets. How much you need per wash load will be easy to see as you use it. (I dissolve mine in hot water, then put in the washer.)

Hope these help someone.

[logcabinmama View Member Profile]

I'm bringing this back to the top as I see in the other forum they are looking at making soap at home.

[Judy Moist View Member Profile]

Thanks Snowmom,, I think me and Slgrubbs has become addicted to soap making all of a sudden...

and Slgrubbs to answer your question.. I am just wrapping mine in plastic wrap and storing in on the shelf in a dark closet, in my bathroom

[ricardo View Member Profile]

Don't have coconut oil... try this recipe.

52 oz. olive oil
7 oz. lye
20 oz. cold water

Follow regular steps for making soap, but because the
recipe includes only liquid oils, the wrapped mold
must be checked twice a day. To do this, carefully
unwrap the mold and uncover the soap. You are likely
to notice a thin layer of oil on top. Using a wooden
spoon, carefully stir this layer of oil back into the
soap, then replace the lid and rewrap the mold. Repeat
this process once every 12 hours or so until the layer of oil no longer forms.

This soaps characteristics:
off white in color
mild
lathers quickly
plenty of medium size bubbles

source: The complete soapmaker

[Guest_Guest_*]

I made this soap, but the soap is so soft it falls apart easily after a few uses, and is a little on the slimy side . Did I do something wrong?

[Guest_Guest_*]

Goat Milk Soap

This is a wonderful quick recipe that is done by measurement not weight. I use an 8 cup class measuring cup to make this in and because I just don't have the time to stir and stir and stir to trace, I did go out and buy a stick blender (about $14.00)

The problem with milk based soaps is the milk will curdle if it isn't cold enough which is why it is frozen. It it is not cold enough, when the lye is added to the milk, the milk boils. If the soap turns yellow that is a natural Characteristic of the sugars in the milk that have cooked. Of course the trick is to get a white bar!

You can substitute any oil (see Oil Characteristics below recipe) for what you have on hand. Olive oil, canola oil, or combination of oils.
If you want to add fragrance it is done at trace as is any coloring (now you can use a piece of crayon for a quick color additive).

Vinegar Neutralizes Lye! always wear protective glasses, gloves, long sleeves, and cover your work area. Liquids can splash no matter how careful you are!

Goat Milk Soap
(by measurements, not weight)
1 cup lard, melted
1 cup coconut oil, melted - see below for other oils to use
1 cup goat (or other) milk (or water)
1/4 cup Red Devil lye granules (not flakes or crystals from other sources)
1/4 cup water
Dissolve the lye in the water.
Ingredients near 110 to 120 degrees F.
Add the lye/water to the fat. Stir in the milk.
Tracing time about 1 hour 15 minutes.
Leave in molds 2 days
Place in freezer 3 hours to help remove soap from molds
Remove soap from molds (or cut if in a large mold)
Age 3 weeks.

by Elaine C. White

easy mold.. shoe box lined with plastic bag, candy molds or? pie pans need to greased with lard cause the lye will cause a bad reaction.

Oil Characteristics

Almond-- gives fairly good lather and is good to condition the skin
Apricot kernel---same as almond
Borage--same as almond
Canola--same as almond
Castor oil--same as almond but speeds up trace
Cocoa butter--Gives a hard bar fairly good lather and is good for skin conditioning and speeds tace slightly
Coconut oil--Gives a hard bar, good cleansing qualities, fluffy lather, and speeds trace slightly
Corn oil--Same as almond
Cottonseed--Fairly good lather
Hazelnut--Fair lather and good skin conditioning properties
Hemp seed--same as hazelnut
Jojoba--same as hazelnut
Kukui nut--same as hazelnut
Lanolin--Give a hard bar that has fair lather is fair to good for skin conditioning if not allergic and speeds trace slightly
Lard--Gives a hard bar that has fairly good lather good for skin and speeds trace slightly
Macadamia nut--same as hazelnut
Neem oil--same as hazelnut with healing properties
Olive--same as hazelnut and gives a fairly hard bar
Palm Kernel--Give a hard bar with good cleansing properties, fluffy lather and speeds trace slightly
Palm oil--Give a hard bar with fair lather and speeds trace slightly
Peanut--fair lather with good skin conditioning
Safflower--same as hazelnut
Sesame--same as hazelnut
Shea butter--Gives a hard bar with fair lather and good skin
conditioning and speeds trace slightly
Soybean--same as hazelnut
Soybean (Crisco type)--fair lather and skin conditioning
Sunflower--same as hazelnut
Tallow--gives hard bar with fair lather and good skin conditioning and speeds trace slightly
Wheat germ--same as hazelnut

from goatworld.com

[ricardo View Member Profile]

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I made this soap, but the soap is so soft it falls apart easily after a few uses, and is a little on the slimy side

[Guest_Guest_*]

Sorry for answering this so late, Slgrubbs! Yes, I did let it dry and cure for the time it called for, even longer. I shredded it and remelted it, putting in some lavender flowers and lavender oil. The soap itself is fine, it's just kind of slimy...

[Guest_Guest_*]

grate soap and mix with water. dishsoap but you don't want fragrance or coloring in the soap.

[Guest_Guest_*]

So I can't use lavender soap to wash dishes then? Bummer! I thought it would smell great! Thanks for the info, Westie!

[ricardo View Member Profile]

I've got to know the answer for this. Why not?

Are you saying I should make up some soap that is
pure for just dishes? Would that work for clothes too?

Yes won't do. Why?

[Guest_Guest_*]

now lets say you put FO in your soap, do you really want that lavander scent on your dishes? really? don't you think lavander is better suited for clothing or mopping floors?

I know the next question... what is FO?

FO - Fragance Oil blended from non-organic as well as organic means to smell like a certain fragrance can not be consumed
EO - Essential Oil derived from a plant

You can always use dried herbs in your soap but do you really want to wash your dishes with it?

So perhaps it is just me that doesn't want my dishes smelling.

[gardnmom View Member Profile]

If you can smell it, you will taste it.

[redhenfarm View Member Profile]

Scented dish soap and cleaning products are the rage at Williams Sonoma. One is lavender, another is rosemary with something else and then orange or lime I think. My opinion is it makes doing the dishes more pleasant and it rinses off the dishes.

[Synn View Member Profile]

Still waiting on "grubby" to send me some of her soap! Haha just kidding if you haven't noticed my halo is missing!

[ricardo View Member Profile]

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Still waiting on "grubby" to send me some of her soap! Haha just kidding if you haven't noticed my halo is missing!

[Guest_Guest_*]

Ok, so having lavender soap or apple soap, or whatever soap to was dishes is ok, just a matter of personal preference?

[ricardo View Member Profile]

Happygirl

What do you wash your dishes with now? Look on the
back, does it list fragrance? Then it's ok. Does
yours have a color? ok. I would not but herbs or
flowers in it.

In this case I would tell everyone. It is your own
personal preference.

[Synn View Member Profile]