Jan
22
Soap Making Oils – Preparing Oils For Homemade Lye Soap
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Here’s a great video on preparing soap making oils:
How to Prepare Oils to Make Homemade Lye Soap — powered by ExpertVillage.com
All the soap making oils need to be mixed together and then heated on the stove. When measuring out each oil, it’s important to weigh with the scale rather than use liquid measurements. It’s critical to measure accurately for good results.
The video demonstrates the use of these popular soap making oils:
Coconut oil – You may want to microwave it for a few seconds to soften it up. That makes it easier to remove from it’s container.
Cocoa butter – This comes in solid form and needs to be shaved off and weighed in the appropriate amount.
Canola oil – Be sure to use a scraper to get all of this into the mixture. Small drops can be significant if left out.
Bee’s wax – This also needs to be shaved with a knife and/or grater.
All ingredients should be poured into a large cooking pot made of either stainless steel or ceramic. Heat on the stove at a very low setting. Stir until everything melts together. Once the soap making oils mixture has melted down into small chunks, you can turn off the stove.
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Jan
8
So, you’re finally ready to start your soap making journey and might be wondering how to make lye soap the old fashioned way. First off, you have to get all the necessary soap making supplies ready which include a couple of gallons of water, around 10 ounces of lye and 5 lbs of beef fat. Note that the amount of lye depends on the kind of fat you use.
The three ingredients mentioned above are used in making all kinds of lye soap. The only difference is in the kind of fat and quantity of water used in making it. To start with, you have to cut the fat into a cubical shape with around one-inch dimensions. If you’re using fat from meat you’re cooking yourself, simply trim away the fat and let it continue to cook after the meat is done. Read more
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Jan
5
Soap Making With Lye – Ingredients And Safety Precautions
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In the video below, you’ll learn about soap making ingredients needed to make lye soap as well as soap making lye safety precautions.
Soap Making Ingredients for Making Homemade Lye Soap — powered by ExpertVillage.com
Fats and oils used for lye soap making recipe:
- Olive oil
- Castor oil
- Coconut oil
- Coconut butter
- Bees wax
The above ingredients are mixed together in a pot. Then, some finishing touches are added: Read more
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