Introduction: Soap: How To
Castile Soap How to:
Includes pictures and videos.
Step 1: The Goods and Where to Get Them
The List:
1. Rubber Gloves
2. 1g Resolution scale (Amazon )
3. .01g Resolution scale (Amazon )
4. safety glasses
5. Molds (Milkyway molds)
6.Soap recipe (Lye Calculator )
7. Glass Measuring cup (Thrift Store )
8. Glass picture (Thrift Store)
9. small measuring cup plastic or glass (Thrift Store)
10. Stick Blender (Amazon )
11. Cloth towel (Thrift Store)
12. Stainless Steel Pot (Thrift Store) No Aluminum
13. Plastic or stainless mixing stick (No Aluminum )
14. Water
15. NaOH Lye (Amazon)
16. Olive Oil
Step 2: Measure Olive Oil
1. Tare weight of pot
2. Pour Olive Oil, Stop at 1000G
Step 3: Warm Oil
Warm Oil to a Temp of around 90 to 115 degrees.
Note: Temperature is in Fahrenheit.
Step 4: Measure Water
1. Tare Glass container weight
2. Pour Water stop at 280g
Note: Minerals in tap water can make water heavy, which will reduce bubbles.
Step 5: Gear Up
Time to put on some personal protective equipment.
1. Rubber gloves
2. Goggles
I will add pictures soon.
Step 6: NaOH Lye Measure
1. Tare Weight of container
2. Measure NaOH Lye Stop at 131.4g
Step 7: Mix Water and NaOH Lye
1. Slowly add NaOH Lye, works best if you pour a little then stir, adding and stirring until all the lye has been mixed.
Step 8: Add Lye to Oil
1. Add Lye to Oil
2. Stir
3. Trace
Step 9: Pour Soap Into Moldes
1. Pour into measuring cup for ease of pour
2. pour from measuring cup to molds
3. Shake molds to reduce air bobbles
Note:
Pour as fast as possible being safe. The trace will thicken fast. So get it in there. This will avoid a situation where it is to thick to seat in the mold properly.
Step 10: Clean
Time to clean:(
Step 11: Pop Soap Out !
1. Wait 3 or 4 days
2. Pop them out
3. Give it at least a week to cure some more
Note:
If you use the soap in less than a week it will turn to mush in a couple days of use.
Also note keep soap dry when not in use so it does not get mushy on you.
Enjoy!
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