how to make lye out of wood ash, and some soap recipes that will help the novice or beginner soap maker to the more adventurous and advanced. For those of you who want to make your own recipes with different fats and oils and need guidance on how much caustic soda to use, have a lo...
Step 6. Let the soap sit at room temperature for two to three weeks. You shouldn’t use the soap or touch it with your bare hands in the meantime because the saponification isn’t done, and the lye may burn your skin. Glycerin soap base. If you’re using a glycerin soap base, sl...
Melt-and-pour soap has a lot going for it. It’s GREAT for beginner soap makers or if you’d like to make soap with kids. That’s because there’s no lye handling step to be cautious of and you can use the bars right away. You don’t need to wear safety gear when you make i...
Today, we have one standardized chemical for making bar soap. It’s calledsodium hydroxide, or more commonly, lye. Because it never changes, we can useonline lye calculatorsand figure out exactly how much we need to make a perfectly balanced bar of soap every single time. In order to do ...
Use woad, indigo, or Cambrian blue clay to create natural blue soap. How to Make Natural Soap If you want to use natural soap colorants, I’d advise using a soap recipe that makes pure white bars. Soap recipes that include dark or golden oils create soap bars that are also dark or go...
Dwarf Fortress soap crafting guide — resources required and how to make it Screenshot by Gamepur To make soap, you will need to gather two specific resources: lye and tallow. After you’ve collected both items, you’ll be able to use them at the Soap Maker’s Workshop to create the ...
Soapmaking has become a really fun and creative outlet for me over the last year. I recently poured some loofah soap and not only was it quite neat to make, it’s even more fun to use. Have you ever tried loofah soap? I have a wonderful friend in New Mexico who has an Apothecary ...
Learnhow to make beef tallowat home with these two easy methods! Use your stovetop or instant pot, to render fresh fat trimmings to use it for cooking, skincare or soap making! MY LATEST VIDEOS Tallow is an underrated fat. It’s wonderful for cooking due to it’s high smoke point, an...
Coconut and palm kernel oil both create a hard cleansing bar with a fluffy lather and help bring your soap to a trace quickly Lard and tallow, create a hard, conditioning bar, and a stable lather The list goes on, but these are the top soap-making oils that most soap makers use. ...
Ever wanted to learn how to make cold process soap but aren’t quite sure where to begin? This soapmaking tutorial provides you with the basics you need to make cold process soap from scratch. I also share the basic soap-making equipment, tools and ingredients necessary to get started in ...