Soap Making from Scratch with Abigail

Happy Healthy Wifey's Podcast

English - October 11, 2022 22:00 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratings
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Happy Healthy Wifey’s Handmade Soap Making Class

Overview:

Soap is made by mixing fats and oils with lye between 110-120 degrees.

Step One:

Figure out your measurements of fats, oils, lye, and water. This is for a double batch where each single batch of soap should have 32 oz of fats/oils.

Lard: 40 Oz. multiplied by Lye ratio of .138 = 5.52

Olive Oil: 24 Oz. multiplied by Lye ratio of .133 = 3.192

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(Which we rounded to 8.7) Lye = 8.712

Each batch of soap is equal to 12 oz of water. For our class, we did double batches so we used 24 oz of water.

Step Two:

Mix the Lye with the water. The water will warm up to 180 degrees. Only sprinkle Lye on top of the water slowly while mixing.

Step Three:

Warm up the fats mixed into a pot until they are liquid and dissolved together.

Step Four:

Mix the lye water mixture with the fats when BOTH measure close between 110-120 degrees.

Step Five:

Blend the mixture until it becomes thick enough to watch lines form when your move your blender. Add your scents and pour into the mold.