Guest guest Posted May 8, 2007 Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 , I have been thinking about soaping for the last year and a half. I have not done it yet but I do have a recipe I copied because they were explaining it well. Only read half of it and copied so I would have it when I was ready. General Soap RecipeBasic Ingredients:40 ounces olive oil60 ounces coconut oil9 ounces cocoa butter14 ounces lye41 ounces waterPreparation Instructions:First, it's important to realize that your dealing with very causticmaterial (lye), so everything you do should be done with care. Untilyou're a pro, you should always wear safety equipment such as thickclothing, rubber gloves and goggles like you used to use in chemistrylab. Now, you don't have to put on your HazMat suit, but take carenot to leave any skin exposed on your hands or arms. Now that you'reall suited up, let's get started... Keeping your work area covered with towels or newspapaer, measure yourlye in one plastic pitcher and your water in a separate plasticpitcher. Slowly, and taking care not to spill, pour the lye into thewater container while stirring vigorously with a wooden spoon. Oncelye has been dissolved, set this mixture aside and let cool to 100degrees Farenheit. Also, make sure not to let your children or yourpets get curious and drink this water-colored mixture. I don't evenwant to think about what would happen next...Meanwhile, mix all oils and butters into a stainless steel pot andheat to 100 degrees Farenheit. At this point, you might start feelinglike a witch in front of a cauldron. I recommend really gettinginto the role - I've considered getting a hat and everything! Back to business...Once the lye mixture and oil mixture have both reached 100 degrees,slowly pour lye mixture into oil mixture and stir vigorously forapproximately 15 to 30 minutes. The soaponification process will havebegun once you see "trailings" on the surface of the mixture. Trailings will be your guide as to when you may stop stirring. Whenyou lift up your spoon and let a few drops of the mixture fall on thesurface, watch for a mark to remain where the drop fell. This markwill be the "trailing" you are looking for. This generally happensaround 15 to 30 minutes. If you can't keep this up for 30 minutes, Ihighly recommend working out at least twice a week!Once you see trailings, pour the mixture into a sealable container andwrap with blankets and insulation to keep the mixture as warm aspossible. In 48 hours, you may then unwrap the soap, take the soapout of its container, and let the soap cure for at least 4 weeks. Tryto fight the urge to open your container before 48 hours has passed. The soap needs to retain all of the heat it can during that criticalperiod. Feel free to cut up the soap anyway you like! Enjoy yourcleanliness. I know all of your friends and family will Caution: Lye is very caustic to the skin and will burn if it comes incontact with flesh. All containers and implements used while makingsoap are no longer suitable for other applications (yes, that meansyou cannot cook in your soap pot or drink Kool-Aid out of your lyepitcher...sorry). Once the 4 week curing process has been completed,the soap will be perfectly safe for your skin.http://www.soap-making-revealed.com Good luck HAPPINESS and BUTTERFLIES Lynn Re: Muscle Spasms?// KateTo: MSersLife > My pinky and ring finger on both hands have been hurting and > I've had difficulty straighting them. It made them feel like > nothing was wrong. The oil makes the ache ease. Makes me wonder > how great it would be if a massage therapist used it.> > '> > And yse, lynn, I would love some soap recipes for > making gifts. Someone made homemade ssoap for Christmas and gave > it to Meg and she loved it. May you always find HAPPINESS and BUTTERFLIES Lynn Butterflies are angels bringing messages from God Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 as an experienced soap maker, I would not recommend those instructions or that recipe - especially for a new soaper. When I teach classes, I always start them with a 2 pound batch of soap - your recipe makes almost 7 pounds. You obviously haven't run the recipe thru a lye calc because if you had, you would know that you don't have enough lye and you don't really have to use that much water. Don't know where you could have found those instructions. You need to join a few 'newbie' friendly soap making lists and learn how to use a lye calculator. PLEASE don't try to make this recipe - it will not turn out !! I can send you the names of a few groups that will be very helpful to people just learning to make soap. Contact me either at this e-addy or my business e-addy in my sig. a ....... in Michigan www.farmfreshsoapsandcandles.com farmfreshsoapsandcandles@... , I have been thinking about soaping for the last year and a half. I have not done it yet but I do have a recipe I copied because they were explaining it well. Only read half of it and copied so I would have it when I was ready. General Soap RecipeBasic Ingredients:40 ounces olive oil60 ounces coconut oil9 ounces cocoa butter14 ounces lye41 ounces waterPreparation Instructions:First, it's important to realize that your dealing with very causticmaterial (lye), so everything you do should be done with care. Untilyou're a pro, you should always wear safety equipment such as thickclothing, rubber gloves and goggles like you used to use in chemistrylab. Now, you don't have to put on your HazMat suit, but take carenot to leave any skin exposed on your hands or arms. Now that you'reall suited up, let's get started... Keeping your work area covered with towels or newspapaer, measure yourlye in one plastic pitcher and your water in a separate plasticpitcher. Slowly, and taking care not to spill, pour the lye into thewater container while stirring vigorously with a wooden spoon. Oncelye has been dissolved, set this mixture aside and let cool to 100degrees Farenheit. Also, make sure not to let your children or yourpets get curious and drink this water-colored mixture. I don't evenwant to think about what would happen next...Meanwhile, mix all oils and butters into a stainless steel pot andheat to 100 degrees Farenheit. At this point, you might start feelinglike a witch in front of a cauldron. I recommend really gettinginto the role - I've considered getting a hat and everything! Back to business...Once the lye mixture and oil mixture have both reached 100 degrees,slowly pour lye mixture into oil mixture and stir vigorously forapproximately 15 to 30 minutes. The soaponification process will havebegun once you see "trailings" on the surface of the mixture. Trailings will be your guide as to when you may stop stirring. Whenyou lift up your spoon and let a few drops of the mixture fall on thesurface, watch for a mark to remain where the drop fell. This markwill be the "trailing" you are looking for. This generally happensaround 15 to 30 minutes. If you can't keep this up for 30 minutes, Ihighly recommend working out at least twice a week!Once you see trailings, pour the mixture into a sealable container andwrap with blankets and insulation to keep the mixture as warm aspossible. In 48 hours, you may then unwrap the soap, take the soapout of its container, and let the soap cure for at least 4 weeks. Tryto fight the urge to open your container before 48 hours has passed. The soap needs to retain all of the heat it can during that criticalperiod. Feel free to cut up the soap anyway you like! Enjoy yourcleanliness. I know all of your friends and family will Caution: Lye is very caustic to the skin and will burn if it comes incontact with flesh. All containers and implements used while makingsoap are no longer suitable for other applications (yes, that meansyou cannot cook in your soap pot or drink Kool-Aid out of your lyepitcher...sorry). Once the 4 week curing process has been completed,the soap will be perfectly safe for your skin.http://www.soap-making-revealed.com Good luck HAPPINESS and BUTTERFLIES Lynn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2007 Report Share Posted May 9, 2007 please do. I have time on my hands right now. Would make great Christmas project a Coon wrote: as an experienced soap maker, I would not recommend those instructions or that recipe - especially for a new soaper. When I teach classes, I always start them with a 2 pound batch of soap - your recipe makes almost 7 pounds. You obviously haven't run the recipe thru a lye calc because if you had, you would know that you don't have enough lye and you don't really have to use that much water. Don't know where you could have found those instructions. You need to join a few 'newbie' friendly soap making lists and learn how to use a lye calculator. PLEASE don't try to make this recipe - it will not turn out !! I can send you the names of a few groups that will be very helpful to people just learning to make soap. Contact me either at this e-addy or my business e-addy in my sig. a ....... in Michigan www.farmfreshsoapsandcandles.com farmfreshsoapsandcandlesearthlink (DOT) net , I have been thinking about soaping for the last year and a half. I have not done it yet but I do have a recipe I copied because they were explaining it well. Only read half of it and copied so I would have it when I was ready. General Soap RecipeBasic Ingredients:40 ounces olive oil60 ounces coconut oil9 ounces cocoa butter14 ounces lye41 ounces waterPreparation Instructions:First, it's important to realize that your dealing with very causticmaterial (lye), so everything you do should be done with care. Untilyou're a pro, you should always wear safety equipment such as thickclothing, rubber gloves and goggles like you used to use in chemistrylab. Now, you don't have to put on your HazMat suit, but take carenot to leave any skin exposed on your hands or arms. Now that you'reall suited up, let's get started... Keeping your work area covered with towels or newspapaer, measure yourlye in one plastic pitcher and your water in a separate plasticpitcher. Slowly, and taking care not to spill, pour the lye into thewater container while stirring vigorously with a wooden spoon. Oncelye has been dissolved, set this mixture aside and let cool to 100degrees Farenheit. Also, make sure not to let your children or yourpets get curious and drink this water-colored mixture. I don't evenwant to think about what would happen next...Meanwhile, mix all oils and butters into a stainless steel pot andheat to 100 degrees Farenheit. At this point, you might start feelinglike a witch in front of a cauldron. I recommend really gettinginto the role - I've considered getting a hat and everything! Back to business...Once the lye mixture and oil mixture have both reached 100 degrees,slowly pour lye mixture into oil mixture and stir vigorously forapproximately 15 to 30 minutes. The soaponification process will havebegun once you see "trailings" on the surface of the mixture. Trailings will be your guide as to when you may stop stirring. Whenyou lift up your spoon and let a few drops of the mixture fall on thesurface, watch for a mark to remain where the drop fell. This markwill be the "trailing" you are looking for. This generally happensaround 15 to 30 minutes. If you can't keep this up for 30 minutes, Ihighly recommend working out at least twice a week!Once you see trailings, pour the mixture into a sealable container andwrap with blankets and insulation to keep the mixture as warm aspossible. In 48 hours, you may then unwrap the soap, take the soapout of its container, and let the soap cure for at least 4 weeks. Tryto fight the urge to open your container before 48 hours has passed. The soap needs to retain all of the heat it can during that criticalperiod. Feel free to cut up the soap anyway you like! Enjoy yourcleanliness. I know all of your friends and family will Caution: Lye is very caustic to the skin and will burn if it comes incontact with flesh. All containers and implements used while makingsoap are no longer suitable for other applications (yes, that meansyou cannot cook in your soap pot or drink Kool-Aid out of your lyepitcher...sorry). Once the 4 week curing process has been completed,the soap will be perfectly safe for your skin.http://www.soap-making-revealed.com Good luck HAPPINESS and BUTTERFLIES Lynn ' in Texas Courage is not being fearless, courage is facing your fears and not running for cover! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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