hobbies Soap

dragonsfire · Nov 6, 2015

Was running low on soap so made some yesterday

2L Olive Oil
200gr Coconut Oil
90gr Coco butter
600ml water
303gr Lye
1oz TeeTree Oil
1 Heaping tablespoon turmeric.
Dry for couple months

Ozzy2001 · Nov 17, 2015

Wow. Cool. That will keep you clean for awhile.

dragonsfire · Nov 17, 2015

lol, I make two batches a year, soap does not last if your hairy LOL

grantmichaels · Nov 17, 2015

Truth. Worst yet if you have a lot of hairy surface area ...

pepperguy1 · Nov 17, 2015

Nice looking soap. :rofl:

winland · Nov 18, 2015

Do you use a special "soap mold" or just something lying around the house?

Sorry, I know absolutely nothing about making soap.

oldsalty · Nov 18, 2015

grantmichaels said:
Truth. Worst yet if you have a lot of hairy surface area ...

Bbbwwwaaaahhhhaaaahhhaaaaa LOTS OF HAIRY SURFACE AREA!!!

dragonsfire · Nov 18, 2015

I use those silicon Bread pans, that way its easy to extract, then after 24hours ( have to go by touch) I cut with a knife.
I used to use a wooden frame and made a large slab, but that was a pain in cutting evenly, now I just use them to dry the bars. Buying "Soap Molds" is expensive so this was a cheap and east to use.

dragonsfire · May 1, 2017

New Soap, ow to wait for it to dry

grantmichaels · May 1, 2017

Hot process this time, yes? ...

dragonsfire · May 2, 2017

no still do cold, I did do a hot water bath to bring it up to warm.

dragonsfire · Feb 5, 2018

Pics from my soap making last week

the usual 2L batch.

texas blues · Feb 5, 2018

Weird.

I have the urge to take a shower.

jhc · Feb 17, 2018

To make soap, first we render fat. I prefer a good non-GMO source

dragonsfire · Aug 25, 2020

My yearly Soap making Day

Olive Oil
Coconut Oil
Coco Butter
Shea Butter
Lanolin
Lye

For Scent
Vanilla oil and coco powder.

Wait 24 hours before cutting.

Harry_Dangler · Aug 25, 2020

Always wondered if there's something you can do with those little left over bars of soap? You know .... after the big bar gets down to that little strip of cracked looking stuff. Also, how about those little hotel soaps .... Can you melt those down and pour into a mold to make new bars? Maybe grate it before you melt it? Just wondering.

Tybo · Aug 25, 2020

dragonsfire said:
My yearly Soap making Day

Olive Oil
Coconut Oil
Coco Butter
Shea Butter
Lanolin
Lye

For Scent
Vanilla oil and coco powder.

Wait 24 hours before cutting.

I bet that smells good. Does the scent remain after rinsing off? We make our own soap and have found that unless we use lots of fragrance oils that the scent rinses off. (only smell it while washing)
Can you post your percentages?

dragonsfire · Aug 25, 2020

Harry_Dangler said:
Always wondered if there's something you can do with those little left over bars of soap?

Tybo said:
Does the scent remain after rinsing off?

Yup, shave them and mix into a new batch or blitz and make liquid soap.

yup, mild after scent, depends how much you put in and if its natural or chemical, the cheap chemical version will stick strongly.

I ran out of Olive oil , normally use 2000mls

dragonsfire · Aug 27, 2020

Now to age for three months.

Tybo · Sep 2, 2020

Thanks for the recipe! We'll have to give that a try.