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Recipes you can use…
Dave's favorite hand soap-- you can get these ingredients locally!
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4 Castor Oil |
Measure all ingredients by |
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28 Coconut Oil |
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22 Lard 20 Olive 2 Cow's Butter 24 Shortening |
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Weigh these ingredients, add to crockpot, and turn on to high. Allow to melt and reach 110-115F, and turn to low. Mix oils thoroughly. |
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Gloves, Apron, Eye Protection |
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14 ounces of Lye(NaOH) |
Use a disposable plastic cup |
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38 Ounces of Water measure by weight into 1-gallon pitcher. Using long handled spoon, stir water, and slowly add lye to water. Allow to cool to 110-115F When Oils and Lye solution are equal in temperature pour Lye solution carefully into crockpot |
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Submerge mixing head of hand blender to bottom of crock pot and THEN turn on. Thoroughly incorporate mixture, turn off stick blender, and place in 1 gallon pitcher. Use wire whisk to stir to trace. Place whisk in pitcher. |
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At trace add your colorants, fragrance and any additives. Watch your temperature carefully At over 212F you can volcano right out of the pot! |
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When your soap starts to get translucent around the edges of the pot, cover the crockpot, and allow the soap to turn to gel.
You may stir the mixture with the wire whisk if needed, but allow ALL of the soap to turn to gel.
When all of the soap is translucent, this is the Gel State. You have now made soap. Pour/Glop your soap into your mold.
Cover the surface of the mold with plastic wrap and place a smooth board on top of it if desired. Allow to cool 24 hours.
Cut soap into bars or unmold from detailed plastic molds. Allow to set up for a week or so to loose water and shrink.
Wrap your soap so that it can breathe. Don't seal it up airtight. Store in a cardboard box, or on a shelf.
