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How To Make DIY Liquid Castile Soap | Northwest Edible Life
www.nwedible.com/how-to-make-diy-liquid-castile-soap/
Hi Kathleen, depending on whether you want to make bars or liquid soap there are various great recipes and tutorials to be found... two of my favorites are the following:
Bars: Here are a few tools you will need:
Here is the recipe:
Full Batch
Half Batch
Quarter Batch
Makes 28 bars
Makes 14 bars
Makes 7 bars
24oz Cold Distilled Water
12oz Cold Distilled Water
6oz Cold Distilled Water
12oz Sodium Hydroxide (lye)
6oz Sodium Hydroxide (lye)
3oz Sodium Hydroxide (lye)
74oz Olive Oil
37oz Olive Oil
18.5oz Olive Oil
14oz Coconut Oil
7oz Coconut Oil
3.5oz Coconut
Caution: Whenever working with Sodium Hydroxide it is recommended as a safety precaution that you use rubber gloves, goggles, and any other protective gear that you may want to use in order to protect your skin or clothing from accidental splashes of the liquid.
source: http://frugalberry.com/how-to-make-castile-soap/
and liquid:
Ingredients:
1 bar of castile soap
2 quarts (8 cups) of boiling water (I used filtered water)
Equipment:
A large kitchen or vegetable grater
A bowl or pot large enough to hold 2 quarts
Directions:
1. Using your kitchen knife, slice and dice the bar of soap into small chunks. Or, if you are so inclined, grate it up with a vegetable grater instead. Castile soap in inherently soft so there is no reason to drag our the food processor or blender to do this.
2. Measure out your boiling water and place it your bowl, pot or do as I did and use a large Pyrex measuring cup.
3. Add the chunks or flakes and walk away. Go do something else. Walk the dog. Catch up on Backdoor Survival. Just do something. When you come back in an hour or so, most if not all of the soap will be dissolved into a nice concentrated liquid. At this point, transfer your liquid castile soap to some mason jars, a squirt bottle or other container and you are ready to go.
Notes:
Within 24 hours, my batches of liquid soap turned gel-like and semi-solid. A quick run under hot water brought them back to liquid form. In a way, this makes sense because coconut oil does not liquefy until it reaches 76 degrees. Given the tremendous cost savings, this was something I could deal with.
Source:https://www.backdoorsurvival.com/diy-liquid-castile-soap-wonderful/
Have fun creating your own soaps :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef-XS1KLI4c
http://www.nwedible.com/how-to-make-diy-liquid-castile-soap/