How to make castile soap?

How To Make DIY Liquid Castile Soap | Northwest Edible Life

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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:

• A digital scale capable of 5 lbs measurement.
• 2 glass bulb thermometers that can measure up to 200° Fahrenheit.
• A stick blender.
• A high temperature plastic jar (to mix the sodium hydroxide and water).
• A long-handled plastic mixing spoon.
• A ladle.
• Two large plastic bowls.
• Soap molds.

Here is the recipe:

• All measurements are in weight – not fluid ounces.
• All bars are assumed to be 4oz.

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.

1. Add lye to water in a high temperature plastic container outside of house. Do not breathe fumes. Always add Lye to water (not reverse). Caution: Temperature of mixture will rise to approximately 195ºF. Stir mixture with plastic spoon.
2. Mix oils and microwave to 110ºF.
3. Allow lye to cool (place in bowl of cold water to speed up cooling).
4. When both solutions are at 110ºF, add lye solution to the oil mixture. Blend with stick blender until the mixture reaches “trace” where you can see a film on top of the soap that traces the line of the stick blender. Ladle into molds.
5. Handle bars with care for next two days. PH will be high and can burn the skin for the first 48 hrs. The PH will settle to neutral after this.
6. Place molds in freezer for 30 minutes to help separate the soap from the molds.
7. Allow 6-8 weeks to air dry before use.

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

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