I really enjoy making and using good home made soap!
This is not a soap tutorial, but I am showing you a few pictures and explaining some of the steps.
This is cold processed soap.
I have just added my lye water in this first picture and am ready to stir with the stick blender.
Almost instantly upon blending with the stick blender, the oils become creamy, but still thin in consistency.
After just a minute or two, the oils start to become thicker.
In another minute or so the mixture begans to thicken enough that it leaves waves or trails in the mix. This is called "tracing". At this stage, it is ready to pour into your mold. I am using a mold that is simply a sturdy box lined with freezer paper.
You can see the soap in my little box mold. The soap loaf is 12" X 3.5" and 2.75" high. It will be ready to cut into 12 nice size bars of soap in 24 hours.
Hi Gerry
ReplyDeleteWhat is your favourite scent in handmade soap. It looks great! and I bet your place smells wonderful.
have a great day
Judi
I like so many, but I think my favorite is Sweet Pea.
ReplyDeleteHi Gerry..could you share some of your soap recipes and maybe what you use for colouring as I would love to experiment,i tried adding Lime for a nice fresh perfume but was afraid to add too much,it ended up i could not smell it at all lol..anyway it would be wonderful if you could share.Thanks carole
ReplyDeleteHi Carole, In answer to your request for soap recipes, I posted "Soap Making Oils and Recipes". Please see post of June 18 and if you have questions, please let me know. Thank you for stopping by, Gerry
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