how to make soap

It has only become common to buy your soap from a store in the last hundred years. Before this our great grandparents would commonly make their soap at home using fats and other ingredients. One ingredient in normal soap making is Lye, and it is a caustic agent that needs to be handled with care. So you may choose to make soap in the hand milled method detailed below. How to make soap is simple and can be done with four easy steps.

Because this method uses commercial soap as a base it is sometimes called the hand milled soap technique. Its ingredients also mean it is safe to include your children in the process if you wish.

Step one: You need one cup of grated soap. Use a kitchen grater to get your soap into small pieces. The small pieces will be of assistance in the melting stage which you do next.

Step Two: You need to combine 1/8th of a cup of water and 2/8ths of a cup of essential oils. The mix of oils is up to you and is a flexible part of the recipe. Coconut and Almond oils are common oils used in soap making.

You need to melt the mixture over a double boiler on medium. The benefit of using a double boiler is that the mixture is not against a direct heat and is less likely to burn. Stir the mixture occasionally. Do try and stir gently as this will limit the amount of air bubbles you add to the soap. The cooking is done when it gets to a stringy stage. If it is not allowed to get to stringy, you will find that the soap will fail to harden as it should.

Step Three: This is where you add you signature to your soap and put in scents, colours or other additions. For a scented soap add 5 drops of lavender oil, for example and perhaps a teaspoon of dried lavender. Mix to combine.

Step Four: Now you need to mould the mixture. The moulding form you choose will be dependent on what you have on hand. Avoid thin materials and plastic as plastic can melt. You have the choice of making a single large mould or a number of smaller moulds. With the single mould you will have to cut it once set.

The setting process should take about five hours. Then you will have your own hand milled soap.

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