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I've never made soap from scratch before. I've done a lot of handmilling soap...taking already made soap, melting it down and adding scent and additives. That's easy and fun, but I've never actually mixed the lye together with oils to make actual soap. I've been wanting to do it for a long time, but I admit, I was a bit scared of handling the lye. I'm a bit of a klutz and the thought of ME handling was a bit scary. I finally broke down this weekend and we made out very first batch of soap!
Here I am all geared up to make soap. I've got on my safety glasses, one of Marty's old work shirts, and I've got my rubber gloves.
First thing, I weighed out all the water, lye and oils....okay...Marty weighed out the lye (LOL!)
Then we mixed the lye into the water...okay, I'm chicken little....Marty did this too :-)
Once Marty did this and I saw that all went well, I think I'll be able to do it myself from now on...I'm such a chicken! We melted/heated the oil to 110 degrees and then held it at that temperature until the lye reached 110 degrees. Then we poured the lye into the oils.
After that, we took turns stirring the soap. Took over an hour to trace because we were stirring it by hand...but trace it finally did.
Then we poured it into a rubbermaid shoe box, put on the lid and wrapped it with a towel. We then set it on top of the refrigerator to incubate for 48 hours. I don't have any pictures of this step...sorry! After 48 hours, we'll check it and if all is well, we'll cut it into bars. Then it's got to rest for 4-6 weeks to dry and for the lye to turn into soap! It was a lot of fun making the soap. I don't know why I've been so scared of the lye, because with just a little care, it's really simple to use. I'm going to be making more soap and next time, I won't need Marty to deal with the lye for me....LOL! I can't wait to see how our soap turns out!!
04:29, Monday, May 12, 2008
.. Posted by Jonash2004
I looked like an astronaught the first time I went to make soap because I was so scared of the lye. :)
Have you found www.millersoap.com? They have a great troubleshooting section. The site says that almost any botched recipe can be salvaged, so don't throw it out even if you think somethings funky!!!!
But my guess is that it will be just fine. It looks good!
Ashley
Looks like you had fun!
05:32, Monday, May 12, 2008
.. Posted by stitchnchick
Just a tip--I use a stick blender and get to trace within minutes. It's a real time saver! :-)
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