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NATURAL SOAP MAKING WORKSHOP (PART 8)

Appendix III

Quick Steps to Soap (From the Toiletries Library)

1. Find the weight of each of the fats you plan to use.

2. Calculate the amount of lye required for each fat.
Take the total weight of the fats to be used and divide by 3. This is the amount of water you will need.

3. Make a solution of the water and total lye required. Be sure to read the safety precautions for lye.

4. While your lye is cooling (it will heat up when poured into water to over 200 degrees F so be careful) warm your fats to about 100'F. This temperature is not set in stone. Some people like it hotter and some like it cooler.

5. When the lye has cooled to about 100'F and the fats are at about 100'F, slowly pour the lye/water into the fats while stirring. A bit of heat is needed to get the reaction going.

6. Stir until a drop from a spoon sits on top of the soap for a short time before blending in with the rest of the mixture. This is known as tracing. You need to stir until the soap traces to keep the fats and water from separating. Now is the time to add any fragrances, colorants, essential oils, herbs, etc. that you desire, unless you plan to add them in a rebatch.

7. Pour the raw soap (it is soap, just very harsh soap and can burn if you get it on the skin) into your mold.

8. If the weather is cool, insulate with blankets to towels to hold the heat of the reaction in. The reaction itself will generate enough heat to keep it going unless it has to fight against cold surrounding air. Depending on the fats you used you should have hard soap in anywhere from 24 to 48 hours.

9. Remove the soap from the mold and cut it into bars.

Continue on to Part 9

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About the author: Elizabeth Childers is a soapmaker with many years experience in the making and writing about of this art. Elizabeth has been kind enough to provide GoatWorld.com with this information. Elizabeth also hosts a weekly Soapmaking Chat here on GoatWorld.com, Tuesday nights in the Chat Room.

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