Welcome To How To Make Soap 101!On this website, our goal is teach you how easy it is to make your own homemade soap!
Many people ask us about not only how to make soap, but how long it takes, how difficult it is, and what tools they need to have in order to make soap at home.
We will cover all of those things (and lots more!) on this website.
It’s true, soap making is becoming a very popular activity and is lots of fun to do. Many people make homemade soaps not only for themselves, but as gifts for others as well.
Making your own soap involves handling some corrosive type products so this is best done by adults or with adult supervision.
When making soap, make sure that you ALWAYS wear gloves during the whole process, especially when handling lye. If you do end up getting raw soap or lye splashed on you, it could cause chemical burns so make sure you immediately rinse which very cold water.
Don’t ever use aluminum utensils when making soap because it reacts with lye.
Don’t ever mix lye in HOT water. It may cause the lye to explode.
1. Start with plastic container on top of your weighing scale
2. Add the water to your container and mix the lye in 1:3 ratios. As an example. for 11 ounces of lye you would use about 33 ounces of water to mix it with.
Important: Make sure that you put the water in the container first and then add lye. Don’t ever add the lye first.
Caution: Make sure to be very careful because lye emits a lot of heat and fumes when it is mixed with water. Make sure you mix the lye and water in an open area because the fumes could be dangerous when inhaled.
3. Once mixed, let the lye cool for about three hours. If you can, it’s even better to prepare your lye mixture and leave it at room temperature of one entire day.
4. Take out your enamel or stainless steel pot and add the lard and oils.
5. Put your pot (with the lard and oils) onto the stove and heat it slowly until the fats melt and form a unifier mixture.
6. The ideal temperature is between 120 and 130 degrees Fahrenheit. Go ahead and stir the lard and oils very gently and use the thermometer to see whether the mixture has reached the ideal temperature of 120 to 130 degrees.
7. Next, add the lye mixture to the pot with the lards and oils very slowly and carefully. You should use a spoon to mix the solution while you are pouring the lye in.
8. Next, you want to stir the mixture really well. This can be done by using the spoon and stick blender (alternate) for short spans. For example, you could blend for 30 seconds and then use the spoon for 30 seconds and then keep alternating.
Important: You want the texture to change and become thicker and more opaque, which is soap in it’s liquid form. This usually takes at least five minutes of stirring.
9. Add the 1.5 ounce of fragrance to your mixture and stir it again with your spoon.
10. This is not required but if you would like to add some color to your soap (it’s fun!) you can add 1 ounce of coloring dye to your mixture. Make sure to use your blender to mix the color evenly.
1. Take out your plastic molds and pour the mixture into them and let it cool. It’s best to let the mixture sit at room temperature for 24 hours.
You will know that your soap is done when it’s temperature has dropped down to room temperature. It might be a little warm to the touch but that is no problem.
2. Remove the soap from the molds. You might need to twist the tray a little bit to get them out but they usually just pop right off.
If the soap is not easily coming out of the molds, you can put the molds in the freezer for a couple of hours and then take them out and use a hair dryer on the back side of your molds for just a few seconds to loosen the soap up. This will usually make the soap pop out right away.
That’s it! See, making your own soap isn’t that hard to do, especially if you are careful and follow some good instructions. Once you have created your first soap, please use our contact us page to let us know about it and send is a picture!