How To Make Soap: An Introduction.

How To Make Soap

Ever wonder how to make soap? Well, this article will touch on the basics of how to make your own home made soap, and even how to blend your own perfumed oils for scenting your soap. here are some how to's of making a variety of soaps.

How to make petal soap. First, you take any silk flowers of your choice,(silk roses are a favorite), and clip off the petals and lay them aside.
Melt some clear glycerin soap base in a pan. And, when the soap has completely melted, add your scent of choice. Then take a pair of tweezers and dip each silk flower petal into the liquid soap and lay it on wax paper to dry, turning them occasionally to keep soap globs from forming. Store these lovely little soaps in decorative jars and use as needed.

Making glycerin soap is relatively easy and does not require one to mess with lye. Here is a basic recipe.

Translucent Glycerin Soap
The ingredients and instructions are as follows: six ounces of tallow, sixteen ounces of coconut oil, two four-ounce bottles of castor oil, ten ounces of water, four ounces of lye, ten ounces of 80 proof vodka, and eight ounces of granulated sugar.

Take the oil, lye, fat, and water and follow basic soap making instructions.
Allow your soap to set for at least two days. Slice or grate the soap into small pieces. (Use gloves during this process because the lye might still be active.)
Melt the soap over low heat until it is simmering gently. As the soap melts, add the vodka and sugar. Mix together, gently, to avoid sudsing, or foaming, which can make the finished bars milky, or muddy looking, instead of clear. Continue to simmer for ten minutes to boil off the alcohol. There will be a layer that will form on the top but your melted soap should be clear underneath. Remove from the heat and skim the top coating off. (The skimmed stuff can be used to make soap balls.) And, now, pour your soap into individual molds and let them set until firm. TADA! You have your own homemade glycerin soap!

To make African black soap, there is a special black powder that is added to the basic lye soap. The how to's of making this soap is very simple. Simply obtain the African black powder and add it to your soap as you are making it. The black powder has a very strong smoky scent, but has healing properties for the skin.

The how to make any sort of soap, whether it be lye soap, laundry soap, hot process soap, or even the cool soap...all one needs to do it look on the internet. The instructions on how to make any sort of soap your heart desires can be found on the World Wide Web!

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