Making soap is easy and cost-effective. All you need are a few basic soap making recipes, supplies and some practice. Not only will you end up saving money making soap, but you will also have truly personal gifts to give to friends and family members. And you will have the satisfaction of using soap making recipes that are yours and yours alone.
The more you experiment, the more you'll know your soap making preferences and which soap making oils go well together. The following is an easy-to-follow method to make your own soap.
Soap Making Supplies
Directions:
First, refrigerator 3 cups of water overnight. When you are ready to make your soap, pour this water into your glass saucepan. Carefully add the lye a little bit at a time. Stir the lye with a wooden spoon. Make sure you wear gloves and protective eyewear during this process. Lye can permanently injure you if it contacts your skin. Do not use metal utensils to handle lye.
The mixture will become quite hot, so be sure to keep children away from it and to be as careful as possible. Let the mixture cool for an hour. While it cools, unwrap your lard and let it warm to room temperature in a dishpan. After an hour, carefully pour the lye into the dishpan of lard so that the lard begins to melt. Mix constantly for at least 15 minutes. The mixture should look like pudding and be thick in consistency.
Let the mixture set until the following day and then cut it into bars. Allow it to harden for a few days, and then you can package it.
If you are cautious of lye and want to try making soap without it, there is a simple melt and pour soap making method you can use. Additionally, if you want your soap to be scented, you can add different oils and experiment with soap making fragrances. The possibilities are endless when it comes to making soap. All you need to do is invest in some supplies and start experimenting!
 | If you want your melt and pour soap to be more than just pretty to look at it, choose a quality soap base and be willing to experiment until you get your soap making right. |
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 | Soap making history goes back many millennia. There's debate about who invented soap, but the first evidence has been linked to Mesopotamian civilization. |
Humans have been working with lye for millennia, so it obviously doesn't kill everybody who touches it. But it can. |
Liquid soap is easy to make and requires few special ingredients. Experiment with essential oils to produce scents you like. |
