And there is an awesome video about soap making on youtube! I had great success making goats milk soap! my recipe - there are soap lye calculators that work great. That is how I started my soap making. you select oils, etc. I just substitute goats milk for the distilled water. or if I want less milk I substitute the difference with distilled water. here's the info and you can see the link. the second link summerbeameadow.com, has a size calculator also - measure your container and it adjust the portions of the ingredients. pretty awesome.
maybe you know how to make soap - I didnt and watched this video pretty informative. I used freezer paper to line my mold
If we're talking about cold processed soap and this will be your first time making it, I'd recommend starting out with a book on soap making and by researching the process on various websites and forums. Soap making isn't hugely dangerous, but there are things in the process that can pose an issue in safety, simply because you are working with a caustic material (lye/sodium hydroxide). It's also not terribly complicated, but it does take some practice to really get it down pat.
I'd also say start with the simplest recipe you can find and make it with water first instead milk. The process is basically the same for all recipes, but there are so many different recipes and additives. Almost any combination of oils and extras can be used as long as the ratios stay correct and the materials are appropriate for soap making. You can check out the ratios of any recipe you want to try by using calculators like this or this.
I suggest starting with water instead of milk because the milk is much more sensitive than water and it burns easily. It needs to be in a slushy, not-completely-frozen state when adding the lye to prevent burning it, but it must also not be too frozen or the mixture will not heat enough.
When I first began making soap in my teens, I learned by using an old recipe from my grandmother and she taught me the ropes. We had a lot of fun!
I wish I could remember the name of the book I started out with, but I can't recall it and the book itself is MIA right now. There are a lot of good ones out there, though, or maybe someone else will chime in with a suggestion or a recipe. Soap making is a lot of fun!
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And there is an awesome video about soap making on youtube! I had great success making goats milk soap! my recipe - there are soap lye calculators that work great. That is how I started my soap making. you select oils, etc. I just substitute goats milk for the distilled water. or if I want less milk I substitute the difference with distilled water. here's the info and you can see the link. the second link summerbeameadow.com, has a size calculator also - measure your container and it adjust the portions of the ingredients. pretty awesome.
maybe you know how to make soap - I didnt and watched this video pretty informative. I used freezer paper to line my mold
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghvQ4v_Fjrs
soap recipe for wood mold using lye calculator.xps
soap recipe for wooden mold.xps
There are some good recipes in Deb's book, Homegrown and Handmade!
If we're talking about cold processed soap and this will be your first time making it, I'd recommend starting out with a book on soap making and by researching the process on various websites and forums. Soap making isn't hugely dangerous, but there are things in the process that can pose an issue in safety, simply because you are working with a caustic material (lye/sodium hydroxide). It's also not terribly complicated, but it does take some practice to really get it down pat.
I'd also say start with the simplest recipe you can find and make it with water first instead milk. The process is basically the same for all recipes, but there are so many different recipes and additives. Almost any combination of oils and extras can be used as long as the ratios stay correct and the materials are appropriate for soap making. You can check out the ratios of any recipe you want to try by using calculators like this or this.
I suggest starting with water instead of milk because the milk is much more sensitive than water and it burns easily. It needs to be in a slushy, not-completely-frozen state when adding the lye to prevent burning it, but it must also not be too frozen or the mixture will not heat enough.
When I first began making soap in my teens, I learned by using an old recipe from my grandmother and she taught me the ropes. We had a lot of fun!
I wish I could remember the name of the book I started out with, but I can't recall it and the book itself is MIA right now. There are a lot of good ones out there, though, or maybe someone else will chime in with a suggestion or a recipe. Soap making is a lot of fun!