05/15/2024
How to Make Soap Using 3 Simple Ingredients
⚠️⚠️⚠️ When working with lye and raw soap batter, be sure to use lye safe equipment and PPE. Follow safe soaping practices for a successful and rewarding experience. SAFETY FIRST!!! ⚠️⚠️⚠️
Castile Soap Recipe:
32 oz Olive Oil
8.24 oz Distilled Water
4.12 oz Sodium Hydroxide
Amendment: Many soapers prefer to cure Castile soap for an extended period of time. Personally, I cure mine for 1 year! This lends itself to a gentler bar with a more desirable slip.
Note: With all soap recipes, ALWAYS run the numbers through a lye calculator to get the precise measurements for the specific oils you are using. Different oils soaponify at different rates. I use soapcalc.net. Regarding fragrance and essential oils, follow your supplier’s recommended soap safe usage rates.
Historically, soap was made using potash which is sodium hydroxide aka lye. When mixed at the right ratios, lye and oils create a chemical change called soaponifaction, resulting in a new compound we call soap. There is no lye remaining in the finished product.
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