How to make soap 'from scratch' at home

The process of soap making at home is gaining increasing recognition among bold experimenters who want to try everything on their own, even an indispensable part of hygiene - soap.

There are two ways of soap making: hot and cold. How to make soap "from scratch" hot method? To do this, soap mass should be cooked quite a long time, 5 hours, and for making Castilian soap , you will take at least 6 hours. You can use it almost immediately after cooking. With the cold method after the trace stage, the soap will mature about 1 month.

To make soap with your hands "from scratch", you will need some ingredients and devices, without which you will not get anything done. Preliminary it is necessary to prepare a premise and devices for soap making. The place where this process will take place must necessarily be ventilated. All containers, measuring spoons and appliances should not be used later in cooking.

If you have undertaken such an exciting lesson, do not forget that this is work with corrosive substances, so you must have protection. Security - above all! Since the task of how to make soap "from scratch" involves working with alkali, where all these measures will be extremely necessary, and they must be strictly observed.

Soap making is a serious and creative process, in which feelings and thoughts must be embedded. Do not forget that you must approach this work with a good mood and always in a positive state.

Soap "from scratch" is obtained by the interaction of fatty acids and alkali. During the chemical reaction, the saponification process begins. Wax, vegetable oils, animal fats and butter-butter can be used as a fatty acid.

Before the beginning of the process try to close the oilcloth those objects and areas of the floor, which can be spoiled by the ingress of alkali on them. It is necessary to have an accurate balance for weighing alkali and essential oils, especially if you are cooking a small piece weighing less than ½ kg. You will need a container for mixing the ingredients, a saucepan, a refractory container for alkali, a strainer, disposable glasses, mixing sticks, molds, a spoon, a thermometer and a mixer.

So, let's start our experiment called soap "from scratch". We suggest you in this recipe to replace the water component with a cucumber slurry. The soap will have a beautiful saturated green color, and the cucumber mass and juice will give it a special smoothness and softness.

Many fans of making soap with their own hands "from scratch" use as a basis a ready soap billet. It has foaming agents, preservatives and thickeners. In this case, as with alkali, soap will not be 100% natural.

Soap "from scratch." General manufacturing rules:

• Determine the prescription and calculate the weight of the necessary components;
• Accurately weigh all the ingredients. Solid and liquid components should be kept in separate containers;
• We weigh water, ice or cucumber mass. Use only clean, bottled water;
• Weigh all the fillers and additives;
• Melt on the water bath solid constituents: wax and oils;
• Wear clothing that corresponds to safety: an apron, gloves, goggles and a respirator;
• Very carefully weigh alkali;
• The container in which the alkaline solution will be made must be placed in the sink under the head of cold water, thanks to which the container will cool more quickly during the chemical reaction.
• Add alkaline in small portions, stirring constantly. If instead of water, you use ice, it instantly melts.
• After the alkali has dissolved, pour the solution through the strainer into the oil mixture, in order to avoid the appearance of undissolved crystals that can cause a thermal burn on the skin . Mix the whole mass well.

The principle of how to make soap "from scratch", you now know. Now choose the cooking method and the fill mold that suits you best.