If you are still making your own soap, you can fill a spray bottle with vinegar to neutralize the lye. I learned that by accident 12 yrs ago when I began making soap! I spray everything down as soon as I'm finished with it, as I always have to be vigilant with my little ones around. Wish you & yours a Happy New Year.
Wow at all the negative comments...holy. So, it isn't your cup of tea...that's ok- he was posting something that maybe some people find helpful. He said this was soap for his own personal use, so perhaps he isn't worried about some of the things posted about. He stated that you should use safety gear, but perhaps he is comfortable not using it...his choice. I am certain this isn't his first batch of soap... Thanks for the video.
+The Do It Yourself World Great job and if it works for you ... excellent. I do make my own soap for few years now through different methods, and by watching your video I got an idea. you inspired me Thank you! :)
I found your video to be very informative and helpful. It is great that you've mentioned where you were able to come across the lye used during the soap making process as we have many customers asking us the same question. When mixing lye into water it gets extremely hot, I try to cool the temperature down by letting it sit in front of a fan for a short period of time before mixing it into olive oil and melted Shea butter. Great job on your video and I hope to see more !
Thanks. No problem with the questions. You get lather without the coconut but it lathers much more with it. We are trained to want lather in our soaps these days so it feels nice and satisfying to use coconut.
Hey, just wanted to say - great video, you made your point clear and the fact that your recording and set up isn't instagram-levels of highbrow polished in the use of fancy ingredients and gear, but bare bones (a wooden stick and a baking mold you got for free?) is actually *REALLY* helpful to take off the edge, when starting out one the journey of soapmaking. Most of the videos out there make it look really sophisticated, so it can seem intimidating to get started at all. Seeing this really helped me. Thanks!
Thank you for the feedback. I agree, most of the top notch videos are intimidating. Once I made my first batch, I saw how super simple it was and have been making soap ever since.
When the shelves are bare one day, the skills will be good to have. Actually, this is natural and pure and better than the artificial stuff sold in stores.
There are many ways to make soap. Obviously, this method works for him so I applaud him. - And yes, you have to use lye to make soap. It is part of the saponification process. If someone says their soap is lye-free, then they do not have soap. Just a fact. Sodium hydroxide (lye) is what reacts with fats and oils to emulsify into soap. :)
Our ancestors made soap at home without a weigh scale. Weigh scales are a new safety precaution. I like that this fellow does his cold process differently. It proves there are many ways of accomplishing the same thing. His soap doesn't appear to be harsh, based on the condition of his hands. Proving, that although one has to be very respectful of the extremely, caustic nature of lye (we used it in the outhouse to reduce - eat away - the excrement as it rose too high for the hole), it can be used safely in the home.
I just came across your video. I don't know how to but if I were you, I would disable comments. Clearly many of the people commenting have not researched how soap is made. The same soap they use daily is made with lye. I thank you for this video. It is informative and I think I'm going to give it a try.
Just the information I was looking for. You explained it well in simple and plain language. I appreciate your emphasis on safety whenever necessary. Thank you and keep up the good work. Subscribed!
Thank you. My new wife Melanie will soon be taking over the soap making and adding crafts and other things to the list. I will announce it on this playlist when she gets started.
Simon Hunt It is also used in making bagels and pretzels. It is caustic in its pure form but once it is mixed with oil under heat, it goes through a conversion and becomes soap. The soap you buy from the store is made using lye. Just that natural soap has no artificial and harmful chemicals added. Just think that sodium and chlorine are both poison alone but together you have salt.
Kat Williams Well not exactly. Parietal cells produce hydrochloric acid, a strong acid that helps to break down food. The stomach is protected by the epithelial cells, which produce and secrete a bicarbonate-rich solution that coats the mucosa. This continuous supply of bicarbonate is the main way that your stomach protects itself from autodigestion (the stomach digesting itself) and the overall acidic environment.
kj197734 Yes. I am aware of the details, but felt that might've been a bit of a reach for this audience. Thanks for adding the details though. We are all wiser because of it!
It is possible to add scent and use different oils. I wanted to keep this a very basic recipe for beginners. To add scent requires timing and checking the temperature. The heat will boil off any essential oils if it is too hot. You can use other oil. Different oil gives different properties. Coconut oil gives more lather. Olive oil moisturizes the skin. A mixture of oils is often used for the best results. I will do more vids on these points later.
In the end after the process is finished and just before you pour it into molds. Check the flash point of the stuff you add to make sure the temperature is below the boiling point or it will evaporate off.
You use soap every day (I hope). Is is made using lye. Once its mixed with oil and converted into soap, it is harmless and actually good for your skin. By the way, lye is used in food making as well. Bagels are made using lye, for example
Very creative and informative, this is a very good way! I am a chemist and can fully ensure everyone here that this recipe is great and in no way harmful. Techman is correct, all soaps are made with lye, and after the reaction between all ingredients, the soap is harmless, in fact, is better than anything on the market! Good job Techman! I'm sure many will find this video usefull.
I am so scared but I may try this outside in the spring....if it ever comes.I want to learn as much as I can and teach it to the younger ladies at church.Some haven't a clue on how to do food storage,can,dehydrate...so and so on.So I try to pass on some knowledge to the younger ones.Ty for this.
My mother is a long time soap maker and sells her soaps and gives the bars of soap to her friends and family and she says you have to put lye in your soap. Probably not your melt and pour or glycerin I am assuming. But lye is not dangerous to your skin once the soap has cured.
Yes, it has a natural moisturizing agent, glycerin which occurs naturally in the oil. It is very good for your skin and glycerin is often added to skin care products for that purpose.
I use a double broiler and only melt my hard Shea butters/Palm oils and I barely get my oils at 100F, then I add my melted oils with my pomace olive oil in a plastic bowl. My lye is mixed with ice in a stainless steel small pitcher. I use heat resistant spatulas for my soap making. I mix my oils/lye at 65-70F Max in a big plastic bowl. I also use fragrance or essential oils to scent my soaps. I do not at all like unscented soaps personally. I use food grade caustic soda(lye) only. If I used that shallow pan to mix, I'd have it everywhere!!!LOL. I do make myself sea salt bars or I put natural loofah's inside. Sea salt is very good for your skin and I add it right before I pour into my mold. I use the amount of salt as the weight of my oils. The salt soap last longer. I also make my own laundry soap. It works much better then commercial soaps!
Where are your gloves? You said one must use gloves, then proceed to make without gloves.😂 I've burned my hands with lye, I just got a second degree burn(blistered). But it wasn't that horrible. I do keep vinegar on hand to neutralize any lye mishaps.
Ann, I've been soaping for almost a year now. I'm still quite new. When adding additives, they are added usually after trace. I just made a soap where infused the oil before hand with 15-20 vanilla beans. I used vanilla beans that I made my homemade vanilla extract in, so they had a bit of rum in there too. I drain the bean pods, ground them up in the food processor and added them after trace. It worked! The soap is curing and it's nice and bubbly from trying the end piece. I'm going to make a coffee soap soon. I do use other oils then olive. I add coconut, Palm. Castor and often Shea butter, it cuts the curing time to about 4 weeks. Using just olive oil takes 6 months to cure, but I hear it's a beautiful and wonderful soap . Have a soap calculator to measure out the oils, lye, essential oils, etc is nice. Good luck with your soap. 😊
Nicole - hi Nicole, I’m new to making soap. Can you share where you get your info? Or do you have some videos we can watch to become better acquainted with soap making? Thank you, for the help.
I am still looking for proper details. So far, I know you take a bucket and put small holes in the bottom of it. Line it with straw. Then fill with hard wood ash. Pour water into the bucket. Collect the water out the bottom. Pour back through until you get the "proper" strength. Never yet found how to tell though. I do know that their soap was soft and even runny, but effective. I think there is no specific recipe. Not that I have found.
Wow now I'll be making my own soap lol so cool. Can I add like oats and some lavender to this with out exploding lol if so when should I add the oats and lavender, like at the end of the processing. Thx so much for giving us viewers tips on soap making! Awesome video!
This video was very simple, very basic, and just FINE. Thanks for the easy breezy recipe for soap. I searched all over for Lye, and eventually ended up with what you had. I found it at ACE hardware for 4.95 for 16 oz, but you have to ask for it. It's not displayed on the shelf. I would probably use some kind of fragrance though, even just a basic one. Thanks for the vid!!!
You don't need to slowly add the lye to the water. You can put it in rather quickly. You can use refrigerated or nearly frozen water so it doesn't get nearly as hot. There is no chemical reaction when you combine water and lye, it simple dissolves, just like salt. The only difference is that dissolving lye is exothermic.
+Shawny Finn Vinegar should never be used to neutralize lye on the skin. It's a common mistake that is still perpetuated. It will cause an exothermic reaction on the skin, making the burn worse. Flush for 10 minutes with cold water only.
@@StephyThompson Thank you for clearing that up. i found it strange it wasent doing much good. rather made it worse as you say. but i thought it was because i used a very strong vinegar.
I use a mix of vegetable oil, coconut oil and lye to make a nice lather. Different oils have different effects on the soap qualities. Pioneers used wood ash lye and animal fat. Smelled horrible, was runny but worked well.
I am glad that I wasn't the only one to see parts of the stick in the mix. I don't know if its unsanitary to you, but it would be to me to use a stick from the ground. No telling what has been on it, and who pee's on it, But other than that, it was a nice, simple video.
This can't be a serious comment. You're joking right? Obviously stupidity IS the number one cause of fear. First, you assume the stick came from some place where it could be contaminated (peed on). Second, you perceive natural as unsanitary (why are you even looking at homemade soaps???). Lastly, HE WASHED THE STICK IN LYE!!! It is now more sanitary then the air coming out of your mouth!
Your upset because I blasted you, but I'm not the only one. As far as being stupid, I hope you think again, because I'm not the one stirring the pot with a stick...
and as far as being fearful, YEAH, I guess your right about that, for I have no clue where that stick has been, and neither do you....peace out stick stir-er....hahaha.,.gotta love RUclips to bring the best out inf what folks do with sticks...
Wow sweety. Umm I'm not the one you "blasted". And I'm not upset whatsoever. Just pointing out several reasons why your stupidity shines like a spotlight.
Well youngster, I wasn't the one stirring the pot like a witch,...before you call folks dumb,, make sure that you see what your doing first..oh wait,,I see a spot on that stick of yours...oh, its a bug..hahaha...WOW do you need me to send you a spoon? it won't be made out of a tree branch either...But your upset, I wasn't the only one who commented on your branch stirring thing...maybe you need to re-tape,,its kinda funny, a man and a stick,,go figure...
I have found that adding all the lye into the water all at once (steady pour) then stirring is the safest way, adding a little and stirring creates the reaction environment and then as you add more lye it accelerates and boils up and all over everything. I have seen a lot of folks saying don't use paper for measuring lye, I have used paper cups for years, not any issues.
This is the masculine approach to making soap. Lot of fun to watch! Specially the little extras embedded in the soap. Chemically burned stick anyone? LOL.
Add the scent to your soap right after removing heat and just before you pour it into molds. Alcohol based products evaporate fast to check the flash temperature of the product you are using and wait for the soap to cool to that temperature before adding scents to it.
I wanted to state these fact(s) about soap: Soap is chemically a form of salt made from fatty acids. Made from a mixture of fat and alkaline solution, soap can have different kinds of effects on the skin. Moreover, soap manufactures target consumers who want the kinds of soap that does not have or give them dry effects on the skin. Some soaps have antibacterial components while others have milk to target giving the skin a softness and moisture. Regardless of what ingredients are found in soaps, the two basic ingredients for a soap to come to form are as follows: 1.) Fats 2.) alkali Are the two basic soap ingredients. Lye is needed to bring about the process of saponification, fats are broken down in a form where it can be dissolved, using lye. Because lye has a strong chemical property, it has the ability to perform hydrolysis, and in the final process of purification and finishing, soap is for and produced for use of bathing, and washing up, etc.🌸😮🌸
@N Denise Please never use Vinegar on a Lye Spill when it comes to the skin. Only for Countertops/Floors or other surfaces. When it comes to the skin, rinse well with running water only. Never Vinegar.
You can run water through wood ashes, but that just gives you an old fashioned natural form of lye. I do not know of any other way to make it. But, then the lye is mixed with oil and heated, they are both chemically changed into pure, natural and healthy soap. It is moisturizing and good for your skin.
Wood ash is a natural source of lye. Take a barrel, punch holes in the bottom. Put straw in the bottom to cover the holes. Put wood ash, from hard wood in the barrel. Pour water through it. Catch the water out the bottom and pour it back through until you get it strong enough to make soap with. Not sure how to test it really, thats all i know and I am still looking for better details. The old ways are getting lost. We need to keep them going.
Good video! Two observations though: first, no chemical reaction occurs when dissolving lye in water... just ionization of NaOH to give Na+ and OH-, which is exothermic (thus, the rise in temperature). Secondly, no poisonous gases are released either... just water vapour caused by the fact that the solutions gets warm or even hot. When scaled up, the solution may release copious ammounts of vapour that might carry the corrosive dissolved ions. Therefore, I agree that this step should be performed in a well ventilated area or, even better, under a fume cupboard.
Lye is what converts the oil into soap. Once its been used up in the process the soap is safe. The pioneers used wood ashes and poured water over them to get lye water and mixed it with animal fat to make a smelly, runny sort of soap. But it worked. Even commercial soaps are made using lye.
ACK! You REALLY need some safety precautions here! Gloves, a stable lye vessel, an accurate scale. Try using spoons made from HDPE rather than wood that dissolves in lye, and HPDE or stainless steel mixing cup as lye will etch glass over time and can cause it to eventually explode. You also might want to mention that your pan is stainless steel and not aluminum, as aluminum will react with the lye. Honestly, there are so many safety issues in this video that you really should just take it down. Rather than risk the safety of those watching it who decide to try your method.
elementalfunk Wood can leave lye saturated splinters in your soap. And I'm not being "exaggerative" at all, it's called caution. Wouldn't you feel even a little bad if your lesson here caused someone lye burns?
I make soap out of the bear and deer fat I'm left with ever year after hunting season. I just add additional oil to get the soap features I want. Any of the online soap calculators tell you everything you want to know. They have every oil built into them.
Jon Reid using hunted animal fats to make soap that is definitely natural. So this guy uses veggie oil and drain opener solution to make soap, but if man have been doing this from ancient times, it must be ok? Any oil will do?
+Hienh Saiyasith "drain opener solution" That is 100% lye it shows on the container he's using :) so if you get it from the plumbing section it must say 100% lye or don't buy it :) and yes almost any oil will do
This is an easy-to-follow direction to show the basic ingredients and how to mix them. No frills here and viewers should add their own touch in making their own soup - utensils, gloves, mask, stove, containers, molds - We're all grown up. Use our imaginations.
WOW! I watched this and was amazed it even worked at all. Estimating the amount of water, using an amateur scale for the lye, an impossible-to-control thermostat on a shallow pan, and the tree branch with bark flaking off into the soap. Watching the fumbling around with that envelope looked extremely dangerous. If you are a beginner, I would recommend following a much more controlled process. Even with all those problems it still made soap, showing how easy it really is. An excellent reference for a beginner is a book called "SOAP--Making it, Enjoying it" by Ann Bramson. I think the copyright date is clear back in the 80's, but I recently bought a copy from a website called "Once Sold Tales", a used book site. Probably Amazon or other used book sites as well. Making your own soap is fun, gratifying, and easy, but I would recommend more accuracy and safety that shown here.
You can mix and blend as you like. The pioneers used rendered animal fat. Smelled horrible but worked well. I use a bit of both with veggie oil for a nice lather and great moisturizing.
Okay, as a soap maker, I can honestly say that this guy uses the most unsafe methods possible. You ALWAYS measure your ingredients by weight, Not volume -- even water and oils. It is the only way to ensure that your recipe is exact. Otherwise, it could be lye-heavy and burn your skin. #1. You add water to lye--slowly, while stirring. #2. You always use pyrex to mix lye and oils in. #3. Use stainless steel utensils, NOT a stick. A stick will leave splinters in your soap. #4. You use a stick blender to stir the soap batter to the consistency of pudding. You DO NOT cook Cold Process soap #5. To cook the soap (also known as Hot Process), you use a crock pot or a large stainless steel pot. #6. For Cold Process soap, you use either a silicone mold, a plastic mold, or a wooden mold. Plastic and wood MUST be lined with a plastic bag or freezer paper for easy removal. It must cure for at least one month to ensure that the lye is completely neutralized. For a more reputable source, go to Soaping 101, and Soap Queen TV.
+Nancy Hernandez Are you serious Nancy? # 1 Are you saying to add water to lye? This is a NO, NO for obvious reasons. Even a simple "google" will tell you this. Quote from Nature's Garden: "So, to sum up this lesson in soap making: NEVER POUR WATER ONTO LYE….YOU WILL CREATE A LYE VOLCANO!!!! # 2. Who told you to use only pyrex? I have used heat resistant plastic to mix lye, with no problem # 3. Satay sticks are fine and leave no splinters. But I agree, I wouldn't go and pick one up out of the garden.
lol.... just goes to show... pleace out... because just too many people use wrong "terminology" even though every needs to LOOK to see what they are doing, along with saying. Not everyone is making and selling soap professionally on youtube or other places, however, knowing what not to do because it could be dangerous should always be mentioned... And their are methods that some are teaching and then their students or them go crazy when it is not done that way, but have been done other ways for 100 years. so some people other than danger, need to chill out on people. Or give friendly advice. I saw people other day doing this. cracks me up. lol I just shaking my head... Personally, that "electric low pot got to me.
Thank you so much. All the other ones on here will lead you around the tree but really tell the measurements. You was not afraid to. I've made lard and lye soap for 40 years+.. I'm 65 and never made oil soap. If you don't mind, I have some questions. You cant make lard soap in the winter, it don't cure write, the center stays wet. Does the oil soap cure during winter time. I need something to do. I'd like to try the oil soap if I knew it would turn out right. If you don't mind, let me know about the oil curing during the winter. I'm watching these soap movies but don't know if they were taped in winter or summer. Terry, Thanks
After it is mixed with the oil, both ingredients are chemically changed and become soap. The same stuff you use every day, just pure and healthier for you because there are no artificial additives. Once the lye is used up in the soap making process it is harmless.
Its not toxic nor burning when the process is finished. Every bar of soap on the shelves at the store are made the same way. The difference is this is a natural process with no artificial chemicals so it is better for you.
The old timers used animal fat and lye from wood ashes. You put straw in a barrel with holes in the bottom. Put wood ash on top. Pour water in and lye water comes out. They used animal fat instead of vegetable oil. Same soap as I make now.
All soap is made with lye (even the stuff at the store). The lye is chemically changed during to process to make soap. It becomes harmless and natural soap is actually very good for your skin.
I use Pyrex glass, but good point, thanks. I have asked around and did some studies and this source of lye is food grade. The hardware store I got it at sells it to a lot of soap makers. Thats why they keep it on hand.
Gloves and eye protection are a must when handling lye. You can use stainless steel long handled kitchen spoon to stir or a hand stick blender with stainless steel blades. It will come to trace faster with the stick blender (and certain oils). Use a glass or stainless steel cup or bowl to measure lye NOT a flimsy piece of paper! I use a much taller stainless steel or other non reactive pot as some recipes can foam up quite a bit. Also if you do not have to heat up the oil to make soap. The oil and the lye must be the same temperature when added together. I keep a 50/50 solution of lye/distilled water in a large mason/canning jar (room temperature). When I make a soap recipe I just add The amount I need from this and the balance of water to the oil (also at room temperature). The lye makes its own heat as it mixes with the oil. Works great and super easy. For your recipe: 16 Oz vegetable oil7.5 Oz water 2 Oz lye you would need: 16 oz vegetable oil 5,5 oz water 4 oz 50/50 lye/distilled water solution Another little tip. If you leave it in your oven overnight on the lowest setting it will saponify much quicker for a small batch such as this. Test it out with some PH strips.
Right on - this is so timely and cool for me! Just bought a bunch of glycerin to cure some fall foliage for a personal art project and now I am going to use it to make me some soap - thank you!
Yes essential oils can be added in at the end. But you have to wait for the temperature to be below the flash point of the oil or it will just evaporate off. Its not that dangerous really if you simply follow the instructions. Just be careful adding the lye slowly to the water and not the water to the lye and you will be fine.
I have a problem with the ingredients you put in to make soap you can't use vegetable oil because they processed it with bad minerals and and other junk but I can tell you now that canola oil is extremely worse for you it came from a seed called rapeseed and it's one of the worst seeds in the world you can't eat those kinds of seeds because they are extremely toxic. And other thing that I have a problem with is lye. If lye is toxic and can eat anything in its path then why do you use it for your skin if it's toxic? I don't get it. As for my opinion I recommend that you should've used either olive oil or coconut oil because those oils are way better quality than vegetable oil and canola oil combined.
I agree on your choice of oil. But lye is in all soap, both homemade and commercial. Lye is used to make pretzels and bagels and much more - that you eat.
You obviously didn't notice, but he was using a tempered glass measuring cup, like Pyrex, which is even oven-proof. If it can with-stand oven temperatures, it can handle lye solution.
Try some research before you mouth off next time. You can't make soap without lye, as Heather said. Anyone who tells you they don't use lye in their soap is lying.
Heather Winberg Many if not all melt and pour bases contain sodium palmatate, sodium cocoate, sodium stearate or tallowate. All of these are results of the saponification process and that means that the oil was treated with lye (sodium hydroxide) just like in all other soaps. Sodium hydroxide (lye)+palm oil = sodium palmatate. Sodium hydroxide(lye) + coconut oil = sodium cocoate. Sodium hydroxide(lye) + beef fat = sodium stearate and tallowate. Yum! So, even melt and pour has been through the saponification process with lye. It just happened before you purchased it.
Thank you so much for all the fantastic tips that other folks' videos will not tell us. I was sad gloves were not worn though you mentioned to us twice to wear them when handling lye.
Happy you liked it. I hope to do more soap making videos this winter. We moved to a new homestead (we, I got married) and are going to be doing a lot of homesteading and DIY stuff this year.
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If you are still making your own soap, you can fill a spray bottle with vinegar to neutralize the lye. I learned that by accident 12 yrs ago when I began making soap! I spray everything down as soon as I'm finished with it, as I always have to be vigilant with my little ones around. Wish you & yours a Happy New Year.
Could you please tell the ingredients in grams, milliliters and their ratio pls
@@mizzpoetrics kya use kre lye ki jgh ..jo harmfull na ho ...plzz suggest
@@no.1malik888 I'm sorry, I don't quite understand what you're asking me.
Wow at all the negative comments...holy. So, it isn't your cup of tea...that's ok- he was posting something that maybe some people find helpful. He said this was soap for his own personal use, so perhaps he isn't worried about some of the things posted about. He stated that you should use safety gear, but perhaps he is comfortable not using it...his choice. I am certain this isn't his first batch of soap...
Thanks for the video.
Thank you very much. True I have made it many times already. Its a plain and simple recipe and it works.
The Do It Yourself World lye made soap is awesome. great video
+The Do It Yourself World Great job and if it works for you ... excellent. I do make my own soap for few years now through different methods, and by watching your video I got an idea. you inspired me Thank you! :)
Ally M. because he said all natural but has some things that aren't
The stick was natural...so shut up.
Can you believe it.
I read soap and came here looking for soup.
Made me smile.
Must be an age thing.
I'll get back to my vegetable gardening.
I found your video to be very informative and helpful. It is great that you've mentioned where you were able to come across the lye used during the soap making process as we have many customers asking us the same question. When mixing lye into water it gets extremely hot, I try to cool the temperature down by letting it sit in front of a fan for a short period of time before mixing it into olive oil and melted Shea butter. Great job on your video and I hope to see more !
Thanks. No problem with the questions.
You get lather without the coconut but it lathers much more with it. We are trained to want lather in our soaps these days so it feels nice and satisfying to use coconut.
Olive oil acts like a moisturizer. Coconut oil makes a nice lather.
Hey, just wanted to say - great video, you made your point clear and the fact that your recording and set up isn't instagram-levels of highbrow polished in the use of fancy ingredients and gear, but bare bones (a wooden stick and a baking mold you got for free?) is actually *REALLY* helpful to take off the edge, when starting out one the journey of soapmaking. Most of the videos out there make it look really sophisticated, so it can seem intimidating to get started at all. Seeing this really helped me. Thanks!
Thank you for the feedback. I agree, most of the top notch videos are intimidating. Once I made my first batch, I saw how super simple it was and have been making soap ever since.
When the shelves are bare one day, the skills will be good to have. Actually, this is natural and pure and better than the artificial stuff sold in stores.
That day has come, my friend.
It is caustic when pure. It is used to make bagels and soap. When it is mixed with oil and heated it is changed chemically into a harmless substance.
There are many ways to make soap. Obviously, this method works for him so I applaud him. - And yes, you have to use lye to make soap. It is part of the saponification process. If someone says their soap is lye-free, then they do not have soap. Just a fact. Sodium hydroxide (lye) is what reacts with fats and oils to emulsify into soap. :)
All soap is lye soap. Any other cleaning agent is a detergent!
Hog Wallow Soaps potassium not sodium hydroxide
But if i dont have sodium hydroxide
@@hilarylazard7554 potassium hydroxide makes liquid soap, sodium hydroxide makes bar soap.
Our ancestors made soap at home without a weigh scale. Weigh scales are a new safety precaution. I like that this fellow does his cold process differently. It proves there are many ways of accomplishing the same thing. His soap doesn't appear to be harsh, based on the condition of his hands. Proving, that although one has to be very respectful of the extremely, caustic nature of lye (we used it in the outhouse to reduce - eat away - the excrement as it rose too high for the hole), it can be used safely in the home.
The wood does not break down that fast and I toss it afterwards. Thats why I use the wood.
Sorry about not using protective gear. My bad.
I just came across your video. I don't know how to but if I were you, I would disable comments. Clearly many of the people commenting have not researched how soap is made. The same soap they use daily is made with lye. I thank you for this video. It is informative and I think I'm going to give it a try.
Thank you. It is surprising to see what people say about soap. lol
I use virgin first cold pressed olive oil with coconut oil for the best soap. I will post my recipes later on my website and mention it in my video.
Just the information I was looking for. You explained it well in simple and plain language. I appreciate your emphasis on safety whenever necessary. Thank you and keep up the good work. Subscribed!
Thank you. My new wife Melanie will soon be taking over the soap making and adding crafts and other things to the list. I will announce it on this playlist when she gets started.
So LYE can "melt your skin" and we use it in soap as a natural ingredients...does that feel right to you!
Simon Hunt It is also used in making bagels and pretzels. It is caustic in its pure form but once it is mixed with oil under heat, it goes through a conversion and becomes soap. The soap you buy from the store is made using lye. Just that natural soap has no artificial and harmful chemicals added.
Just think that sodium and chlorine are both poison alone but together you have salt.
So, acid can cut through flesh, yet humans carry it around in our stomachs. Ain't chemistry amazin'?!
It is called saponification. Lye is safe for skin once it is properly converted to soap.
Kat Williams Well not exactly. Parietal cells produce hydrochloric acid, a strong acid that helps to break down food. The stomach is protected by the epithelial cells, which produce and secrete a bicarbonate-rich solution that coats the mucosa. This continuous supply of bicarbonate is the main way that your stomach protects itself from autodigestion (the stomach digesting itself) and the overall acidic environment.
kj197734 Yes. I am aware of the details, but felt that might've been a bit of a reach for this audience. Thanks for adding the details though. We are all wiser because of it!
this is the easiest recipe with easy measurements . so happy i just found this , thank you so much .
It is an amazing chemical change that goes on when the lye converts the oil into soap making a whole new substance that is good for your skin.
This soap was quite common when I was a child, many folks made it. This soap really works well for cleansing when you get poison ivy infection.
It is possible to add scent and use different oils. I wanted to keep this a very basic recipe for beginners.
To add scent requires timing and checking the temperature. The heat will boil off any essential oils if it is too hot.
You can use other oil. Different oil gives different properties. Coconut oil gives more lather. Olive oil moisturizes the skin.
A mixture of oils is often used for the best results.
I will do more vids on these points later.
In the end after the process is finished and just before you pour it into molds. Check the flash point of the stuff you add to make sure the temperature is below the boiling point or it will evaporate off.
You use soap every day (I hope). Is is made using lye. Once its mixed with oil and converted into soap, it is harmless and actually good for your skin.
By the way, lye is used in food making as well. Bagels are made using lye, for example
Very creative and informative, this is a very good way! I am a chemist and can fully ensure everyone here that this recipe is great and in no way harmful. Techman is correct, all soaps are made with lye, and after the reaction between all ingredients, the soap is harmless, in fact, is better than anything on the market! Good job Techman! I'm sure many will find this video usefull.
Yardstick of civilization. Very informative.. Thank you.
I am so scared but I may try this outside in the spring....if it ever comes.I want to learn as much as I can and teach it to the younger ladies at church.Some haven't a clue on how to do food storage,can,dehydrate...so and so on.So I try to pass on some knowledge to the younger ones.Ty for this.
My mother is a long time soap maker and sells her soaps and gives the bars of soap to her friends and family and she says you have to put lye in your soap. Probably not your melt and pour or glycerin I am assuming. But lye is not dangerous to your skin once the soap has cured.
+Missi R You are right. Lye and any oil or lard mixed, the lye eats the oil up and what's left is soap.
+Terry Kidd I've made lard soap for over 40 years, and now going to try to make this. Lard is hard to get a hold of.
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Terry Kidd if lye eats the oil then what are the nutrients be there in soap
@@terrykidd4417 Can not put anything else in place of lye
Nice tip. Thanks.
Hope to do a winter soap making video over an open fire using wood ask. Need to get my wood stove going first to get some lye.
This has been so helpfull is like the easiest home recepy to make soap lol thanks
I am happy to hear that :)
Yes, it has a natural moisturizing agent, glycerin which occurs naturally in the oil. It is very good for your skin and glycerin is often added to skin care products for that purpose.
I use a double broiler and only melt my hard Shea butters/Palm oils and I barely get my oils at 100F, then I add my melted oils with my pomace olive oil in a plastic bowl. My lye is mixed with ice in a stainless steel small pitcher. I use heat resistant spatulas for my soap making. I mix my oils/lye at 65-70F Max in a big plastic bowl. I also use fragrance or essential oils to scent my soaps. I do not at all like unscented soaps personally. I use food grade caustic soda(lye) only.
If I used that shallow pan to mix, I'd have it everywhere!!!LOL. I do make myself sea salt bars or I put natural loofah's inside. Sea salt is very good for your skin and I add it right before I pour into my mold. I use the amount of salt as the weight of my oils. The salt soap last longer.
I also make my own laundry soap. It works much better then commercial soaps!
Where are your gloves? You said one must use gloves, then proceed to make without gloves.😂
I've burned my hands with lye, I just got a second degree burn(blistered). But it wasn't that horrible. I do keep vinegar on hand to neutralize any lye mishaps.
Nicole, I don't know how to add things to my soap. I use olive oil, water and lye. How do I add Chocolate, Coffee, Cinnamon.....etc.
Ann, I've been soaping for almost a year now. I'm still quite new. When adding additives, they are added usually after trace. I just made a soap where infused the oil before hand with 15-20 vanilla beans. I used vanilla beans that I made my homemade vanilla extract in, so they had a bit of rum in there too. I drain the bean pods, ground them up in the food processor and added them after trace. It worked! The soap is curing and it's nice and bubbly from trying the end piece.
I'm going to make a coffee soap soon. I do use other oils then olive. I add coconut, Palm. Castor and often Shea butter, it cuts the curing time to about 4 weeks. Using just olive oil takes 6 months to cure, but I hear it's a beautiful and wonderful soap . Have a soap calculator to measure out the oils, lye, essential oils, etc is nice.
Good luck with your soap. 😊
Nicole - hi Nicole, I’m new to making soap. Can you share where you get your info? Or do you have some videos we can watch to become better acquainted with soap making? Thank you, for the help.
I am still looking for proper details.
So far, I know you take a bucket and put small holes in the bottom of it. Line it with straw. Then fill with hard wood ash. Pour water into the bucket. Collect the water out the bottom. Pour back through until you get the "proper" strength. Never yet found how to tell though.
I do know that their soap was soft and even runny, but effective. I think there is no specific recipe. Not that I have found.
Wow now I'll be making my own soap lol so cool. Can I add like oats and some lavender to this with out exploding lol if so when should I add the oats and lavender, like at the end of the processing. Thx so much for giving us viewers tips on soap making!
Awesome video!
This video was very simple, very basic, and just FINE. Thanks for the easy breezy recipe for soap. I searched all over for Lye, and eventually ended up with what you had. I found it at ACE hardware for 4.95 for 16 oz, but you have to ask for it. It's not displayed on the shelf. I would probably use some kind of fragrance though, even just a basic one. Thanks for the vid!!!
Leonarda Cianculli would love this!
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Yes, you can but its a bit complicated with timing the cooking. You need to cool the soap to below the flash point of the fragrance you want to add.
You don't need to slowly add the lye to the water. You can put it in rather quickly. You can use refrigerated or nearly frozen water so it doesn't get nearly as hot. There is no chemical reaction when you combine water and lye, it simple dissolves, just like salt. The only difference is that dissolving lye is exothermic.
is that not a chemical reaction?
No more so than dissolving salt in water is a chemical reaction. You still have salt or lye. No new compounds created.
Exothermic r
I watched quite a few videos on this and his video is the easiest to follow for beginners such as myself. Great video.
Thank you :)
Thank you. It actually is quite easy after your first batch. I only only homemade soap for years now.
Great video, mate. I recommend having a bottle of vinegar close by, however, if you plan on not protecting your hands :-)
+Shawny Finn Vinegar should never be used to neutralize lye on the skin. It's a common mistake that is still perpetuated. It will cause an exothermic reaction on the skin, making the burn worse. Flush for 10 minutes with cold water only.
@@StephyThompson Thank you for clearing that up. i found it strange it wasent doing much good. rather made it worse as you say. but i thought it was because i used a very strong vinegar.
I use a mix of vegetable oil, coconut oil and lye to make a nice lather. Different oils have different effects on the soap qualities.
Pioneers used wood ash lye and animal fat. Smelled horrible, was runny but worked well.
I am glad that I wasn't the only one to see parts of the stick in the mix. I don't know if its unsanitary to you, but it would be to me to use a stick from the ground. No telling what has been on it, and who pee's on it, But other than that, it was a nice, simple video.
This can't be a serious comment. You're joking right? Obviously stupidity IS the number one cause of fear. First, you assume the stick came from some place where it could be contaminated (peed on). Second, you perceive natural as unsanitary (why are you even looking at homemade soaps???). Lastly, HE WASHED THE STICK IN LYE!!! It is now more sanitary then the air coming out of your mouth!
Your upset because I blasted you, but I'm not the only one. As far as being stupid, I hope you think again, because I'm not the one stirring the pot with a stick...
and as far as being fearful, YEAH, I guess your right about that, for I have no clue where that stick has been, and neither do you....peace out stick stir-er....hahaha.,.gotta love RUclips to bring the best out inf what folks do with sticks...
Wow sweety. Umm I'm not the one you "blasted". And I'm not upset whatsoever. Just pointing out several reasons why your stupidity shines like a spotlight.
Well youngster, I wasn't the one stirring the pot like a witch,...before you call folks dumb,, make sure that you see what your doing first..oh wait,,I see a spot on that stick of yours...oh, its a bug..hahaha...WOW do you need me to send you a spoon? it won't be made out of a tree branch either...But your upset, I wasn't the only one who commented on your branch stirring thing...maybe you need to re-tape,,its kinda funny, a man and a stick,,go figure...
I have found that adding all the lye into the water all at once (steady pour) then stirring is the safest way, adding a little and stirring creates the reaction environment and then as you add more lye it accelerates and boils up and all over everything. I have seen a lot of folks saying don't use paper for measuring lye, I have used paper cups for years, not any issues.
Leonarda loved this video
You beat me to the punch.
This is the masculine approach to making soap. Lot of fun to watch! Specially the little extras embedded in the soap. Chemically burned stick anyone? LOL.
It works well. I use it for washing myself, dishes and laundry. The stick did not actually burn though in the process.
What exactly makes drain cleaner an "all natural" ingredient?
Most aren't. But this one uses lye, which is made from ashes.
Thank you so much. Now I see how simple it can be without so many other ingredients.
We use it every day now. Have for years. And it never leaves a film or residue in my hair like commercial shampoo does.
Hey great recipie! My daughter says it tastes great!!
+Roy Moore lol
+Roy Moore Leonarda loved this video
+Dunning Kruger lol I just watched and I searched how to make soap XD
😂😂😂
Omg. I am done
Please buy a silicone spatula to stir with, it would be so much better then a stick and it won't leave bits of bark behind:)
Do as I say not as I do.
Barnes'd you gotta be talking about the gloves.
😂😂😂😂
We dont care for it.
But will tell u anyways.
So if u care, do for u
@@excellenceoma7526 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@artcraft268
You just laugh.i like your spirit
😊😂😂
Add the scent to your soap right after removing heat and just before you pour it into molds. Alcohol based products evaporate fast to check the flash temperature of the product you are using and wait for the soap to cool to that temperature before adding scents to it.
Leonarda loved this
I wanted to state these fact(s) about soap:
Soap is chemically a form of salt made from fatty acids. Made from a mixture of fat and alkaline solution, soap can have different kinds of effects on the skin. Moreover, soap manufactures target consumers who want the kinds of soap that does not have or give them dry effects on the skin. Some soaps have antibacterial components while others have milk to target giving the skin a softness and moisture. Regardless of what ingredients are found in soaps, the two basic ingredients for a soap to come to form are as follows:
1.) Fats
2.) alkali
Are the two basic soap ingredients.
Lye is needed to bring about the process of saponification, fats are broken down in a form where it can be dissolved, using lye. Because lye has a strong chemical property, it has the ability to perform hydrolysis, and in the final process of purification and finishing, soap is for and produced for use of bathing, and washing up, etc.🌸😮🌸
keep a bottle of vinegar to neutralize any caustic materials
Good idea, thanks
@N Denise
Please never use Vinegar on a Lye Spill when it comes to the skin. Only for Countertops/Floors or other surfaces. When it comes to the skin, rinse well with running water only. Never Vinegar.
You can run water through wood ashes, but that just gives you an old fashioned natural form of lye. I do not know of any other way to make it.
But, then the lye is mixed with oil and heated, they are both chemically changed into pure, natural and healthy soap. It is moisturizing and good for your skin.
I guess a few upgrade would be essential oils, honey and some oats.
Wood ash is a natural source of lye. Take a barrel, punch holes in the bottom. Put straw in the bottom to cover the holes. Put wood ash, from hard wood in the barrel. Pour water through it. Catch the water out the bottom and pour it back through until you get it strong enough to make soap with. Not sure how to test it really, thats all i know and I am still looking for better details. The old ways are getting lost. We need to keep them going.
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Good video! Two observations though: first, no chemical reaction occurs when dissolving lye in water... just ionization of NaOH to give Na+ and OH-, which is exothermic (thus, the rise in temperature). Secondly, no poisonous gases are released either... just water vapour caused by the fact that the solutions gets warm or even hot. When scaled up, the solution may release copious ammounts of vapour that might carry the corrosive dissolved ions. Therefore, I agree that this step should be performed in a well ventilated area or, even better, under a fume cupboard.
I'm very curious about soap from human fat, is the soap a very high quality? and also soap from the fat that surrounds the a newborn baby
You are sick in the head!!
You've been watching fight club.
jonnyt8524 yeah , that's what I mean , from that movie , is that really like that ? or it just fiction ?
I'm sorry mam , I mean from Fight Club movie
I'm sorry too, as a mother, grandmother and human being I find that extremely offensive!
Lye is what converts the oil into soap. Once its been used up in the process the soap is safe.
The pioneers used wood ashes and poured water over them to get lye water and mixed it with animal fat to make a smelly, runny sort of soap. But it worked.
Even commercial soaps are made using lye.
ACK! You REALLY need some safety precautions here! Gloves, a stable lye vessel, an accurate scale. Try using spoons made from HDPE rather than wood that dissolves in lye, and HPDE or stainless steel mixing cup as lye will etch glass over time and can cause it to eventually explode.
You also might want to mention that your pan is stainless steel and not aluminum, as aluminum will react with the lye.
Honestly, there are so many safety issues in this video that you really should just take it down. Rather than risk the safety of those watching it who decide to try your method.
Wood DISSOLVES? I'm not sure what is so unsafe about this. You are being more than a little exaggerative.
elementalfunk Wood can leave lye saturated splinters in your soap. And I'm not being "exaggerative" at all, it's called caution. Wouldn't you feel even a little bad if your lesson here caused someone lye burns?
Hey, I really appreciate your video and precise and careful directions. Really helped. Thank you so much
*Leonarda liked this video*
Very cool! Nice to see a regular guy making some basic non-foo foo soap. Very easy and helpful info! AWESOME!!
+Ya Ya Thank you
I make soap out of the bear and deer fat I'm left with ever year after hunting season. I just add additional oil to get the soap features I want. Any of the online soap calculators tell you everything you want to know. They have every oil built into them.
Fuck You.
Jon Reid using hunted animal fats to make soap that is definitely natural. So this guy uses veggie oil and drain opener solution to make soap, but if man have been doing this from ancient times, it must be ok? Any oil will do?
+Hienh Saiyasith "drain opener solution" That is 100% lye it shows on the container he's using :) so if you get it from the plumbing section it must say 100% lye or don't buy it :) and yes almost any oil will do
@@TheDabetheman little intense dont you think
This is an easy-to-follow direction to show the basic ingredients and how to mix them. No frills here and viewers should add their own touch in making their own soup - utensils, gloves, mask, stove, containers, molds - We're all grown up. Use our imaginations.
WOW! I watched this and was amazed it even worked at all. Estimating the amount of water, using an amateur scale for the lye, an impossible-to-control thermostat on a shallow pan, and the tree branch with bark flaking off into the soap. Watching the fumbling around with that envelope looked extremely dangerous. If you are a beginner, I would recommend following a much more controlled process. Even with all those problems it still made soap, showing how easy it really is. An excellent reference for a beginner is a book called "SOAP--Making it, Enjoying it" by Ann Bramson. I think the copyright date is clear back in the 80's, but I recently bought a copy from a website called "Once Sold Tales", a used book site. Probably Amazon or other used book sites as well. Making your own soap is fun, gratifying, and easy, but I would recommend more accuracy and safety that shown here.
Its not that dangerous you can use plastic, good ventilation is important as tap water contain chlorine which will get changed into a gas. Good work.
You can mix and blend as you like. The pioneers used rendered animal fat. Smelled horrible but worked well.
I use a bit of both with veggie oil for a nice lather and great moisturizing.
Okay, as a soap maker, I can honestly say that this guy uses the most unsafe methods possible. You ALWAYS measure your ingredients by weight, Not volume -- even water and oils. It is the only way to ensure that your recipe is exact. Otherwise, it could be lye-heavy and burn your skin.
#1. You add water to lye--slowly, while stirring.
#2. You always use pyrex to mix lye and oils in.
#3. Use stainless steel utensils, NOT a stick. A stick will leave splinters in your soap. #4. You use a stick blender to stir the soap batter to the consistency of pudding. You DO NOT cook Cold Process soap
#5. To cook the soap (also known as Hot Process), you use a crock pot or a large stainless steel pot.
#6. For Cold Process soap, you use either a silicone mold, a plastic mold, or a wooden mold. Plastic and wood MUST be lined with a plastic bag or freezer paper for easy removal. It must cure for at least one month to ensure that the lye is completely neutralized.
For a more reputable source, go to Soaping 101, and Soap Queen TV.
+Nancy Hernandez
Are you serious Nancy?
# 1 Are you saying to add water to lye? This is a NO, NO for obvious reasons. Even a simple "google" will tell you this.
Quote from Nature's Garden: "So, to sum up this lesson in soap making: NEVER POUR WATER ONTO LYE….YOU WILL CREATE A LYE VOLCANO!!!!
# 2. Who told you to use only pyrex? I have used heat resistant plastic to mix lye, with no problem
# 3. Satay sticks are fine and leave no splinters. But I agree, I wouldn't go and pick one up out of the garden.
That's who I like Soaping 101....I guess he wanted to try something new, l think he confused cold, with hot, hot cooked soap.
lol.... just goes to show... pleace out... because just too many people use wrong "terminology" even though every needs to LOOK to see what they are doing, along with saying. Not everyone is making and selling soap professionally on youtube or other places, however, knowing what not to do because it could be dangerous should always be mentioned... And their are methods that some are teaching and then their students or them go crazy when it is not done that way, but have been done other ways for 100 years. so some people other than danger, need to chill out on people. Or give friendly advice. I saw people other day doing this. cracks me up. lol I just shaking my head... Personally, that "electric low pot got to me.
Nancy Hernandez I worked with chemicals and everything thing was weighed. I admire your knowledge.
Thank you so much. All the other ones on here will lead you around the tree but really tell the measurements. You was not afraid to. I've made lard and lye soap for 40 years+.. I'm 65 and never made oil soap. If you don't mind, I have some questions. You cant make lard soap in the winter, it don't cure write, the center stays wet. Does the oil soap cure during winter time. I need something to do. I'd like to try the oil soap if I knew it would turn out right. If you don't mind, let me know about the oil curing during the winter. I'm watching these soap movies but don't know if they were taped in winter or summer.
Terry, Thanks
Lye and Natural shouldn't be used in the same sentence....No wonder my skin is breaking out in patches O_0
Creative Creation Got news for you: all soap is made with lye. Once it’s gone through the saponification process, there is no lye remaining.
After it is mixed with the oil, both ingredients are chemically changed and become soap. The same stuff you use every day, just pure and healthier for you because there are no artificial additives. Once the lye is used up in the soap making process it is harmless.
I'm not sure how Lye/Drain Opener is a "natural" ingredient. How can I make soap with natural ingredients that are not caustic?
+David Thanks for clarifying that. Are you sure you're not lying? lol (Sorry for my cornball sense of humour)
+Au seeker Yikes! I think I'll go the unnatural route, when it comes to lye, after that story.
its natural sodium hydroxide
its natural sodium hydroxide
its natural sodium hydroxide
Its not toxic nor burning when the process is finished. Every bar of soap on the shelves at the store are made the same way. The difference is this is a natural process with no artificial chemicals so it is better for you.
Why aren't you using gloves??
The old timers used animal fat and lye from wood ashes. You put straw in a barrel with holes in the bottom. Put wood ash on top. Pour water in and lye water comes out. They used animal fat instead of vegetable oil. Same soap as I make now.
Even the stick is natural.:)
hana777amanuel 😂😂
All soap is made with lye (even the stuff at the store). The lye is chemically changed during to process to make soap. It becomes harmless and natural soap is actually very good for your skin.
"Use gloves while handling lye", doesn't use gloves.
I use Pyrex glass, but good point, thanks.
I have asked around and did some studies and this source of lye is food grade. The hardware store I got it at sells it to a lot of soap makers. Thats why they keep it on hand.
Tyler Durden is that you?
Gloves and eye protection are a must when handling lye. You can use stainless steel long handled kitchen spoon to stir or a hand stick blender with stainless steel blades. It will come to trace faster with the stick blender (and certain oils). Use a glass or stainless steel cup or bowl to measure lye NOT a flimsy piece of paper!
I use a much taller stainless steel or other non reactive pot as some recipes can foam up quite a bit. Also if you do not have to heat up the oil to make soap. The oil and the lye must be the same temperature when added together. I keep a 50/50 solution of lye/distilled water in a large mason/canning jar (room temperature). When I make a soap recipe I just add The amount I need from this and the balance of water to the oil (also at room temperature). The lye makes its own heat as it mixes with the oil. Works great and super easy. For your recipe:
16 Oz vegetable oil7.5 Oz water
2 Oz lye you would need:
16 oz vegetable oil
5,5 oz water
4 oz 50/50 lye/distilled water solution
Another little tip. If you leave it in your oven overnight on the lowest setting it will saponify much quicker for a small batch such as this. Test it out with some PH strips.
Where are YOUR gloves???
Right on - this is so timely and cool for me! Just bought a bunch of glycerin to cure some fall foliage for a personal art project and now I am going to use it to make me some soap - thank you!
yeah, with enough soap. We can blow up just about anything...
Just made a batch using both...the difference is in the set time...as in the hardening or set up of the soap.
Do as say not as I do you said use gloves you are not using gloves!!!!!
Yes essential oils can be added in at the end. But you have to wait for the temperature to be below the flash point of the oil or it will just evaporate off.
Its not that dangerous really if you simply follow the instructions. Just be careful adding the lye slowly to the water and not the water to the lye and you will be fine.
I have a problem with the ingredients you put in to make soap you can't use vegetable oil because they processed it with bad minerals and and other junk but I can tell you now that canola oil is extremely worse for you it came from a seed called rapeseed and it's one of the worst seeds in the world you can't eat those kinds of seeds because they are extremely toxic. And other thing that I have a problem with is lye. If lye is toxic and can eat anything in its path then why do you use it for your skin if it's toxic? I don't get it. As for my opinion I recommend that you should've used either olive oil or coconut oil because those oils are way better quality than vegetable oil and canola oil combined.
I agree on your choice of oil. But lye is in all soap, both homemade and commercial. Lye is used to make pretzels and bagels and much more - that you eat.
+The Do It Yourself World So I'm guessing lye isn't bad for you if it's a chemical reaction?
Correct.
You can use any oil or render your own animal fats. Vegetable or canola oils are not toxic. They are food safe. There is food grade lye.
You obviously didn't notice, but he was using a tempered glass measuring cup, like Pyrex, which is even oven-proof. If it can with-stand oven temperatures, it can handle lye solution.
Why aren't you wearing gloves? 😱😅😂
Ricardo Gil de Almeida Martins
Nicely done, plain and simple.
Thank you
This video is about as useful as teats on a boar hog
Yea, stainless works fine for me. Plastic utensils are probably the best for stirring.
Lye can melt your skin so your putting it in soap ya like anyone ever going to make it this way
Erh, if you make sure to use the right proportions, all of the lye will react with the oil and it will stop being basic :)
You know that ALL soap is made with lye, right? It is impossible to make soap with no lye! "Soap" with no lye is detergents! Ick!
Try some research before you mouth off next time. You can't make soap without lye, as Heather said. Anyone who tells you they don't use lye in their soap is lying.
Unfortunately melt and pour base is mostly detergents, not actual soap.
Heather Winberg Many if not all melt and pour bases contain sodium palmatate, sodium cocoate, sodium stearate or tallowate. All of these are results of the saponification process and that means that the oil was treated with lye (sodium hydroxide) just like in all other soaps. Sodium hydroxide (lye)+palm oil = sodium palmatate. Sodium hydroxide(lye) + coconut oil = sodium cocoate. Sodium hydroxide(lye) + beef fat = sodium stearate and tallowate. Yum! So, even melt and pour has been through the saponification process with lye. It just happened before you purchased it.
You can use wood ash to get lye just the same. Its just more work and less precise.
Thanks. It is important to be clean after a collapse to prevent disease and infection. That will be one of the greatest killers.
Vegetable oil is cheaper. Many people add olive oil to it as a moisturizer.
You must heat the oil in order for the process to work.
Thank you so much for all the fantastic tips that other folks' videos will not tell us. I was sad gloves were not worn though you mentioned to us twice to wear them when handling lye.
Happy you liked it. I hope to do more soap making videos this winter. We moved to a new homestead (we, I got married) and are going to be doing a lot of homesteading and DIY stuff this year.