Cold Process Soap Recipe With Lard
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Cold process soap recipe with lard. Pour soap made with 100 percent lard into heat proof containers that can also be used in the bathroom. Olive oil 50 3 2 oz. If you are not familiar with sodium hydroxide or cp soapmaking please watch the soap queen tv video on lye and how to use lye properly or read the lye safety section in the soap crafting book these are my favorite 3 cold process soap recipes that i tend to. Weigh your caustic soda according to the recipe from the soap calculator.
Sodium hydroxide 10 oz. In a well ventilated area add the weighed caustic soda lye to the water stirring as you add it. 2 oz 57g lye crystals 5 oz 142g ice cold distilled water 16 oz 454g shortening optional essential oils. Directions using a stainless steel pot slowly pour the lye into the water always lye into water.
Pour the 40 40 20 recipe into prepared soap molds. Volcanoes are no fun. We have compiled some cold process lard soap recipes. Most cold process recipes are formulated for a 3 week aging time which works when you ve got a good amount of a hardening fat in the recipe.
Make according to cold process or hot process methods. Melt the lard in a pot on the stove until it reaches between 37 c and 51 c. Create a pleasant but still rustic bar by adding 0 5 ounces fragrance oil and two tablespoons ground oatmeal at trace. You can render your own lard from scratch.
Lard soap is wonderfully creamy and so good for your skin. If you don t you ll need more time sometimes substantially more time like 5 years. Stir constantly until the lye is dissolved let it cool back down to 100 120 degrees. Cold process soap is amazing and produces a better bar of soap than most store bought soaps.
It does require research before diving in. Let the lye mixture cool until it too reaches between 37 c and 51 c. Using castor oil at 5 to 10 of your recipe be forewarned using more than 15 castor oil tends to make the bar sticky tacky and rubbery. Additive testing lather lover s swap 2012 check out the results right here if you are looking to stabilize or sustain lather in your soap recipe try.
The other factor in creating a hard bar of soap is aging time. Coconut oil 20 2 2 oz. It will condition and moisturize your skin like no other soap and the best part is that you have made it yourself so you know exactly what you put into it. Lard loofah cold process soap tutorial.
Heat transfer cold process lard soap recipe 12 oz. Lard i used leftover bacon grease 30 8 oz.