Veggie Crockpot Soap (1 lb. recipe)

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This is a one lb. soap recipe, you can make it larger or smaller at this site

<A HREF= " www.thesage.com " >www.thesage.com</A> by using the lye calculator.

 

5 ounces Coconut Oil

9 ounces Olive Oil

2 ounces Palm Oil

 

This recipe calls for 6 oz. of water and 2.25 to 2.30 ounces of lye. But I

would convert the amounts of lye to grams for more accuracy.

 

Measure out the water in a plastic or glass heat proof container (I use a

Rubbermaid pitcher)

 

Put the olive oil into your crockpot. Weigh out and put your hard oils

(coconut and palm) into the crockpot and keep on low until it melts.

 

when the lye water is fully dissolved mix it into the oils in your crockpot

and mix with a handblender until it thickens (comes to trace) - when you can

pull out the soapmix with a spoon or the hand blender and it leaves a trail

(sorta like thin pudding)

 

Put the top on the crockpot and turn it to high. You can look down though

the crockpot to watch the soap become soap. You'll see sorta waves forming

around the edges. Sometimes it meets in the middle and sometimes not.

 

When your mixture has the texture of translucent Vaseline, your soap is done.

There should be no lye left in the soap (you can do a simple test by taking

out a bit, and putting just the tip of your tongue to it, if there is no

tingle, as we call it, the soap is done, it should taste like soap but don't

use your whole tongue) - then you can put in fragrance.

 

At this point you pour it into your molds, I like empty pringle cans or small

milk cartons as you can just tear it off when the soap gets firm enough.

 

NOW REMEMBER LYE IS A CAUSTIC SUBSTANCE. Wear eye covering and rubber

kitchen gloves at all times when you handle it. Lye burns are nothing to

mess with. It won't kill you, but if you get it in your eyes, it could blind

you.

 

No cats, dogs or young children around the lye either. When I work with lye,

I get a large plastic scoop and fill it just part way full. That keeps it

from flying around.

 

Cold water neutralizes lye, as does vinegar.

 

Two stories (yes, if you ingest lye it can kill you) - a soapers husband

picked up a glass containing lye water, thinking it was just water, he

started to drink it. He didn't swallow it, but it burned through his

esgophis (sp). He was rushed to the hospital and didn't die right then and

there, but later on he died from a heart attack related to his almost

drinking the lye water. His widow does not make soap anymore.

 

Another woman didn't wear protective eye covering, the lye splashed her eyes

searing her contact lenses to her cornea. It was an agonizing trip to the

hospital, and I don't know how they did it, but she regained her sight.

 

Lye is caustic chemical and must be treated as such. I'm very used to

working with it, and still get a burn every now and then, but I always wear

eye covering (glasses) and kitchen gloves.

 

Oh another thing, when the crockpot soap has reached that Vaseline stage, and

you've added your fragrance, pour it quickly in to the molds as it's hard to

work with if you wait. There are ways around this, but this so far is a good

start.

 

Please use only plastic or stainless steel stuff when making soap, as lye

will react horribly with aluminum (icky) - you can use anything after the

soap has finished cooking as there will be no lye left in the batch (yes even

a disposable loaf pan if you grease it first with Vaseline, or muffin pans)

just make sure it's flexible enough to get the soap out of the mold. You

might have to freeze the soap in the mold to get it to release.

 

I do a CP soap now (called cold processed as compared to hot processed) -

have to wait for the soap to cure.

 

Have fun, and any questions please feel free to ask me on the list.

 

Susan in Cambridge

~Madness takes it's toll, please have the exact change~

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Susan, thanks for the soap recipe. I can just imagine hearing my husband's

reaction when he asks What's for dinner? and I tell him I cooked soap in the

crockpot today!

 

I have one question. How do you choose your fragrance, what form is it in, and

how much do you use?

 

Thanks

 

Zella

 

 

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Hi there,

 

Two questions:

 

Does this stink up the house?

 

Also,

 

Do you make tallow-based soap in the crockpot? Any websites or books

that you'd recommend for crockpot soap?

 

Thanks so much!

Dell

[Guest guest]

Hiya Dell, naw this does not stink up the house, soap smells wonderful. Lye

fumes should be avoided though.

 

 

There's only one book on the subject, it's available at amazon. Called

Handcrafted Soap by Delores Boone.

 

There are two soapmaking email lists that I know of. One is HotSoap, and

HotSoapEtc, the HotSoapEtc is Delores Boone list and does deal with crockpot

soapmaking it's the only one out there on the market. I think hotsoap is a

and HotSoapEtc might be a smart group.

 

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HREF= " http://www.geocities.com/toiletrytutorials/cphp.html " >http://www.geocities\

..com/toiletrytutorials/cphp.html</A> This site has some

wonderful pictures of the crockpot soapmaking methods, although it beats me

why she would have an electric crockpot in a sink.

 

I did hold someones hand over the telephone while she was making her first

batch, yelling TAKE THE CROCKPOT OUT OF THE SINK, but it might make sense if

you were just using for mixing the lye with oils THEN taking it out of the

sink.

 

I've never used tallow, although people say it makes a great soap. HEY I

thought this was a vegetarian list <oh well> it's not a soaping list either.

I hear the smell of rendering tallow has caused a few divorces, I do fine

with coconut, olive and palm and variations on that.

 

You can use any recipe out there for making soap, just remember you don't

want your first batch to be more full then half the crockpot as the soap will

rise some before it becomes soap.

 

Guess I'll look through the archives for the crockpot food recipes. I'm

changing my diet after reading about the health benefits of soy and legumes.

 

Take care,

 

Susan in Cambridge