Does anybody have an easy-to-make soap recipe using the hand-mill process?

Also, what do you use for coloring the soap, giving it scent and molding it without incurring into big expenses? I have found excellent websites for sopa makers; however, none of their products seem to be affordable. Anybody have ideas on how to make soap in an inexpensive way while keepint it at a good taste level?Does anybody have an easy-to-make soap recipe using the hand-mill process?
To make hand milled soap, you have to make pretty softer soap than as usual in order to mill it easily.


You can choose your favourite CP soap recipe; however, you need extra water for making softer soap.


Just prepare 10-25% of extra water for lye solution. That's it!


If you use 100% olive oil, you may not need extra water, but just in case,


add 5-10% extra water into lye solution.





Please make lye soap as usual, and cure the soap for several days


and then mill the soap like the following photo using cheese grader or so.


If your soap is too soft to mill, then you can leave it some more days.


After you milled the soap, you simply knead like cookie dough,


and add some scents and color in order to make wonderful flowers or animals.





If you want to make herb soap, simply put your favourite harbs into your soap,


if you want to make clay soap, add your favourite clays!Does anybody have an easy-to-make soap recipe using the hand-mill process?
Here is a good Lye Calculator.... Just plug in the amounts, iol you want to use and it will give you the formual ...





Read through everything well. You dont have to Worry about %'s or anything.





Have fun and start with small batches.








Liquids


For the size of fat batch that you are using, we recommend that you use approximately 4 to 6 fluid ounces of liquid.





WARNING: Always add your solid form lye, sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide, to the liquid. If the liquid were added to the solid form lye a violent reaction could result. This means you could have a ';volcano'; erupt out of your container.


Fats %26amp; Oils Fat Amount


(oz wt) % in


recipe


Olive Oil 16 100.00


Total Weight 16


Lye Table (NaOH) % excess fat Lye Amount


(oz wt)


0 2.17


1 2.15


2 2.12


3 2.10


4 2.08


5 2.06


6 2.04


7 2.02


8 1.99


9 1.97


10 1.95





0% to 4% excess fat range: Proceed with caution! We do not recommend this unless actual saponification values are known and used.


5% to 8% excess fat range: This is the range we use most often.


9% to 10% excess fat range: Creates a softer soap because of the amount of excess fat.


DISCLAIMER: Every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained here is accurate. However due to differing conditions, tools, and individual skills we cannot guarantee the information is applicable in your situation. We are not responsible for any injuries, losses, or other damages that may result from the use this information available here.


Always wear protective goggles, gloves and other safety clothing when handling sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide. Refer to the appropriate MSDS for complete details.


Basic Soapmaking Instructions


While wearing safety goggles and neoprene gloves, combine solid lye and liquid, stir well. Set aside and allow to cool (100° F to 125° F). This is best done outside while you are standing upwind.





Combine oils and heat gently. Once the fats and oils are melted allow the temperature to drop to 100° F to 125° F.





Combine lye solution and melted oils. Be careful not to splash while combining the mixtures. Stir until the mixture traces. If tracing takes more than 15 minutes, which it often does, stir for the first 15 minutes, then stir for 5 minutes at 15 minute intervals. Tracing looks like a slightly thickened custard, not instant pudding but a cooked custard. It will support a drop, or your stir marks for several seconds. Once tracing occurs...





Pour raw soap into your prepared molds. After a few days the soap can be turned out of the mold. If the soap is very soft, allow it to cure for a few days to firm the outside.





Cut soap into bars and set the bars out to cure and dry. This will allow the bar to firm and finish saponification. Place the bars on something that will allow them to breathe.

















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