Soap
RECIPE
• 114 g of coconut oil
• 66 g of olive oil
• 44.6 g NaOH solution (50%)
• essential oil to taste, colorant
PREPARATION
• Weigh the distilled water into a heat-resistant, non-breakable container with a lid and an alkali-dissolving vessel.
• To this we will add the alkali.
• Aluminum cannot be used because it reacts with alkali.
• Weigh out the alkali and add it to the distilled water, stirring gently.
• ALWAYS ADD THE ALKALINE TO THE WATER, OTHERWISE THE MIXTURE CAN SPRAY!
• Be careful not to inhale the generated vapors!
• pour the alkali over the fat!
• NOT THE OPPOSITE!
• Stir until pudding-like!
• This state is called the "trace" state.
• We can help by using a stick mixer so we get ready faster.
• Stir only until the soap starts to “write”, the dripping mass stops at the top of the mass for a moment, not immersed immediately
• At this stage, colorants and fragrances can be added to our soap
• fill the colored, scented soap mass into a mold, cover it and do not look at it for 24 hours until the soap hardens.
• Then the saponification is still going on.
• Cover so that the soap cools slowly.
NOTE
Otherwise, the soap will "catch a cold" and become brittle • Cut up after 24 hours and leave to mature in a dark but well ventilated place for 4 weeks. During this time, all the water will leave the soap and it will be perfect in texture.