How To Make Soap. Step by Step Cold Process Goat Milk Soap with Shea Butter

[MrAjjordan1980]

Great video

[junegoodwin1317]

Thank you so much for your time in making this very informative video. Going to Etsy now to check out your soaps :)

[EdentiaFarms]

@junegoodwin1317 Thank you. I am now selling my soaps at goodearthspa dott com. Thanks for watching!

[abidchishtys]

why is it goat milk is always used Can we use buffaloe,s milk instead.

[EdentiaFarms]

@abidchishtys You can use any milk. Goat milk is more popular in soap because it is higher in fat than cow's milk. The goat milk I use is 5% milk fat compared to whole cows milk which is typically 3%. I do not recommend dry milk because all of the fat is removed.

[songofhealth]

Do you know how and with what I can substitute the fruit oils with non fruit, such as safflower oil, etc? Amounts of what equaling what? Thank you.

[a3a1981]

thank you

[sharkdark666]

I used to make rockets fuel but i got an arrow in the knee and now i am making soap 

[Americakb]

I made some goat's milk soap a couple days ago. My milk turned dark orange and now I have brown soap. Oh well I will be more careful next time. I will try another method and use half milk half water.

[haveabeer123]

why don´t you wait for the lye solution to cool down to room temperature? and then add your milk, and oils? why did you add the milk into the hot lye solution?

[EdentiaFarms]

@haveabeer123 it was not hot. I allow the lye to cool before adding the milk and the milk is very cold. If it were all hot, the color would have been very dark orange. Keeping the milk-lye not too hot to avoid scalding and not too cold to prevent solidification is important.

[moymoydlc]

@EdentiaFarms what are your oils???

[HarBar1232]

@haveabeer123

I think the lye solution reacts to the milk, heating it back up.

[getyourgleekon1]

i'm not lecturing or anything, but i heard a child in the background, so i hope you keep those chemicals locked up.

[poker4080]

@getyourgleekon1 really??? were u not listening of the precautions she takes w/ the lye!! or did u hear that she lets her children play with it and make sand castles!! jeez!!!

[getyourgleekon1]

@poker4080 ok, your gonna laugh. i wrote that comment as soon as i saw the lye. then i finished watching the video and realize i was gonna sound stupid. i'm REALLY not good with youtube so i couldn't figure out how to remove a comment. i want it clear. i'm NOT a bully or a hater. i just really love kids. and if you're not laughing, sorry for wasting your time.

[mefleuryy]

wy you can't just rasp a soap block and than knead it till its kneadeble and than do it in a form and than you let it dry and tomarrow you pull it out and than you have a soap thing

(i from holland and i'm 11 dus thats wy its terible enlish)

[EdentiaFarms]

@mefleuryy I'm not sure that I understand your question. I'm sorry.

[rorysmom3]

Where can you purchase a big thing of Palm oil like that? About how much? I hear yo can call different restaurants. Is this palm oil okay to use?

[EdentiaFarms]

@rorysmom3 any soap supply website will carry palm oil.

[natalytea]

I thought it was bad for goat milk soap to go through gel phase. How did you get yours to gel without ruining the soap?

[EdentiaFarms]

@natalytea Milk soaps can gel. It's ok. What's more important is whether or not you burn the milk. You can see my soap color is light and that is because I keep the lye water and milk cooled. Goat milk soaps do make more heat than regular CP soaps. Keep that in mind if you are deliberately avoiding gel.

[natalytea]

@EdentiaFarms @EdentiaFarms Thank you for your informative videos and help! I made goat milk soap doing it your way today, by adding the frozen mushy goat milk to my cooled lye solution. I think this method is great because if your goat milk burns, it is before you put it in your oils, so you can still save the oils by making more lye solution. :) I also covered my counter with newspaper and my scale with a sheet of paper.

[EdentiaFarms]

@natalytea awesome. Glad this video helped and good luck with your soap!

[countrylifedreams]

We're definitely going to start with a smaller batch but the overall process was covered very well in your video. The main purpose of my comment though is I loved hearing the kids laughing and playing in the background.

[reneecalling]

You did a great job making the soap. I reading all I can about soap making before I try it. I liked how you stress safety first. How long would it take a 20 lb soap block to completely cure? I also liked how you used a box lined with plastic. I wasn't sure if that could be done. You even tested the pH. That's a great idea. I'm definately going to use the strips. Have you considered wearing a breathing mask so you won't take in too much of the fumes from the NaOH?

[EdentiaFarms]

@reneecalling If you left it in a 20lb block it would take longer to cure. Cure time allows excess moisture to evap off. When you cut into bars, you decrease cure time because of increased surface area. You can wear a mask and it would be recommended if you have asthma or copd (or make it outside) but the fumes only come off in the very beginning so I just usually walk away or let it fume under a fan or just pull my shirt over my face. I usually do not have any fume issues.

[SpokenWordFan]

Do you think that adding the shea butter at trace and not with the oils makes a difference. Thank you

[EdentiaFarms]

@SpokenWordFan If you put it in the beginning the oils will be saponified together. I want my carrier oils saponified and the shea butter relatively unsaponified. That is why I added it at the end. 

[ningram4]

can this be re-melted to add scents and re-pore into different shapes.

I've never made soap so sorry if this is a dumb question.

[SuperLena1976]

I would like to make a batch this big. Where can I find the measurments for this recipe?

[hargrovp1]

Bonnie how much shea butter can be added to the the 4-5 lb goat milk soap recipe that was listed on the facebook page with Rose & Patchouli Scent? Is it the same as this one? Thanks so much for sharing.

[funemom999]

so what is the process to cut such a huge block of soap?

[EdentiaFarms]

@funemom999 I cut it by hand with a knife.

[athomas1124]

@EdentiaFarms wow! I did not expect that answer at all...lol...that's a lot of cutting

[EricaMuhammad]

YOU ARE S HELPFUL!!! THANKS FOR SHARING UR KNOWLEDGE!

[VNSW]

do you have to mix the lye with water or can you mix the goats milk and lye together?

[chela16pr1]

Thanks Edential Farms for your explanation. And good to know that you have puertorrican blood jeje

[romioforever1]

thank you for you kind reply ! just i want to ask you few more questions how much you need to use lye flakes per total batch of soap and how much time it needs to cool down and can use only coconut and palm oil in making soap without shea butter and goat milk

[EdentiaFarms]

@romioforever1 The amount of lye needed depends on the amount of oils used. I would not recommend using only coconut and palm in soap. It's drying to the skin and it will speed up pretty fast on you. It'll be harder to work with.

[romioforever1]

Dear mrs I like very much your soap but I want to ask you how much time the lye need to cool down or you can use it when it hot

[EdentiaFarms]

@romioforever1 You can not use hot lye in any milk soap. There are certain soaps you can use hot lye for but never use hot lye with milk. I like to mix lye first and let it cool down while I measure other ingredients, then if its not cool I put it in an ice bath.

[chela16pr1]

hello you write in one of you recipe in your page that if the goat milk curdle with the lye you need to start over. When i do my first goat soap the milk go like see very brown and i see a lot of very small solid that they don't dismiss in the milk. Then when i put the solution in the oil i can see the solid yet never dismiss that solid. My question is what i need to make that my goatmilk with the lye don't curdle? Sorry for my english am from Puerto Rico and i have problem with the idioms

[EdentiaFarms]

@chela16pr1 Let your lye cool completely before adding milk. Try using frozen milk. The heat curdles the milk. (Necesitas leche fria) Keep the milk and lye cold and it will stay pale yellow. (soy puertorriqueno y blanca. hablo un poquito espanol jeje)

[SheilaDang52]

P.S I must get me one of those measuring boards.

[SheilaDang52]

The main soap that I use is from Ghana. They obtain lye from the ash of plant matter. I recently learned about soapnuts, used in India from ancient times for all their cleaning needs. We have all been provided for ~I give thanks~ I made two batches of soap last night. With one of the two, it was had to distinguish trace. That silvery line could easily have been mistaken for light reflecting off my eyes. In your video, you identified that as trace. So I made a good call last night. Thanks

[mreinstein48]

Thank's for your clear explanations!

[SheilaDang52]

P.S I assume that you have some type of machine to cut such a large block of soap. What do you use?

[EdentiaFarms]

@SheilaDang52 No, I don't use a machine. I cut all of my soap by hand with a blade and measuring board.

[SheilaDang52]

I am sure people from many other cultures discovered the property combination to make soap in different ways. I would have certainly appreciated that 20 lb recipe :) Thank you for sharing your video.

[EdentiaFarms]

@SheilaDang52 Yes, probably many cultures discovered soap making. One fascinating aspect you can look at today is modern tribal people in Africa. Some tribes are soap making tribes and some are not. The ones who make soap use shea butter. Their skin compared to the non-soapmaking tribes is strikingly different. The people look younger and have softer skin. I don't give out the 20lb recipe because it's better to start small. This video is intended for beginners and 20lb is too much to start.

[soaptini]

Excellent video Bonnie!

[KENDALLINTERNATIONAL]

thanks

[soylarcandles]

Great video. I have been wanting to use one of those boxes, but 20 pounds seems intimidating. Great to see you do it.

[EdentiaFarms]

@soylarcandles Working in larger batches has it's challenges. It seems to hold more heat and has more of a tendency to get puffy or crack so you have to keep an eye on it. Also, if it ever separates for some reason, it's a huge mess of a problem. That has only happened to me once and I had to dump it all out in the shower to clean it out. One time I made hot process in a box... LOL

[chinewmarie]

NICE VIDEO BUT I HAVE TO ADMIT! WHEN YOU WERE STIRRING IT FELT LIKE NAILS ON A CHALKBOARD! LOL! I WAS ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT MAKING SOAP IN MY HOME, I HAVE A BACK BATHROOM THAT I THINK I AM GOING TO MIX MY LYE IN OR OUTSIDE ON MY BACK PORCH!

[EdentiaFarms]

@chinewmarie lol, sorry about that noise. eekk, I noticed that, too.

[mcuffin61]

Great video! I usually just do small batches 3-5 lbs. I just aquired some goatsmilk and plan on making some tomorrow. What kind of percentage do you use the gm 50/50, I have seen some that do 100%, Learned some tips and just wanted to thank you for taking the time.

[EdentiaFarms]

@mcuffin61 I am doing about 50/50 here of raw milk. You can do all goats milk... hmmm well depends. but you'll probably scald the milk. If the milk is raw it's hard to keep it cold enough not to scald without solidifying the lye because of the high fat content. The fat is what makes the soap so rich and creamy. So, if you use a lower grade commercial pasturized fresh or canned, it would be easier not to scald the milk but the milk is a lower grade. 50/50 with raw makes a super creamy soap.

[Texasred63]

Wow this is a very helpful video, a friend mine makes goats mike and shea butter soaps but small batches.

I told her I want to learn how to do it. maybe make weekend flea market business.

[EdentiaFarms]

@Texasred63

Start with small batches. Larger batches are more finicky. You can eventually get there but you have to learn a bit about how soap reacts to different scenarios, temps, etc.

[valbakke]

Looks great, what % do you superfat your soaps?

[EdentiaFarms]

@valbakke That depends 0% for laundry and I have done up to 25% and everywhere in between. It depends on what the soap's target purpose is, for dry or oily skin or other purposes. This soap was about 8%

[ddjingles1]

fantastic video, I was able to get many tips, thank you!

[MILLYNWILL]

I am going to start trying to make cp soaps I was scared of the lye because my daughter wants to help me and be hands on and for her being only 7 I went the safe way and used mp soaps now I think I can do cp soaps seems so easy she can't do the oils while I do the lye. Thanks so much for your vid and the links.

[EdentiaFarms]

@MILLYNWILL Yes, she can help you measure out all the ingredients. My 4 year olds love to watch but they know when it's time to mix they must leave the kitchen. Good Luck with your soaping!

[Mangogummylover]

Never mind

[Mangogummylover]

How do you do an ice bath?

[strastube]

Great tutorial! Thanks for sharing!



[sunshyneNrainxx]

Wow! Now that is alot of soap. I was thinking of making big batches . I've been looking for a huge wooden mold like at thrift stores ,thought I could find a thick wooden chest or something. But this is even better. I'm on my way to the post office. Luv ur soaps btw.

[EdentiaFarms]

@sunshyneNrainxx he

Thanks! Yes, it's a lot of soap and I recommend smaller batches :) I prefer 10lb or less but sometimes I need to do larger.

[EdentiaFarms]

I was taught in college to neutralize a base with an acid, not water. It was a college chemistry class and the topic being discussed was not soap-making but rather safety regarding chemical burns. We kept vinegar in the lab. I keep it in my kitchen. Vinegar is an acid but not strong enough to cause harm to the skin.

[Bathmistress]

Using vinegar to neutralize a lye burn is an old wives/soapers tale. Please do NOT use vinegar on a lye burn. The vinegar will cause an exothermic reaction and further damage the tissue. Water is the best thing for a lye burn. Rinse it really really well with cool water for several minutes. Vinegar is great for neutralizing lye spills on your floor/counter/work area.

[EdentiaFarms]

@Bathmistress

I disagree with you here. Vinegar neutralizes with lye because it is an acid and lye is alkaline. Neutralizing the lye on your skin with vinegar is the quickest way to nautralize the lye before it starts reacting with the fatty tissue. (turning your body into soap...) Anyway, because I don't care to argue the point, I encourage each person to do their own research and not take my or bathmistress's opinions as fact. The best thing to do is ask your doctor what to do.

[Rainbowdrops31]

Hi i made my first batch of goat milk soap using 50/50 water and goat milk ( i used slightly different recipe than i posted less shea and more caster), but i super fatted at 9% is this to high to superfat goat milk soap. : ))

[Scottsiphone09]

What measurements did you use in the recipe in the video? Do you have written directions?

[EdentiaFarms]

@Scottsiphone09

No, the recipe in the video is not available at this time. The basic process is the same so you can use just about any recipe.

[Rainbowdrops31]

Hi this is my recipe in oz 3.74oz coconut oil 3.3oz lard 3.3oz palm oil 1.10z caster 1.76oz shea butter 8.8oz olive pomace oil sf 8% lye 2.912oz water8.36oz i will halve this and add milk. Appreciate your help : ))

[EdentiaFarms]

@Rainbowdrops31

Yes, looks good. Have a great time making your soap. Remember all the safety precautions! :)

[Rainbowdrops31]

Hi im wanting to make my first gm cp soap, do you think this recipe would be ok

17% coconut oil, 15% lard, 15% palm oil, 5% caster, 8% shea butter, 40% olive pomice oil, i will sf at 8%. i will do half with water n half goat milk.

Do you think this would be to much shea.

Would i need a water discount as i have a lot of oo

Would appreciate any help : )

[EdentiaFarms]

@Rainbowdrops31

I would need the exact recipe by ounces in order to check it for you. You should not need to discount water unless you have a specific reason to do so, such as using CPOP method.

[gijay703]

hi, i live in p.r. and it's very dificult to find the lye or caustic soda here, can you provide a website where i can buy this amount you have here, if it's a yes here is my email gijay703@yahoo.com thank you! like your videos a lot

[EdentiaFarms]

@gijay703

I sent you an email with a few supplier options.

[NELHAOTEC]

@gijay703 Lye can also easily be made using water and the burnt remains from a campfire. Because lye is corrosive though, you should research how to make it safely, and how to get the right concentration for this activity.

[oceanstar09]

thanks for sharing the vid, loved watching it.

[honeypot28]

Hello! Great video! I'm new to soap making, I just made a small batch yesterday! and I'm ready to make more! BUT! I found this recipe I'm NOT sure about! I put it in the LYE CALCULATOR and I keep getting DIFFERENT results! Can you HELP me PLEASE!! (I don't want a mess on my hands! lol) RECIPE: 19oz COCONUT OIL, 19oz OLIVE OIL, 10 oz SHEA BUTTER, 16 oz GOAT MILK, and 7oz LYE! AT TRACE: 2oz of EO and poppy seeds

[EdentiaFarms]

@honeypot28

I am getting that to be about 4 and a half percent superfat. I would add superfat oils, personally. I ran it through a lye calculator. It looks good to me but with being a new soap maker, and how milk can make the color off. And you can spoil your milk. Basically you see I tried to keep mine cold to reduce the color reaction. Well, its also because I want the proteins to survive because they are good for skin. Try like I did and use part water. Maybe 7-8oz water and 8-9oz goat milk.

[annkus3]

@honeypot28 I would use the goats milk frozen, that way it doesn't go to dark brown. Also you should use more EO otherwise you won't be able to smell it in your soap.

[Seedcovers]

Yummm lotta soap, very good.  I havent had to make that much at once yet. I wanted to to see u cut the big block.

[EdentiaFarms]

@Seedcovers

Sorry I didn't show it being cut. I thought the video was long enough. More like an episode than a video LOL... Right now its all cut up and back in that shipping box on its way to its new home. =D

[amberrascona]

Great video I loved it I have never made 20 lbs before at once so it was cool to see it I loved all of your helpful hints and it was cool to see you use the ice cream scoop that is one of my best shortcuts I have found for the hard oils.. beautiful soap it looks so creamy!!

[EdentiaFarms]

@amberrascona Yes, its very creamy and moisturizing!

[ThebloomingLily1]

what do you mean by gel? how can you make your soap gel? how can you not ake a soap gel?

[EdentiaFarms]

@ThebloomingLily1

"Gel" is a stage that the soap goes through. The gel stage will usually darken the overall color of the soap and speed up saponification. But its no big deal if it does not go through this stage. It will still saponify just fine. Sometimes I deliberately avoid the gel stage. It just depends.

[EdentiaFarms]

@EdentiaFarms You can avoid gel by not insulating your soap, working with lower temps and/or putting your soap in a cool place. Some people use the fridge but I don't have room in my fridge generally and don't have an extra so I can not say first hand how that goes.

[EdentiaFarms]

You can help a soap gel by insulating, putting towels or a bath robe over your closed soap mold. Or, you can force a soap to gel in a 170 degree warm oven. That is called Cold Process Oven Process soap making. I suggest making regular Cold Process before attempting CPOP (in the oven) 

[805Soap]

wow... That has got to be the biggest homemade soap I have ever seen. Thanks for sharing very informative video.

[EdentiaFarms]

@805Soap LOL, yes, it weighed out at over 22 pounds, almost 23!

[aobabinski]

cool video!

[1cmirela]

very nice, what a cool video, thank you for sharing :O) so can you use all goats milk? or half water half milk? what should the lye temperature be before you add the milk? I tried reg cow milk slushy ice with no water and mine turnd orange :O(

[EdentiaFarms]

@1cmirela

Yes you can use all goats milk but the color will be darker. Its hard to keep it cold enough to prevent that with all goat milk w/o turning the milk solid. I usually use just enough water to dissolve the lye, let it cool off. idk the temps. I don't take the temp of lye. I just put my hand over the top and "feel" the heat coming off. When its not so intense, I start adding milk. In this recipe I use about half distilled water and half raw goat milk. Experiment with different amounts.

[HilsHeavenScents]

Wonderful video hun! Love it :)

[EdentiaFarms]

@HilsHeavenScents

Thanks! I know its really long but I think its impossible to be thorough in 10 minutes :)