Great job. Love the use of the glass containers to see what is happening. I am just starting and hoping to make my first batch as soon as my lye order arrives. Learned a lot. Thanks
I am felting goats milk soap using alpaca roving. The soap tends to get soft and mushy after a few days. Any suggestions as to how to make it stay hard longer?
@blutterfli I have always found using at least 66% Coconut & Palm oil combination makes the soap very hard. If you don't use any of these oils, your soap will most likely be soft. If you go to metaphysicalfarms and look at the SAP Table, you can sort the table by how hard the oil makes the soap.
dave, love your work. Found specially helpful on how you manage to measure the oils and lye. I used to have too much different containers, and then constantly adjusting my scale...
Anyhow, I want to ask you about rancidity and shelf life of soaps you made. Lots of batches I made gone bad after a month. Even if they dont smell or have DOS spots, made my skin with bad cyst acne. I tried with different oils, same story.
@pampamy I keep most of my oils with a few drops of rosemary oil in them. Rosemary is a good preservative as well as Vitamin-E. Another way to save soap is to keep it in a cool airtight place (say the fridge in a container).
What actually happens when oils/soaps go rancid is the extra oil is basically binding with heavy metals and other such chemicals in the air.
Yes, palm oil is bad--for the environment. It is great for soap, making a hard and stable bar with plenty of lather, but if you care about planet earth, please do NOT use palm oils. The oil is taken from trees that are part of the forests where orangutans live in Madagascar, Borneo and a few other parts of the east. The forests are literally being felled to the last tree to produce this oil--which is in high demand. Use sustainable oils like olive, castor & coconut instead.
Hi david I want to make my own soap but after contacting the home depot to ask them if they have lye they told me that they don't sell it because it's enviromentaly unfriendlly what should I do can i use something else instead?
@gisellem88 You can either by lye online fairly cheap (about $6-$12 a lb) or if you wanted to go really old-school you could run water through ashes a few times and make your own weak lye-water. Unfortunately the levels of base in the ash-water as not consistent and you won't know how much to use in respect to your oils... But it it worked for grandma I'm sure it can be done! :)
Mixing what? The lye isn't flammable... just noxious. The fumes are actually acidic droplets that burn your mucus membranes. Now, if you have certain metals in your water it might make some hydrogen but most tap and bottled water don't have these things.
Great job. Love the use of the glass containers to see what is happening. I am just starting and hoping to make my first batch as soon as my lye order arrives. Learned a lot. Thanks
sphillips611 6 months ago
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hardworkinwoman 7 months ago
@hardworkinwoman check it 2:50
daved314 7 months ago
I am felting goats milk soap using alpaca roving. The soap tends to get soft and mushy after a few days. Any suggestions as to how to make it stay hard longer?
blutterfli 8 months ago
@blutterfli I have always found using at least 66% Coconut & Palm oil combination makes the soap very hard. If you don't use any of these oils, your soap will most likely be soft. If you go to metaphysicalfarms and look at the SAP Table, you can sort the table by how hard the oil makes the soap.
daved314 8 months ago
Very nice video!
susannamcintyre 1 year ago
trip out,. love it,. thnx..
futuristfood 1 year ago
i love that song, awesome vid man
306cas 1 year ago
Really good tips thanks!
jackhigginsqwerty 1 year ago
dave, love your work. Found specially helpful on how you manage to measure the oils and lye. I used to have too much different containers, and then constantly adjusting my scale...
Anyhow, I want to ask you about rancidity and shelf life of soaps you made. Lots of batches I made gone bad after a month. Even if they dont smell or have DOS spots, made my skin with bad cyst acne. I tried with different oils, same story.
pampamy 1 year ago
@pampamy I keep most of my oils with a few drops of rosemary oil in them. Rosemary is a good preservative as well as Vitamin-E. Another way to save soap is to keep it in a cool airtight place (say the fridge in a container).
What actually happens when oils/soaps go rancid is the extra oil is basically binding with heavy metals and other such chemicals in the air.
daved314 1 year ago
Palm Oils bad isn't it?
wiredrottie 1 year ago
@wiredrottie why is it bad? I've only heard good things about it.
daved314 1 year ago
@wiredrottie
Yes, palm oil is bad--for the environment. It is great for soap, making a hard and stable bar with plenty of lather, but if you care about planet earth, please do NOT use palm oils. The oil is taken from trees that are part of the forests where orangutans live in Madagascar, Borneo and a few other parts of the east. The forests are literally being felled to the last tree to produce this oil--which is in high demand. Use sustainable oils like olive, castor & coconut instead.
DebStep7 1 year ago
Dave, how are you getting 9.6oz of lye when that # is not on the table?
tjr2210 1 year ago
@tjr2210 if you look at 2:36 (and pause it). You will see a superfatting of between 4 and 5% is being used.... which gives you 9.6oz of lye
daved314 1 year ago
bravo..bravo!! great tut!
nixcole44 1 year ago
Hi david I want to make my own soap but after contacting the home depot to ask them if they have lye they told me that they don't sell it because it's enviromentaly unfriendlly what should I do can i use something else instead?
gisellem88 1 year ago
@gisellem88 You can either by lye online fairly cheap (about $6-$12 a lb) or if you wanted to go really old-school you could run water through ashes a few times and make your own weak lye-water. Unfortunately the levels of base in the ash-water as not consistent and you won't know how much to use in respect to your oils... But it it worked for grandma I'm sure it can be done! :)
daved314 1 year ago
Great! So easy to understand!
itstrue99 1 year ago
aside from the net where can I buy palm oil?
ju1850 1 year ago
perfect video! just was what i was looking for all over the net!
aprmj 1 year ago
one of your best videos
ashams22 1 year ago
Fantastic. Nice job!
jertz1 2 years ago
I love soap! ihiii ~^.^~
nyachankawaii 2 years ago
where do you buy your ingredients?
pbatrader 2 years ago
Awesome! What did you use to heat the oils and how did you know when they reached the precise temp.
tj90024 2 years ago
I just used a double boiler on the stove... but you can use a microwave too
daved314 2 years ago
excellent job, great tutorial for newbies!
Txshizzle 2 years ago
r u a pastor or something lol? im a christian =) anyway im starting soap making and im nervous =/ my coconut oil is a liquid for is tht ok?
Ashley11021 2 years ago
is it flammable when you are mixing it?
jtboll00 2 years ago
Mixing what? The lye isn't flammable... just noxious. The fumes are actually acidic droplets that burn your mucus membranes. Now, if you have certain metals in your water it might make some hydrogen but most tap and bottled water don't have these things.
daved314 2 years ago
great video!!! :) and great personality for it...i'm actually not bored like i have been while watching others.. haha
TacoriDiamond 2 years ago
Is the stick blender plastic? If so, will the heat hurt it? Great video
SpeakTheTruth777 2 years ago
Great job! =]
sherrilenett 2 years ago
you rock dude!!! *****
horseygallup 2 years ago