How to add fragrance oil on this, what percentage of FO? Should i add preservative ,like liq.germall plus, to prolong shelf life? If yes, how and to what percentage? Your video is very educational. Hope you make more videos with regard to liquid soapmaking. 😊
Hi, .... great video....can this liquid soap be used for washing clothes or dishes.....my liquid soap is leaving white soap marks on the dishes and does not easily clean out grease, what can be the reason? And how much excess coconut oil to add if I want to superfat your recipe to 5% coconut oil instead of 1%?
Hi, yes this soap can be used for washing clothes and dishes. The white marks your liquid soap is leaving may be because the soap has not been cured completely. Or if you have hard water in your area the white marks could be soap scum. The way to reduce soap scum would be to add citric acid and/or salt to your soap recipes. Soap scum is not harmful and can easily be clean with vinegar + baking soda. Higher superfat in a liquid soap recipe is not recommened because it tends to result in free-flowing (unsaponifies) oils in the final product. However, if you would still like to increase the superfat from 1% to 5% in this particular recipe, simply reduce the potassium hydroxide (90% purity) from 84.81g to 81.38g.
Will try this recipe.....I see you stopped at medium to thick trace. Will it still thicken in a few days if I am being lazy and stop mixing further after light trace is achieved? Or do u recommend going all the way to a thick trace for this liquid soap recipe? Thanks
If you stop mixing after light trace the soap batter will probably have a harder time reaching thick trace and may result in seperation of oil and lye. But if you fancy a try anyway do make sure to insulate the soap batter very well to keep in the heat to help with saponification.
To make shampoo you may dilute the soap paste as instructed in the video. Because we did not use heat to aid the saponification process, we suggest leaving the soap paste curing for 3 weeks to let excess lye settle and for its pH to drop to a more gentle level.
great video, i was worried about making this hot process style but i don't have to,,,,,,,,, when you put the soap base into the water, is it boiling hot water or just cold water?
We use room temperature water to mix with lye and also to dissolve the soap base. You could use warm water when dissolving the soap base to speed up the process.
If your liquid soap is cloudy it does not affect the quality of it. Many different things could cause cloudy soap and it is in our opinion pointless to pursue a 100% clear liquid soap. But if you must, to get clearer liquid soap you should: --- use 100% distilled water in the soapmaking process as well when dissolving the soap paste --- use as little superfat in your recipe as possible --- use heat to speed up and complete the saponification process (search: hot-process liquid soapmaking in a slow cooker) --- Even if you don't follow the tips above, dissolved soap paste will usually clear up if you leave it to sit for 24 hours as the cloudiness will settle.
Cups measure by volume, which is not as accurate as weighing with a scale. If you are making soap we would recommend investing in a scale for better results!
Yes! See recipe here www.soapmakingfriend.com/recipes/60676.coconut-oil-liquid-soap-small-batch - you can use this tool to adjust/double check your recipes :)
Olive oil is a soft oil, it is slower to saponify compared to coconut oil which is maybe why your recipe did not thicken. You can heat the soap batter on low heat while stirring (hot-process soapmaking) or use a stick blender. Traditional Castile (olive oil) soap without heat or stick blending takes hours to thicken so patience is your friend! (read more about it: korenhelbig.com/homemade-soap-traditional-castile/)
You can indeed add olive oil to the recipe, just remember to recalculate the entire recipe. Also, olive oil is much slower to saponify so if the recipe is high in olive oil you may need to add some heat (e.g. using the stove) or mix with a stick blender to speed up the process.
Yes you certainly can use any other type of oils, although some oils (like olive) are called soft oils, which means it takes much longer for the soap batter to trace. You could consider heating the soap batter up to speed up the process. To calculate the amount, we like to use this online calculator (www.soapmakingfriend.com/soap-making-recipe-builder-lye-calculator).
It is safe to use on the body. Coconut oil soaps tend to be more drying, you can experiment with adding olive oil to the recipe for a more moisturising formula. (remember to recalculate other ingredients too!)
You could use herb infused water instead in the recipe or when diluting. Adding fresh/dried herbs straight into the soap would probably make it go bad/mouldy quickly.
Soap made entirely with KOH hardens into a paste that is squishy and will not keep the shape from soap moulds. If you use the KOH soap paste in the shower it will also dissolve much faster than bar soaps made with NaOH (sodium hydroxide).
@@GentleLivingShop thanku for upgrading my knowledge i have searched so many videos about soap making you are the only one who is manually calculated and explained 👏 👏👌 many congratulations. One thing Why you are not making more videos on soap making it will be beneficial for ppl like us.
thank you! we are happy we helped you😊😊 We have made new videos but we moved to another platform - you can see our new channel here diode.zone/c/gentle_living_shop/videos?s=1 - we welcome you to support us over there🤗
76 degree coconut oil refers to its melting point, it's another name for refined coconut oil. You can indeed use it to make liquid soap, just remember to select the correct coconut oil when calculating recipes.
Superfat or superfatting is using extra oil in a soap recipe with unchanged amount of lye. It is used in order to result in unsaponified oils so the soap is more moisturising. (Also known as lye discount.) In a liquid soap you want as little superfat as possible because any unsaponified oils would separate and float atop the soap which may go rancid.
Superfat means: using extra oil in soap recipe with unchanged amount of lye in order to result in unsaponified oils. It is also known as lye discount. For 1% superfat, you add 1% more oil/butter or use 1% less lye in the recipe.
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This is the best liquid soap tutorial. Thank you so much!
Thanks Weston!
Thanks so much you are a good teacher am watching you from west Africa Ghana .
Hi from Ireland! We thank you for watching :)
Very effective speech and demonstration
Thank you for watching!
Your voice is so soothing... And yes I learned a lot from your video
Thank you for the compliments 😄
Thank you mam! This is a proper way of teaching.
Thank you for watching!
How to add fragrance oil on this, what percentage of FO?
Should i add preservative ,like liq.germall plus, to prolong shelf life? If yes, how and to what percentage?
Your video is very educational. Hope you make more videos with regard to liquid soapmaking. 😊
Awesome video thank you for sharing
thanks for watching!
Nice video❤❤❤❤
Thank you :)
Hi, .... great video....can this liquid soap be used for washing clothes or dishes.....my liquid soap is leaving white soap marks on the dishes and does not easily clean out grease, what can be the reason? And how much excess coconut oil to add if I want to superfat your recipe to 5% coconut oil instead of 1%?
Hi, yes this soap can be used for washing clothes and dishes.
The white marks your liquid soap is leaving may be because the soap has not been cured completely. Or if you have hard water in your area the white marks could be soap scum. The way to reduce soap scum would be to add citric acid and/or salt to your soap recipes. Soap scum is not harmful and can easily be clean with vinegar + baking soda.
Higher superfat in a liquid soap recipe is not recommened because it tends to result in free-flowing (unsaponifies) oils in the final product. However, if you would still like to increase the superfat from 1% to 5% in this particular recipe, simply reduce the potassium hydroxide (90% purity) from 84.81g to 81.38g.
Will try this recipe.....I see you stopped at medium to thick trace. Will it still thicken in a few days if I am being lazy and stop mixing further after light trace is achieved? Or do u recommend going all the way to a thick trace for this liquid soap recipe? Thanks
If you stop mixing after light trace the soap batter will probably have a harder time reaching thick trace and may result in seperation of oil and lye. But if you fancy a try anyway do make sure to insulate the soap batter very well to keep in the heat to help with saponification.
Normal water or distilled water is used for diluting the soap
We used normal tap water. But if you have hard water in your area then distilled water would be a good choice to reduce impurities and soap scum.
How to make shampoo out of this? And what is the saponification time.. as NaOH takes 45 days, how much does KOH take?
To make shampoo you may dilute the soap paste as instructed in the video. Because we did not use heat to aid the saponification process, we suggest leaving the soap paste curing for 3 weeks to let excess lye settle and for its pH to drop to a more gentle level.
great video, i was worried about making this hot process style but i don't have to,,,,,,,,, when you put the soap base into the water, is it boiling hot water or just cold water?
It’s cold…whe she adds the lye it heats it up
We use room temperature water to mix with lye and also to dissolve the soap base. You could use warm water when dissolving the soap base to speed up the process.
Can you please make a video on how to make bar 🧼
We have made a video on how to make bar soap - it is on PeerTube: diode.zone/w/niisfGPmHx6R8FCSCBvq8Y?subtitle=en
thanks for watching!
Thank you very much
@@GentleLivingShop can you also show how to calculate the bar soap? Thank you
Sure, we will make a video on that and send it to you, stay tuned!
Can I combine the two koh and Noah for a thicker recipe
That's a great idea and yes you definitely can! This is called a dual-lye soap, read more about it here: classicbells.com/soap/dualLye.asp
explained well 👏
Thank you :)
Can we use add shampoo as a shampoo base
This soap is suitable to be used as shampoo.
@@GentleLivingShop thnk u so much for the reply specially this recipe is too good without stick blender😍😍❤❤
Nice but I have doubt,after 3 weeks also my liquid cloudy for that what to do
If your liquid soap is cloudy it does not affect the quality of it. Many different things could cause cloudy soap and it is in our opinion pointless to pursue a 100% clear liquid soap.
But if you must, to get clearer liquid soap you should:
--- use 100% distilled water in the soapmaking process as well when dissolving the soap paste
--- use as little superfat in your recipe as possible
--- use heat to speed up and complete the saponification process (search: hot-process liquid soapmaking in a slow cooker)
--- Even if you don't follow the tips above, dissolved soap paste will usually clear up if you leave it to sit for 24 hours as the cloudiness will settle.
@@GentleLivingShop thank you so much for reply
Can you please convert the recipe to cups for us who don't have scale
Cups measure by volume, which is not as accurate as weighing with a scale. If you are making soap we would recommend investing in a scale for better results!
Tanks a lot
Could this soap be commercial?
Yes you definitely can sell the soap paste.
Please, can it be used on the body right away
Yes, after the soap has finished going through saponification, there should be no more active lye and therefore can be used on the body right away,
Wow so nice recipe😍😍😘💕💕
Thank you!
@@GentleLivingShop so easy recipe😊😍❤
Can we make small batch?
yes! just change the oil amount you want to use and calculate the recipe from there😊
@@GentleLivingShop can we use 150 oil half batch??
Yes! See recipe here www.soapmakingfriend.com/recipes/60676.coconut-oil-liquid-soap-small-batch - you can use this tool to adjust/double check your recipes :)
I tried your recipe with olive oil and it SAP value, it didn't get thicker, how can I possibly fix it, thank you
Olive oil is a soft oil, it is slower to saponify compared to coconut oil which is maybe why your recipe did not thicken. You can heat the soap batter on low heat while stirring (hot-process soapmaking) or use a stick blender. Traditional Castile (olive oil) soap without heat or stick blending takes hours to thicken so patience is your friend! (read more about it: korenhelbig.com/homemade-soap-traditional-castile/)
@@GentleLivingShop ah, thank you so much, it is clear explanation, 😊 😘
Can we mix the olive oil with coconut oil?
You can indeed add olive oil to the recipe, just remember to recalculate the entire recipe. Also, olive oil is much slower to saponify so if the recipe is high in olive oil you may need to add some heat (e.g. using the stove) or mix with a stick blender to speed up the process.
Can we use another oil instead of coconut oil.how to calculate the amount of the oil ?
Yes you certainly can use any other type of oils, although some oils (like olive) are called soft oils, which means it takes much longer for the soap batter to trace. You could consider heating the soap batter up to speed up the process. To calculate the amount, we like to use this online calculator (www.soapmakingfriend.com/soap-making-recipe-builder-lye-calculator).
Is it safe for body shower? Or is it to drying?
It is safe to use on the body. Coconut oil soaps tend to be more drying, you can experiment with adding olive oil to the recipe for a more moisturising formula. (remember to recalculate other ingredients too!)
😍😍😍😍🥰🤗🙏thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching🥰🥰
Can we use the soap for shower
Yes you can use the soap for shower and everything else you want because it does the job of cleaning very well without containing any harsh chemicals.
Can we use it for hair wash soap base ??
Yes you can use it as a hair wash😊
Do you let the lye solution cool down?
There is no need to let the lye cool down. The natural heat of the lye solution will actually help the soap saponify.
How to add herbs with it mam any idea
You could use herb infused water instead in the recipe or when diluting. Adding fresh/dried herbs straight into the soap would probably make it go bad/mouldy quickly.
Why KOH is using only for liquid soap when it can get harden ? Can we put it into soap molds purpose for bathing soap?
Soap made entirely with KOH hardens into a paste that is squishy and will not keep the shape from soap moulds. If you use the KOH soap paste in the shower it will also dissolve much faster than bar soaps made with NaOH (sodium hydroxide).
@@GentleLivingShop thanku for upgrading my knowledge i have searched so many videos about soap making you are the only one who is manually calculated and explained 👏 👏👌 many congratulations. One thing
Why you are not making more videos on soap making it will be beneficial for ppl like us.
thank you! we are happy we helped you😊😊 We have made new videos but we moved to another platform - you can see our new channel here diode.zone/c/gentle_living_shop/videos?s=1 - we welcome you to support us over there🤗
I am a bar soap maker and have coconut oil 76 is that not the correct one?
76 degree coconut oil refers to its melting point, it's another name for refined coconut oil. You can indeed use it to make liquid soap, just remember to select the correct coconut oil when calculating recipes.
Can we use it for shampoo?
yes, you can use this soap to wash hair, skin, hands, clothes and everything else.
@@GentleLivingShop thanks u so much ☺️
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What's the superfat plz?
Superfat or superfatting is using extra oil in a soap recipe with unchanged amount of lye. It is used in order to result in unsaponified oils so the soap is more moisturising. (Also known as lye discount.)
In a liquid soap you want as little superfat as possible because any unsaponified oils would separate and float atop the soap which may go rancid.
Please tell me what is mean 1:1 paste: water,?
1:1 (paste : water) means for example: put 100g of soap paste + 100g of water. It denotes the ratio between paste and water.
@@GentleLivingShop tanks à lot
Thanks , WHAT IS YOU MEAN1% SUPERFAT ?
Superfat means: using extra oil in soap recipe with unchanged amount of lye in order to result in unsaponified oils. It is also known as lye discount.
For 1% superfat, you add 1% more oil/butter or use 1% less lye in the recipe.
@@GentleLivingShop Thank you so much for your help
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Can we add colour
Yes you can indeed add colour, we recommend you add the colour at the final stage when you dissolve the soap paste for use.
Mam reply me please😣😔😔😔😔
Hi friend :)