How To Make Soap with Rajiv Surendra
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2024
- Rajiv has been making his own bars of soap for almost nine years and it's the only soap he uses because it's great stuff! This video has been the most requested by viewers, so we're thrilled to finally share this one.
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★ TABLE OF CONTENTS ★
• 1:20 Goats milk soap
• 3:30 Soap making process is magical
• 5:05 Making soap is dangerous
• 6:30 Return of the apron to get down to business
• 7:05 History of cleaning skin
• 10:10 How to make the soap recipe
•12:14 The coconut oil appearance
•13:00 Combination of different fats determine the hardness of the soap
•14:00 Check the temperature to determine the lye solution
•15:43 Stainless steel spoon to add the lye to the liquid
•16:30 No clumps of lye
•17:38 Stick blender immersed in the liquid
•20:57 Soap ready for the mold
•21:40 You need 24 hours for it to harden in the freezer
•22:00 Do not touch this soap for a while- As long as 6 months!
•24:00 Wooden block made for the soap mold
•26:30 Cutting the soap with wire
•27:31 Stand them upright, so they have air circulating around them as they cure
•29:19 End result of soap with time
💡 TOPICS IN THIS VIDEO 💡
• My own goats milk soap
• Wise man soap making
• Finicky chemical process
• The weights and temperature are important and exacting
• Adaptation of goat's milk recipe
•Lye is an important ingredient but very dangerous and hazardous
•Lye crystals
•Vegetable shortening or lard/pig fat as an option
•Olive oil and coconut oil in the soap making process
•Using a scale is important in getting precise measurements in the soap making process
•The different fats saponify with the lard
•Lye heats up when mixed with liquid
•Do not use wooden spoon with lye
•Stick blender used but be careful not to splatter anything
•Goggles very important for protective gear
•soap mold used to cut into bars
•Saponification is the chemical process in which triglycerides are combined with a strong base to form fatty acid metal salts during the soap-making process
•The chemical process heats up so important to put in the freezer for 24 hours
•Soap has to sit for 2-3 weeks before it is safe enough to use
•Creamy and opaque but the soap will become translucent over time
•Soap can come out looking like cheese
•Protective gear important to protect your eyes and your skin
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I would watch this man file his taxes lol
Lmao I hope so
Or pluck chickens😊👋🏼
I'd watch him file his nails!
Honestly, he would teach us all it so well I'd feel much more confident to try it
OMG! I sure would too…every minute of it 🤣
A Tamil man, who sings Scottish laments, and drops occasionally into Dick Van Dyke cockney English. You're are a magical mystery of a man.
Thank you sooooo much
Magical mystery Man & a true renaissance man! Loved your song!!!
The last time I made soap was with my grandmother, 67 years ago in NC. She was making lye soap to use on Granddaddy's work clothes. Grandma started by making lye from oak wood ashes. Our fat was pork lard we rendered during hog killing. If she added other ingredients, I don't remember them. We worked outside over an open fire. I helped stir. She poured the soap batch in a round pan, and when it was hardened, cut it in pie shaped wedges. I've always wanted to make soap again. Grandma's soap would remove the tobacco gum from our clothes, not much else would. Thank you for all you do to inform, entertain, and keep us company.
Wow, fascinating! I wish I could have been there myself! Thanks for sharing.
I really love this comment. It's unintentionally filled with so much history and culture. I hope you're having a lovely day!
Similar story. I grew up in Nebraska on a farm once, or twice a year my German grandmother, and aunt would come to the farm and make soap. It was completely rustic outdoors in a huge black cauldron. Iron? It was about 3 feet across with a curled lip like a claw foot bathtub bathtub. Lye was made from ashes, rendered fat from beef, tallow or pig fat. A fire was started around and underneath the cauldron. They would add ingredients in including old, small bars of soap that were not comfortable to use. It was an all day project. We were instructed to stay away, as I was probably pretty young. I remember we used to play in the cauldron when it wasn’t in use. my sister and I could sit in it. I was probably less than eight years old and she was three years younger than I was. Such a good memory. 🦊
@rajivsurendra when I grew up, I lived in the mountains and made soap two times once with rendered beef fat from the local butcher, and vegetable oils. & shea butter, coconut oil, We added essential oils that were amazing and then a second time making it all vegetable . we collected plastic inner packaging from store bought cookies and crackers. Cookie packages had designs
On the bottom, sometimes large rectangles other times individual little circles or squares where the cookies from the store would sit inside the package. They worked as great molds and left pretty patterns on the soap. It was beautiful and made great gifts. I remember it was pure white. Oddly enough, I don’t remember using lye but we must have?
I have seen silicone bolts for making soap or salves
I love Jasmine or Camellia or Gardenia or Freesia floral scents.
Rose is nice but everywhere.
And I am allergic to lavender but hate the scent regardless....
Every friend who has been gifted a bar of your soap who watches this should realize what a lovely present it was. They got a gift made with love.
and crystals of danger hehe
Hi Rajiv!
I love your content! I am a soap maker, and I wanted to add that it is very important to always add your lye to your liquid and never add liquids to lye. If you add liquid to lye, you can get a volcano reaction that can result in injuries.
Your soap is beautiful❤
Hi ! Can you explain why the mask? Are there gases that escape? Does that mask have to be a certain type?
I have a new appreciation for those who sell homemade soap at the farmers market. Always thought they seemed pricey. Now it’s clear why they charge what they do. Thank you for the lesson.
This guy is the Bob Ross of TH-cam "my most treasures gifts are tools" "I have great friends"
Bros out here living the life!
An absolutely lovely and informative video but Rajiv’s warnings are to be taken seriously. Years ago when we raised goats, I made soap in my kitchen and the immersion blender splattered the fat-lye mixture all over my painted cabinets and window mouldings. It removed several layers of paint right down to the wood. Thank you for fresh inspiration and a reminder of caution, Rajiv.
Oh boy, thanks for sharing that! I want people to know how dangerous this is.
Yes, thank you both for pointing out the dangers of lye. I had an ancestor who blinded himself in a soapmaking accident; hearing this story as a child was when I first learned what lye is, and it left an indelible impression! So grateful for access to good protective equipment in the modern era, as well as being able to choose whether or not we make our own soap!
Wow! Didn't know it took so long to cure! I can really appreciate why handmade soap can be a little expensive, but worth it!
That's why I don't sell it, it's just not worth any price that someone would be willing to pay...considering it takes up space in my apartment for 6 months, curing.
@@rajivsurendra I bet your apartment smells like a dream.
@@rajivsurendrayou underestimate what your fan base would be willing to pay for an original piece of anything you've touched.
Absolutely!!!@@amilawstudent
One human with so much elegance and perfection all around! Gotta love this guy!!! His personality is soooo endearing too!!! Thank you, Rajiv!!
There is something very “incongruous” about hearing that song coming from someone wearing a baseball cap backwards! Hahaha
Agreed but it sure made me remember my dear sweet mother so fondly.
My blood pressure drops just relaxing and watching this new age Mister Roger! I always learn something interesting watching.
Or in our case in Canada…..Mr. Dressup….so calm!
You nailed it.
Rajiv is a true Renaissance man !
I was thinking new age Bob Ross, but you’re right! Definitely giving Mr. Roger vibes!
I am a retired teacher and lifelong learner who is just captivated by your talents, your method of presentation, and the passion you share about life.
Hi Rajiv, I am 74 but remember my grandmother living on a farm making soap with homemade lye. She had a big can nailed to the side of her house by the back door. She had it filled with ash and had a container nailed below that. We kids were well aware to stay away from that container, in which the lye would collect. She also had one of those giant cast iron cauldrons like in the drawing you showed. She would build a fire under it, and using collected fat and her homemade lye would make all her own soap. I remember the soap was not pretty, but it certainly worked. She was a busy farm wife, so the soap was just put in a box under the sink after it was cut. She was a treasure! She also made quilts, mattresses, clothes..if it could be made at home she did so. Love your videos, this one especially.
Wow, mattresses? Cool. Love hearing old stories of our beloved relatives.
My folks are Indian, born & raised in east Africa before immigrating to Canada in the early 70s. My dad recently mentioned that his grandmother used to wash dishes with ash, so I was fascinated to hear lye is made from it 😊 I'm heeding all your cautions and will be supporting local soap makers from now on! Thank you for sharing this beautiful part of your life and knowledge with us❤🙏👍🏼
This new season of Breaking Bath is off to a great start!
Hello, I think you did a pretty good job explaining soap making. I’ve been making soap since 2015. Why did I wait so long! Been wanting to make it since I was 14. I use an old stainless 3 quart pan with a handle and some plastic pitchers. These items are used only for soaping. I use about 8 percent coconut oil. You can use an online lye calculator to figure your recipe. I cure the soap for six weeks. Homemade soap is so awesome to use for everything!! I use it in shower on hair and body, carpet cleaning, dishes, etc.
God has gifted you with great teaching skills. Thank you for all your content!
Allahu Akbar.
This is the channel I watch when I want to feel inner peace.
Rajiv is so soothing in everything he does. He effortlessly creates an atmosphere of comfort and charm.
Hi Rajiv. Thank you very, very much for having taken the time to show us your wonderful soap making recipe. The combination of ingredients does make a big difference in it's consistency. The mother of one of my ex-boyfriends, used to make the soap the very old fashion way. The didn't have much money at all so absolutely everything was reused, including the fat from the meals they had cooked to make soap. She made all the clothes for all the family and she reused the ugly plastic bags from the supermarket to crochet handbags. Things that now seem to come back as fashion trends, but 30-40 and more years ago, she already used to do all of this and more as something natural. Nothing was wasted but they lacked nothing either, despite the little they had. So thank you for helping people with your TH-cam channel to rediscover and appreciate these things.
Wow, fascinating to read this. I love these recollections, thank you for sharing.
I used to watch my Mamaw Wilson make a pan of lye soap, as she called it. She wouldn’t let us in the kitchen, now I know why! She poured it into an old pan, let it get hard, then cut it into squares. One block stayed at the kitchen sink, one at her washing machine, and one by the bathroom sink for extra dirty hands. Nowadays soaps are everywhere but Mamaw made it because it was something she learned from her mother for necessities sake. She passed at ninety-eight, and I never asked her to teach me that special craft. So happy to see younger folks keeping this art alive! 🧼🫶🏻🙌🏻
Precious memory❤
The heat given off as the lye mixes with the milk means that an exothermic reaction is occurring. The lye is dissolving in the water in the milk and because lye (or sodium hydroxide NaOH) is so polar (strong + charge on Na and - charge on OH) the dissolution process releases a lot of energy. You are right to take precautions and to be very careful to not get it on your skin or in your eyes/mouth. The solution formed is strongly alkaline, which is the opposite end of the pH scale to acid, but it can do just as much damage.
I would be overjoyed to receive homemade soap. How lovely. There is no end to your talent or thoughtfulness.
This made me so happy. Firstly, the singing! What an absolutely beautiful intro. And secondly, I’ve been wondering and held off on making my own soap. So happy to consider this process. ✨
and now we want to see your bathroom tour🙏 it would be interesting to see what you use and organise your bathroom supplies
We'll get in there eventually. Probably with @brooklinen
Years ago, my sisters and I used to make our own soaps, and we made one very similar to your Wiseman soap -- we scented ours with frankinsence and myrrh, too,, but we also added gold flakes, and gave it away as gifts at Christmas. It was a lovely soap.
Also, white vinegar neutralizes lye -- if you happen to get some lye on your skin, splash it with vinegar.
I think our Rajiv is in love, he seems particularly happy and singing which I love to hear ❤❤❤
Can you imagine how amazing someone would have to be to be a match for Rajiv? Can there be two such on Earth at one time?
Lovely video, Rajiv. It brings back so many memories with my abuela. My granny used to make soap every summer in her patio in southern Spain with used olive oil she collected from fried foods the whole year. She would make a huge batch for the family and then would let it rest on the floor in her house. The soap chunks were not as refined as yours, they were big bricks shaped unevenly. I still remember the smell and how good it was. We even used it for washing clothes. I always wanted to learn from her but unfortunately couldn't. I hope one day I can make my own soap too. Thank you for your work and your videos ❤
What a lovely way to spend some quiet time: listening to Rajiv (caution us ad nauseum about the perils of soap making🤣) while I knit. Thank you!
When I visited Turkey several years ago I fell in love with aleppo soap. It has become the standard in our home and this video makes me appreciate it even more.
Your videos are like a lovely letter from a friend. Thanks for the Annie Laurie song, just beautiful.
I recall when I was a kid in Vancouver 60 years ago the Scouts used to do fat drives to collect fats saved in the households. It was used for soaps and other oil products. I've been looking at soap making lately. I do sew, knit, spin, etc., as ways to learn. Always enjoy your videos.
I would suggest you strain your lye solution through a fine sieve to keep any lye crystals out of your soap so one less thing to worry about.
OMIGOD YOU DID IT! Thank you so much Rajiv! Such an informative video, and you were generous enough to show us how to make your Wiseman soap. ❤
Beautiful video, Rajiv. As you were so gracefully making your soap, I kept thinking about the many generations of women who made soap, doing so without electric mixers or refrigerators or stoves, and my heart swelled with respect for all the women of the past, with admiration of their know-how, and with gratitude for all that they did.
I JUST ❤ YOUR CONTENT! I feel so much nostalgia and longing for life in the countryside of my hometown on the island 🏝️ 🇯🇲.
Girl if mi love him one more time! He's wholesome.
Girl if mi love him one more time! He's so wholesome.
@@elle_9136 AYE!!🤣 right!! Love when he sings the old church songs… he’s a special human.I just love everything he does!! Now me need fi find a goat milk soap with frankincense & myrrh. My grandma always use that natural stuff . I can smell it now…ugh 😀🌹
I find myself now wanting to watch the rest of the videos, but at the same time I don't want to watch them all and find myself without more videos from Rajiv.
As a fellow Canadian I was not expecting that shoutout to Pioneer Village!! Yesssss!! What a happy and very random surprise 😁
The video we've all been waiting for🤭 Thank you Rajiv for everything you put out there! Happy Saturday
I think one of my favorite things about this channel and Rajiv is the anachronism all over lol It's a beautiful old song, in a beautiful full of old things apartment... and then he shows up with a backwards cap lol makes me really feel like I can do what he's doing too
Great informative video, my daughter made soap once and said that was enough because every one she gave it to hoarded instead of using it. Beautiful singing intro!!
Many people I've given this soap to have also saved it but I try to get them to actually use it!
Oh my gosh! I have played Annie Laurie as a fiddle tune for most of my life, and never knew it had words! 😍 Who would have guessed I would find out from a video of Rajiv making soap?
What a sweet little beginning of a video! Simple camera shot, no one in it, but we hear the singing of our favorite person and some slight clattering around indicating his industriousness and preparation. 💕💜💓
As a 21 yr soaper i recognize that total relief and elation feeling when you get a good batch". In fact im pretty sure that music is the same exact music i hear in my head when i get a "good batch".
Excellent Information! It was impossible to see trace when i was learning. This is the first time ive heard it explained so well. Also ... your muscles look so very nice bulging out of your sleeves.
Thank you!
Loved the singing. So…grew up in Brownsville, Texas, 93 percent Hispanic. Educated by the Sisters of the Incarnate Word most of who came straight from Ireland. Music class was learning Irish songs. So all of us little Hispanic girls learned many Irish songs…Annie Laurie, Danny Boy, Irish Lullaby, When Irish Eyes are Laughing, My Wild Irish Rose, Molly Malone, and many others. Annie Laurie is my favorite, thank you for bringing back happy school memories.
I made soap years ago in a craft class, but it was a recipe without lye, must look it up. I remember we used Lavender for the scent.
That's so nice! Annie Laurie is Scottish.
Wow, I didn’t know that, always thought it was Irish. It’s a beautiful song.
My grandmother used to make soap in the back yard, and my mom stepped in it. She experienced a serious burn, and had to wear a special boot for months. You’re such a master at teaching these crafts that are almost lost. Thank you for your lessons, and thank you for your beautiful voice. What a delight!❤
Gangsta, yo! Thank you for sharing. The singing was beautiful.
love how pioneer village, a right of passage for all Toronto schools, effected you so positively!!!
I just remember the gift shop with the rock candy sticks...I should have paid more attention haha.
never going to make my own soap but would watch this for the beauty of those mixing bowls on the tablecloth alone
Absolutely!
I have been a soapmaker for 8 years, and you still manage to teach me new things! Love your videos, keep making the world a better place ❤
Rajiv! I love how you show people diy and cozy living in the city! Ive always wanted to make my own soap, candles etc... but wanted yo wait to get my house in the woods lol😊
You don't have to wait, you can do it on a small scale. Historically, people did all this stuff in cities in crowded tiny quarters.
Rajiv, you are the Universal Man! My happiness is always bolstered by your intimate and oh-so-learning-worthy visits! And, I mean, your worldwide dialects!! 🙌
Great video!!!! Is there anything you can't do? You re so talented.
OMG Kevin made an appearance when you said ‘Gangsta Yo’.
Sometimes he sneaks up on me.
You are really amazing. LOL. Take care and keep posting. I love to watch
I only realized lye burned people when I saw Fight Club 😅. Thanks for posting this! Sooo informative.
Fascinating!!!!
The process while dangerous was actually not as complicated as my mind thought at all.
Thank you Rajiv!!!
Don't take it lightly though, I have done this for eight years and we've edited this video so it seems smooth and casual, but every time I make soap, I take my time and do it very slowly and carefully. Even the fumes from the lye solution are dangerous, so if you try this at home, be VERY cautious.
Thank you Rajiv!
Yes, I would have to dot all my i’s and cross all my t’s before I would attempt making soap. But you showing us that with proper care and tools a task is achievable.
Today I am hemming a pair of jeans keeping the original hem…. Less dangerous!!!
Beautiful !
Bravo!!!❤❤
It will always amaze me that someone thought to mix lard with lye made from ashes in the first place. I really need to make soap at least once!
Just FYI: grade 3 ON (only) curriculum still has settler history, but couched in non 'Doctrine of Discovery' terms. Still lots of fun for kids to learn what it takes to learn from the land to fashion shelter, food, everyday items to sustain a life in a natural environment from the resources you have on hand. Cheers for this trip through saponification, always a satisfying experience - and always appreciated the scent combo of frankincense & myrrh: yummy, heady and spicy. When my husband & I married in 1976 we made handmade soap as part of our bonbonnières wedding favours, I have several old soapmaking books, but I inévitable go back to Beverly Plummer's 'Fragrance' which described the process, albeit with 1975 resources. So satisfying to take simple ingredients to make luscious, lathering soap with custom scents. The bonus is the chemical reaction takes something caustic and produces emollient glycerine, so soothing on skin. As you say, Rajiv: magical!
I just made soap with my classmates as a part of our chemistry final project and I'm planning to make more soon, maybe gonna try your recipe and gift some to my friends. Thank you for sharing this with us, Rajiv!
Thank you for sharing!
Great, bravo!
Thank you!!
You're amazing!
Great video!
Thank you!
Genius!
this is so cool! thank you for sharing! love your videos
Very nice.
Yep you are the man RS-coming from a granny in Sonoma County…
Lovely ❤❤
THANK YOU
Awwww, he’s singing Annie Laurie…and beautifully! Would love to hear more singing🥹
Wonderful video.
FANTASTIC!!!🤯 YO.😲💯👏👏👏
That was wonderful, thank you
Thank you
I've always wanted to make soap but it seems complicated, so I just make soy candles and buy savon de Marseille. Your friends are so lucky to get hand-poured goatmilk soap from you regularly!
Decades of womens hard work writing down formula calculations have made soapmaking very simple. Theres calculators online thatll tell you how much of everything to add
Thank you.
Lovely!
Very cool, now I really appreciate handmade soap; I work in a local antique shop and one of the dealers makes soaps that smell amazing, they are pricey but I now know the value of them..a true art form..thank you for sharing!
Thank you Rajiv x
Rajiv, your videos generate such lovely comments & replies!
It shows what a genuine, warm & generous person you are. It's no wonder joy shines out of your eyes, your life is filled with authenticity & the genuine desire to share the things that give you happiness.
May I say thank you & God bless you.
Thank you for sharing! Love your videos 💗
Amazing!
What a lovely thing to wake to!
Rajiv couldn’t contain himself. He thought himself so funny (he was!) speaking with different accents. First a couple of smiles repressed and then unfettered laughter. Very charming. 💕
amazing, thanks
How nice! Thanks for sharing!! Another fave video!!❤😊
I’ve been waiting for this video 😊
Loved watching your video!
Its like magic!!! Thanks for sharing
Yes!! Love love love the singing!!! 🥰
Really interesting - thanks Rajiv 🎉
We had a beautiful adopted Grandma who asked us to call her Granny, as she was Southern.I was about 9, so about 52 years ago. She made us a batch of lye soap as gifts, and I remember using it, and my skin just burned and burned. I have super sensitive skin anyway, but I think it may not have cured long enough. We still loved her, just was a bit more wary about her presents. :) Thank you for this special video!
That soap was lye heavy, most likely - meaning it contained more lye than necessary to saponify that amount of oils.
That was amazing and divine⭐
That pitcher is awesome! Love your content and knowledge, thank you for sharing!
Thank you. I love that pitcher, it's about 180 years old.
Yes I was afraid as I watched that the lye was in the beautiful Rockingham(??) pitcher. (I should have known better)… but I wonder if the lye damages the yellow ware bowls? I’m sure you have to be very careful cleaning up your spatula and immersion blender! Thank you for this video and your concern that we be careful if we attempt this!
Ive been waiting my whole life for this video. I can't wait to finally smell this soap
Thank you for sharing your soap techniques!
Thank you for fulfilling requests... this is awesome!