| Soap making can be a great leisure pursuit and is just | | | | fumes are caustic and quite dangerous. First step is to |
| like a science experiment, if successful can be turned | | | | heat the lye and then allow it to cool for 2-3 hours |
| into great business opportunity. People are getting | | | | after which ingredients are mixed with the help of stick |
| inclined towards natural products for their personal | | | | blenders. As the process of saponification completes, |
| hygiene products like soaps devoid of chemical | | | | soaps are poured into moulds and after particular |
| contents. For all these reasons, people are taking | | | | interval of time depending upon your soap making |
| initiative to make soap making recipes from basic | | | | recipe and the ingredients, their pH levels are being |
| natural ingredients like coconut, olive oils and palm in | | | | checked which should be 7-9. You can gain expertise |
| their leisure time. It's entirely your wish to use lye in | | | | in soap making process by trying out different soap |
| your soap production process or you want to try your | | | | making recipes using different ingredients. |
| hands in glycerine based soaps but soap making | | | | Glycerine manufacturing process involves no direct |
| recipe without usage of lye entirely is not possible. | | | | usage of lye but it is contained in glycerine soap base |
| The people who are allergic to chemical substances | | | | used in the process which is being melted to remove |
| are advised not to use lye directly but it's present in | | | | all the moisture present. Slowly and steadily, you can |
| the glycerine soap that would be melted and poured in | | | | add your favourite colour, oils and fragrances while |
| the process. Lye, if used in proper proportion can | | | | stirring it so that it absorbs all the ingredients and |
| reduce the symptoms of eczema and can work in | | | | becomes smooth. The hot mixture is then poured into |
| place of bleach on skin while in other cases it can | | | | moulds which are then hardened for further usage. |
| cause severe burns. Lye is required to elicit the | | | | Soap manufacturing is extensively used as a cottage |
| reaction of fats and oils to turn into glycerine and soap | | | | industry business and a possible income generating |
| molecules. Soaps can also be made from soap scraps | | | | endeavour because the procedure involves no |
| found in your bathrooms by adding several ingredients | | | | complex ingredients and hardly any investment and |
| and then recycling it via proper soap making process. | | | | above all people loves the luxury of homemade soaps |
| Most of the recipes involve usage of tools like rubber | | | | devoid of any harmful chemical substances. |
| gloves, stainless steel pot, thermometers; stick | | | | Hope you find it interesting enough to give it a go. |
| blenders, plastic containers with lids and lye whose | | | | Sincerely, Igor B. |