Olive oil soap make your own: here's how

Our recipe results in 600 g of soap with an oil grade of 10 %.

• Before we list the ingredients and needed utensils, we describe, first, what protective clothing you need.
• In addition to safety glasses and a breathing mask you'll need protective Latex gloves. Also, carry appropriate clothing. These should be robust and long sleeve. Underestimate any of the dealing with the lye. Contact with skin can cause severe injury.
• For the soap you will need 420 grams of olive oil. The liquor make them out of 126 g of water and 51 g of sodium hydroxide, i.e. Caustic soda,. You need an accurate scale.
• They also teach small bowl to Weigh the Oil and the water. For the water it is best to take a slightly larger bowl for Mixing the Seifenleims.
• For the Weighing of the Ätznatrons you use a different bowl. This should be made of stainless steel or plastic, so that the Material is not attacked by the liquor. An aluminum bowl is not suitable, as it may cause a reaction with the lye. Tip: Find a old bowl that you can discard afterwards.
• For Stirring the lye you will need a sturdy spoon and a whisk, both made of stainless steel.
• A large tarpaulin made of plastic as a pad should not be missing. No longer willing to put an older towel that you need. To need finally, you still have enough forms, you can use the soap the glue to Harden, pour.
• Very important: you need time and rest to make olive oil soap by yourself. Children should in no case be in the vicinity. You should be undisturbed and focused work. Set it aside so you mobile phone, or other sources of interference.

It's best not to make the olive oil produce soap in your kitchen. Here, the risk is too big, that tiny quantities of the Ätznatrons get into your food or Drink. You move the manufacturing out into the open. This is not possible, ensure sufficient ventilation of the area.

1. Boil water to make it germ-free as possible and weigh it then in the large bowl. Allow water to cool until it is lukewarm.
2. Next, you weigh the Oil in a separate bowl.
3. Pull the protective clothing, i.e. safety glasses, respiratory protection mask and gloves on, tying her hair together and cover the area with foil. This applies also to the already facing bowls with water and olive oil.
4. Only when you have made these preparations, you can open the container with the Caustic soda and weigh the required amount in the appropriate bowls.
5. You give very careful and gradually the Caustic soda, Stirring in the water. Important: Keep this order. The Caustic soda to the water and not Vice versa. Pour water to Caustic soda can cause a violent reaction.
6. Take care when Stirring to ensure that the liquor is injected. Due to the chemical reaction temperatures of around 90° can occur. So be careful and focused. You need to stir until the Caustic soda has dissolved.
7. This is the case, give the olive oil a spoonful at a time in the lye. Stir it continuously for as long, until all the oil is incorporated and a creamy liquid is formed.
8. Fill out forms for the manufacture of soap glue carefully into the provided soap. Cover the moulds with baking paper and wrap a old towel on it.
9. Set the soap mold so at least 24 hours - better a little longer - in a dark, cool and dry place. Tip: place the towel-wrapped forms in a carton. So you can transport them better.
10. Clean the used utensils with the old cloth. In the kitchen, you should use neither the bowls nor spoons or whisk more. The bowls, by have weighed the soda, dispose of you the best. Their protective clothing and store in a plastic bag.
11. Should you have not worked in the Outdoors, ventilate the room well.
12. After about 24 hours, the mass should be cooled. This is the case, you can get the soap from the molds. Tip: to Pull you gloves. The soap is now so corrosive as soap, glue, nevertheless, you must ripen before you can use them.
13. This maturation process takes about 40 days. As long as you keep the pieces of soap in a dark and dry place that is ventilated well. Wait for this time before you use the soap. Before that, the olive oil soap or skin irritation cause.