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Soap From
Scratch Beginner Recipes
The following recipes
are good, basic instructions that we hand out to anyone who comes in the
store wanting to try making soap from scratch without making a large investment.
Recipe #1
Makes a little over
2 pounds of soap. This soap does a beautiful job of cleaning and is just
full of bubbles.
16 oz. Pure Vegetable Shortening (no name is perfect)
7 oz. Pomace Olive Oil
6 oz. Coconut Oil
9 oz. Cold Water (distilled or purified works best)
4 oz. Lye Crystals
Add 3/4 to 1 oz. of
Perfume Fragrance Oil or Essential Oils at trace for a softly scented soap.
Temperatures should
be between 95 and 100 degrees F for both mixtures.
Recipe #2
This recipe makes
a nice, hard bar of soap. It also lathers well and has a wonderful cleaning
ability. Makes approximately 3 lbs. of soap.
8 oz. Palm Oil
7 oz. Coconut Oil
26 oz. Pomace Olive Oil
3 oz. Cocoa Butter
16 oz. Cold Water (distilled or purified works best)
6 oz. Lye Crystals.
Add 1 1/4 to 1
1/2 oz. of Perfume Fragrance Oil or Essential Oils at trace for a softly
scented soap.
Temperatures should
be between 95 and 100 degrees F.
General Instructions
for Both Recipes