Basic Homemade Soap Recipe for Making Goat Milk Soap
Spencer's Farm shares a basic homemade soap recipe with, step-by-step, instructions. If you are using a different recipe, that's okay, you can still follow these, basic, soap making steps. All ingredients in soap making should be measured by weight. DO NOT substitute oils in your soap recipes! Use ONLY the ingredients specific to your homemade soap recipe! CAUTION! Before making homemade soap you should HEED ALL WARNINGS! You will be making homemade soap, at your own risk, so it's important to understand all ingredients, procedures and safety precautions before beginning.
WARNINGS: CAUTION! CAUTION! CAUTION! 1 - DRESS APPROPRIATELY. Wear rubber gloves, safety goggles, protective clothing and shoes. You will be handling lye. Lye can cause, extremely, painful burns if it contacts your skin. If you happen to get a lye burn, pour white vinegar on the burn to neutralize it. If you spill lye, wipe the entire area with generous amounts of white vinegar, making sure ALL lye is neutralized. 2 - UNDERSTAND ESSENTIAL OILS. Essential oils are potent and bioactive ingredients. Respect ALL essential oils & treat with care.
SOAP MAKING STEPS:1 - MEASURE YOUR INGREDIENTS Olive oil – 24 oz. Coconut oil - 10 oz. Lard – 30 oz. Lye – 8.7 oz. Milk – 24 oz. / Pour goat milk into a shallow pan and freeze solid. Break into chunks before using. 2 - PREPARE YOUR MOLDS: There are different types of soap making molds: wood, plastic, shoebox, etc.... 3 - MELT LARD and COCONUT OIL in stainless steel stockpot. DO NOT heat above 115 degrees! Next, ADD OLIVE OIL. 4 - ADD LYE INTO THE MILK AND LYE MIXTURE in Pyrex or plastic containers. Keep an eye on the temperature, and make sure the lye/milk mixture does not get hotter than about 140 degrees, or else the milk will scorch. You DO NOT want your goat milk to scorch! If the milk has all thawed, put the lye in very slowly in small amounts, waiting until the temperature goes below 90 degrees before each addition. 5 - MONITOR THE TEMPERATURE of the lye and oils.When they both reach a temperature of 90 to 100 degrees, you can go to the next step. 6 - SLOWLY POUR the milk/lye mixture into the oils while stirring. Stir until the soap traces. 7 - ADD ANY ADDITIVES into the mixture now. 8 - STIR WELL and QUICKLY using a stick blender! Using a stick blender will save you hours of stirring. Purchasing a stick blender is well worth your time and money. Use it for all of your soap making recipes! 9 - POUR MIXTURE INTO YOUR SOAP MOLD. 10 - After hardens, REMOVE SOAP FROM THE MOLD. 11 - CUT SOAP INTO BARS, using use a sharp kitchen, (butcher), knife. 12 - Place soap bars on a non-metallic surface to CURE FOR 3 WEEKS. * This soap recipe yields FOUR POUNDS of soap. * Making homemade soap requires patience and practice. Follow these soap making instructions to help you achieve your soap making goals! If you're a beginner or experienced soap maker, who just needs some extra help, consider taking Spencer's Farm soap making classes or purchase this soap making DVD! Learn how to make soap, at home! "Making Goat Milk Soap With Spencer's Farm".
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