How is handmade soap made?

Handmade soap is a kind of soap made by hand with natural oil and lye. It is basically the result of saponification reaction between oil and alkali liquor. Handmade soap can be used for both washing face and bathing. Handmade soap foam is delicate and rich, which can completely remove oil stains deep in pores. Make skin moist, shiny and elastic. The traditional method of making handmade soap, the handmade soap made by this traditional method is also a better cold-made soap on the market now. The course of making cold-made soap and the soap with good formula related to it are introduced in detail. The raw materials of cold-made handmade soap are vegetable oil, water and sodium hydroxide. The basic steps are as follows:

1. Before making soap, it is necessary to accurately weigh the amount of oil, sodium hydroxide and water.

2. Dissolve caustic soda with water, put water and caustic soda into a container and stir until the water becomes transparent. It should be noted that foam and heat will be generated during the mixing process.

3. Add oil while stirring. After the caustic soda is completely dissolved, the oil is gradually added while stirring. Then you can concentrate on stirring the soap. Due to different formulations, the stirring time of soap solution is different, but the stirring time of pure oil is usually longer.

4. The soap solution can be poured into the mold after being stirred until it is thick.

5. Leave it intact 1~2 days, and put it in a warm place 1~2 days. At this time, the liquid produces a chemical reaction in the mold. Please don't touch it.

6, finally completed, cut into squares of appropriate size, placed in a ventilated place to avoid direct sunlight, placed for more than a month, the production is completed.

Melt copy method, the simplest method of handmade soap is "melt copy method", which is heated and melted with the ready-made soap base we bought in the market, and then injected into the favorite mold. After a period of cooling and drying, it can be demoulded, and a piece of arbitrary and unique soap is completed. In order to avoid contact with air, it is recommended to wrap it with plastic wrap or soap and PE film immediately. Because there is no need to use sodium hydroxide, the operation process is as interesting as taking a cooking class, so even children can easily complete it under the supervision of adults. The basic characteristics of soap base are bright color, transparent effect and lovely shape, and various flavors and pigments are mainly added.