tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338942671670735223.post8539266635539197418..comments2024-03-08T06:05:58.629-06:00Comments on Alaiyna B. Bath and Body: Glycerin Method Liquid Soap Making TutorialFaith Orioldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07506867106085799485noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338942671670735223.post-46102163504491363642015-12-15T08:20:38.818-06:002015-12-15T08:20:38.818-06:00Hello, im so devastated as this is my 2nd attempt ...Hello, im so devastated as this is my 2nd attempt in making liquid soap. My first attempt by using water really big failure as my soap didnt turn into paste at all even after 7 hour in crock pot. So i tried with using glycerin as most of soaper in the internet has a a great successmwith that method. But i dont know what went wrong...my soap still in liquid form after cooking it for hour. Please help me with this. Im now doubt my KOah was actually Noah.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338942671670735223.post-3935135281825684282015-09-21T14:09:05.401-05:002015-09-21T14:09:05.401-05:00Hi there - I have never used that formulation from...Hi there - I have never used that formulation from the video before but it does have a superfat of over 9% which is not good for liquid soap. For bar soap, the superfatted oils/butters are locked into the solid state of the bar soap. In liquid soap, those excess fats and oils will float around in the aqueous solution creating a cloudiness and eventually separating out. I also find it much easier to use at least 3 x the amount of weight of your KOH in glycerin or a combination of glycerin and water. KOH does not dissolve completely in glycerin that is only 2 x the weight of the KOH. So for that recipe, lower the superfat (I would use 3.3 ounces KOH) and increase your glycerin to 10 ounces.<br /><br />Some people have luck with that video/formula (I am assuming it is the Soaping101 one) and many do not.Faith Orioldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07506867106085799485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338942671670735223.post-69811360944109921402015-09-21T12:35:39.300-05:002015-09-21T12:35:39.300-05:00Hi faith i need your help. I followed the formula ...Hi faith i need your help. I followed the formula on youtube which used 13 oz olive oil, 1.5 oz castor oil, 1.5 oz coconut oil, 3 oz koh per 6 oz glycerin. I added the room temp koh over 200f glycerin but as the bubbles disappear, it was replaced with a hard soapy film above the glycerin base.Thinking it will dissolve eventually, i added it to my preheated oils and ended up having a transluscent soft paste. I used the clear test method alone as i do not have ph meter or phenopthalein at home. The distilled water was slightly cloudy. I diluted the paste at 3:1 ratio and created an opaque paste, not stingy to the hands. What went wrong? ThanksAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04401828676080700623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338942671670735223.post-52340886841738273692015-08-01T07:34:09.186-05:002015-08-01T07:34:09.186-05:00The avocado oil and mango butter can give you a cl...The avocado oil and mango butter can give you a cloudy soap due to the unsaponifiables that will remain in your soap. You can let it sequester for a few weeks and oftentimes the unsaponified particles will settle to the bottom and you can then attempt to strain them. Using tap water to test for clarity is not a great idea as that can oftentimes give you a whitish soap depending on the mineral content in your water. <br /><br />It is not uncommon for soap paste to be fluid while hot then harden up once cooled - perfectly normal. Each soap paste will have different characteristics based on a variety of factors. The more liquid in the paste, the more fluid it tends to be, the more that evaporates out during a cook, the harder it can be. The choice of oils can also affect the consistency of the paste. <br /><br />As for going through all the phases - again, each formulation will be different and you may or may not visually see all the "typical" phases, especially when using the glycerin method. Depending on your oils, you may see none of the phases with this method.<br />Faith Orioldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07506867106085799485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338942671670735223.post-16577337225788883272015-08-01T00:59:13.651-05:002015-08-01T00:59:13.651-05:00Ok heres what i did afterward...i turned it off fo...Ok heres what i did afterward...i turned it off for the night and it hardened up into a paste but at that point it was still zapping my tongue (i know this isnt full proof). The next day afterwork i let it cook for an additional 6 hrs and i turned it off. It was still testing cloudy, which may be due to the fact i was using tap water and our water is very hard here in California. But it didnt zap my tongue or make my skin itch when i washed my hands with it to test it so i took that as it was finally finished cooking.<br /><br />Also after checking on the unsaponifiables i did use avocado oil and mango butter. The other oils i used were castor, coconut, olive, medowfoam and plam kernal and i super fatted at 2%.<br /><br />So it could have been any of these reasons as to why it never tested clear. But my next question would be why didnt it go through all the phases and why did it take so to cook? The only reason i over mixed it was to try and get it to the other phases.��<br /><br />I made a small batch today using just coconut oil and lard. I did use distilled water to dissolve my koh and it went through all the phases as expected this time which was very exciting. I took your advice on using distiled water and i used tap water and there was a difference. My tap water came out super cloudy but the distilled water was clear as a bell! Thank you for that tip! I will try the gylcerin method again without oils that have unsaponifiables and see how that comes out. Will let you know the results.<br /><br />Thank you so much for the response! Your tutorials have been awesome in helping me through this process!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338942671670735223.post-35559775180843265252015-07-29T07:48:59.636-05:002015-07-29T07:48:59.636-05:00Using 100% glycerin in place of your water for you...Using 100% glycerin in place of your water for your lye mixture should not need a 3 hour cook. Glycerin will speed up the entire paste making process. The separation you refer too sounds more like over-mixing. If you stick blend glycerin method paste too much, you may end up with two layers, a darker fluid layer on the bottom and a lighter foamier layer on top - this can happen but does not affect your final diluted soap. At this point, if your clarity test is cloudy, it may be your formula. Too high a superfat or too many oils with unsaponifiables can create cloudiness. <br /><br />Also make sure you are using distilled water to test for clarity with. Tap water can have sodium, calcium, magnesium, etc that will affect your clarity test making it a whitish color. Also, oftentimes that minor cloudiness will clear up as your soap sequesters for a few days to a few weeks too. Hard to tell without knowing your formula and seeing a picture of it.Faith Orioldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07506867106085799485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338942671670735223.post-82043366953590677412015-07-28T22:11:51.050-05:002015-07-28T22:11:51.050-05:00Help! I am having such a hard time. I did the glyc...Help! I am having such a hard time. I did the glycerin base with a mixture of hard and soft oils and a low precentage of oils with unsaponifiables. When i added my koh glycerin solution to my oils it seemed like it went throught at the stages but it never fully reached the mashed potato phase. It stayed like a thick pudding. I thought it was too hot so i turned the crockpot down. Then i read in the comments that it may stay fluid. So from there i let it sit for and 1.5 hrs when i checked on it, it had separated. It was a dark amber on bottom and a butterscotch color on top. So i used my stick blender again to mix them up and it turned back to a lighter shade of butterscotch. Did i not mix enough? I was mixing for an hr before i let it sit and it never got to any of the other phases. When i did a clarity test it immediately turned cloudy. So i know it needs to cook more but i used the glycerin method specifically for the amount of time it took and at this point i am over 3hrs. I checked my recipe and know i followed it to the T. What could i have done wrong?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338942671670735223.post-2493578434444465072015-05-29T20:41:47.555-05:002015-05-29T20:41:47.555-05:00That is great!
that my first time doing soap.
Th...That is great!<br /><br />that my first time doing soap.<br /><br />Thank very much Faith!<br /><br />RoubaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338942671670735223.post-65444139889833027902015-05-29T06:44:59.274-05:002015-05-29T06:44:59.274-05:00HI Rouba - it is not uncommon for your paste to re...HI Rouba - it is not uncommon for your paste to remain very fluid using the glycerin method. Also, if you stickblend too much using this method you can get a layer of thick foamy paste on the surface and a clear, darker more fluid paste beneath it. If this happens, do not worry as your paste will still dilute just fine.Faith Orioldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07506867106085799485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338942671670735223.post-47142248393748151172015-05-28T21:38:53.800-05:002015-05-28T21:38:53.800-05:00Hi,
thanks for the great information
I used Bramb...Hi,<br /><br />thanks for the great information<br />I used Brambleberry calculator to create a liquid soap with 100g apricot oil, 150g grapeseed oil, 300g virgin coconut oil and 220g olive oil, i used the stick blender to mix them but it kept watery. When cold it transferred to very thick gel and a creamy layer on the top. i used glycerin instead of water.<br /><br />Thank you<br /><br />Rouba<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338942671670735223.post-59881246313144930042015-04-10T15:44:37.862-05:002015-04-10T15:44:37.862-05:00Hi Deirdre - you would need to use a different met...Hi Deirdre - you would need to use a different method if you wanted to use Goat's Milk instead of glycerin. I do have a tutorial on Goat's Milk Soap here: http://alaiynab.blogspot.com/2014/04/tutorial-how-to-create-liquid-goats.htmlFaith Orioldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07506867106085799485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338942671670735223.post-85489890153141200162015-04-10T12:57:55.210-05:002015-04-10T12:57:55.210-05:00Hello!
Can I make Goat's Milk Soap using this ...Hello!<br />Can I make Goat's Milk Soap using this method? Could I replace the glycerin with Goat's Milk? Thank you! I want to try this method since it seems much easier than other methods for making liquid soap:) Thank you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00369214406041285127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338942671670735223.post-13417794689387093762014-12-09T09:12:25.621-06:002014-12-09T09:12:25.621-06:00Hi there,
The glycerin used to dissolve the lye i...Hi there,<br /><br />The glycerin used to dissolve the lye is not calculated as a percentage. I use 3 x the weight of the KOH in glycerin when using all glycerin and no water. I find that any less than that and the KOH does not fully dissolve. Some people have used less than that, but I stick with 3 x the weight of the KOH.<br /><br />When you create your formulation, you will use a lye calculator to determine your require lye amount to saponify your oils. You will also get a liquid amount in order to dissolve your lye into. You replace that liquid with glycerin. Soapcalc.net calculator will default to 2 x the weight of the KOH, summberbeemeadow calculator will default to 3 x the weight of the KOH. When using distilled water to dissolve your lye, you can go with either amount or anything in between or even more than 3 x the weight of the lye. More water = more fluid paste, less water = quicker trace but stiffer paste. When working with water it comes down to personal preference, when replacing the water with glycerin you have to take into account using enough glycerin to dissolve the KOH - again, I find 3 X the weight of the KOH works best.Faith Orioldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07506867106085799485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338942671670735223.post-74100287526382158062014-12-08T11:09:57.046-06:002014-12-08T11:09:57.046-06:00What a lovely tutorial. Can you please tell me how...What a lovely tutorial. Can you please tell me how much glycerin need for this process as a percentage.<br />Thank you and all the best Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338942671670735223.post-42502701595762101192013-08-30T16:22:17.834-05:002013-08-30T16:22:17.834-05:00Thanks so much!Thanks so much!Faith Orioldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07506867106085799485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338942671670735223.post-5143144906709403872013-08-30T16:22:00.685-05:002013-08-30T16:22:00.685-05:00I cannot remember exactly how many ounces of paste...I cannot remember exactly how many ounces of paste this formula made since it is fully diluted, but I started with 20 ounces of oils including babassu oil, high oleic sunflower oil, jojoba oil, olive oil and castor oil. Typically 20 ounces of oils gives me about 32 - 36 ounces of paste. Faith Orioldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07506867106085799485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338942671670735223.post-74281468911617086832013-08-30T10:52:36.709-05:002013-08-30T10:52:36.709-05:00Great tutorial, just curious, how many ounces of u...Great tutorial, just curious, how many ounces of undiluted paste did this recipe make? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338942671670735223.post-51793545486501213402013-08-23T13:35:14.522-05:002013-08-23T13:35:14.522-05:00Great tutorial-I've been making liquid soap pa...Great tutorial-I've been making liquid soap paste and had heard about using glycerin but hadn't tried it. I think I will!Certainly looks like an easier process once you get the hang of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338942671670735223.post-22845580448067868172013-07-12T13:10:20.094-05:002013-07-12T13:10:20.094-05:00I just love how your liquid soap turned out, and y...I just love how your liquid soap turned out, and you did such a great job on this tutorial! =)Anne-Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04897791546363838272noreply@blogger.com