How to Make Liquid Soap
June 26th, 2010 | 
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This video shows you how to make a Coconut Oil Liquid Soap. This liquid soap can be used as a laundry and all-purpose soap.
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@salbarajas Use only distilled or rainwater.
@salbarajas Don’t use tap water. Replace it with distilled or rainwater only.
@salbarajas Use distilled or rainwater instead of tapwater.
How much TAP WATER should I add to the following recipe.
Measurements were verified by a Lye Calculator
32.00oz Sunflower Oil
6.04oz Potassium Hydroxide
18.10z Water
This would be 8% Supperfatted
You input would be appreciated.
Thank You
Salomon Barajas
How much tap water would I need to add to this recipe.
Measurements were verified by a lye calculator.
32.00oz Sunflower Oil
6.04oz Potassium Hydroxide – KOH
18.10z Water
This would be 8% Supperfatted
@shababfilisteen Don’t substitute any oils in this recipe. Oils are different. Some oils need a different amount of potassium hydroxide to turn into soap. Use a lye calculator to calculate the right of amount of ingredients for your soapmaking.
@brownbutterflie I haven’t made liquid soap in a crock pot but I’m sure it’ll come out great. Scent your liquid soap when you finish diluting the paste with water and it’s still warm.
If you use olive oil instead of coconut, will all the ratios become different? or stay the same. If anyone knows please tell me, thanks!
If you use olive oil instead of coconut, will all the ratios become different? or stay the same. If anyone knows please tell me, thanks!
Thanks Grace, will do:)
I haven’t tried making liquid soap paste in a crock pot, yet, but I believe it’ll be better at keeping a low, consistent non-scorching temperature than a pot with direct heat underneath.
If you try it, I’d love to hear your results. There’s a woman who wrote a great book on liquid soapmaking:
“Making Natural Liquid Soaps”
by Catherine Failor
She breaks down the process. I LOVE her book.
Essentil oils should be added after you dilute the paste.
HAVE FUN! Enjoy your homemade soap!
I am excited to try this recipe! Do you think it would turn out the same in a crock pot? Also, I would like to scent this mixture, any tips on when would be the best time to add an essential oil.
Everyone,
Please, before attempting to make any kind of soap, make sure you run your recipe through a lye calculator. This will ensure that you have the correct amount of water and lye for the oils you are using. Every oil has a “saponification” value. This simply means that it will take a certain amount of lye (and this will differ depending on which kind of lye you use) to saponify a particular oil. Example: coconut oil (76 degree) has a SAP value of 0.183 for NaOH, and 0.257 for KOH.
@aznchulatina – actually this info is incorrect. There are 2 types of lye. Potassium Hydroxide (KOH), and Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH). KOH is primarily used for liquid soap, and NaOH is used for bar soap making.
this is a great video! explains step by step and gives great examples of what your instructing without the unclear mumbles! Thanks so much!!!!
Hello Grace, I did it again, when I put the water get liquide after when it get cool become hard again.
If it didn’t work, try again. Practice.
Next time, pay close attention to your measurements, heat and blending.
You can use the liquid soap right after it turns into a translucent paste. Just add water and use. If it looks cloudy, it’s not ready to use and should be cooked longer.
You don’t have to let liquid soap cure for days because of the heat used to help speed the saponification process and neutralize the potassium hydroxide.
Put the mixture back to cook on low heat. Put a lid on it and stir it occasionally. If you measured everything right, the mixture will eventually turn “clear” (not cloudy when you dilute it with water).
I did it , but he didn’t turn clear after it get cool. what should I do….
I have been searching the web for a while and none were showing how to make liquid ,I have to thank you this is great , my ? is how long do you have to wait before using the liquid soap after is bean cured , and is there a recipe on how much to use potassium and oil this is a great video thanks again!
I’m sorry, but Lye has two different kinds. Potassium Hydroxide used in liquid soaps, and Sodium Hydroxide, used in bar soaps.
And I actually got the recipe to work, I was just using the wrong tools. My mixer needed to be like the one she had in the video, which is a hand blender. Makes all the difference when you’re trying to reach trace.
btw, I used Vegetable oil instead of straight coconut oil, since coconut oil can be a little drying.
lye is sodium hydroxide, not potassium hydroxide, maybe that’s why your recipe doesn’t work
Grace, three quick questions. !) Can I substitute olive oil for coconut or some proportion of olive oil with coconut? 2) Where did you get that big bucket of coconut oil? ie, Can I buy that locally or is that an internet purchase? 3) Where did you get that all metal blender? Is it a professional food blender from a restaurant supply store or what? ie, I’d like to get one……….Thanks for sharing
Once it’s a paste, it can be diluted to the consistency you want.