Haha I've only ever done this when teaching but yeah it's absolutely possible to do both! The texture of the cold process is smoother and denser while the hot processed is more rustic. Love them both! It's been years since I made this recipe and I still have some bars left. They lather beautifully.
Hi girl! Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video and explaining all those little details! I am really looking forward to trying this out! Best greetings from Germany ❤
Thank you for that detailed tutorial! Very interesting to watch. Which one is softer for the skin? Can the cooked soap be used immediately or does it have to cure and let the lye dissipate too? Also, I see that some soap makers add water to their soap. What is the difference if you do that?
Great questions, @lindaschouten7210! Which one is softer for the skin? -This is subjective! However anecdotally, people use Castile soap because it's gentle on the skin. I personally notice that this soap has a dense lather rather than huge bubbles. The hot processes bar is slimier. The cold process bar is more dense. Can the cooked soap be used immediately or does it have to cure and let the lye dissipate too? This is a contested question in the soapmaking community! Here's my take: Hot process cooks all of the lye out of the mixture so that no lye remains in the end. [It has gone under a chemical reaction. Like an alcoholic dessert that gets baked. Alcohol goes into the recipe, but does not come out in the finished dessert. It's become something new. You can no longer split the ingredients back into what they once were.] I always like to test my soaps over a period of time. I use a small piece immediately (usually a cooled piece crusted onto the crockpot) and test the lather in the kitchen sink. And I'm celebrating because, YAY I MADE SOAP! If you are new to soapmaking, I encourage you to try your soap weekly over a few months to see how it develops in hardness, how scents adhere to the bar, and to notice other things like color changes etc. Also, I see that some soap makers add water to their soap. What is the difference if you do that? This recipe uses distilled water. Are you talking about at the end? Adding water is harmless. It will increase the time it takes for the bars to cure.
@changlyn100 the "hot process" is used to make both solid bar soap and liquid soap (aka soap paste). Since I'm making bar soap with the hot process method, I used sodium hydroxide (NaOH). However, if I were making liquid soap or soap paste with the hot process method, I would use potassium hydroxide (KOH) instead. Here's a vlog of me taking a soap paste workshop in Kumasi, Ghana using this method: ua-cam.com/video/13rjAnV-tEU/v-deo.html!
@@debbieescobar6267 Hi Debbie, I have even heard soap makers swear by curing Castile for a minimum of 1 year before it is cured! For this recipe, I found that the hot process batch lathered well after 3 months of curing in well-ventilated space compared to the cold-process batch.
If you use a traditional bar of handmade soap as hair shampoo, you'll need to use some kind of rinse (such as apple cider vinegar) afterwards to restore your hair's pH. Alternatively, you can look into making a shampoo bar. This would be a synthetic detergent bar a.k.a. syndet and not true soap. I hope this helps! Thanks, Sara!
Carmen, here are the raw ingredients you need to make 42.64 oz. of Castile soap (with a 5% superfat): 30 oz. Olive Oil 3.9 oz. Lye 8.73 oz. Distilled water Follow the steps in the video to learn how soap is made with these ingredients!
@@superpowersoap Thank you for posting the castile soap recipe. Can I put some essential oils in this castile soap recipe and how much? Can you do a video on soap calculator want to learn how to make soap for my own use?
Hey Carmen, thanks for more great questions! Yes, you can add essential oils and/or fragrance oils to this recipe. Depending on the scent you choose (some are stronger than others), about 1.8 liquid oz. of fragrance in a 42oz batch of soap is fine. My favorite soap calculator is on the Brambleberry website. Here's a link www.brambleberry.com/calculator?calcType=lye. I will make a future video showing how to use a lye calculator.
@@superpowersoap I would only use essential oils if I am going to make soap for my personal use. I will make this same recipe and will let you know how I it came out.
How to preserve hot process liquid soap ?by both chemical and natural way.(for tropical country's like India) )if chemical means how much grm I need to take for *100grm of shampoo base + Required quantity of water to dilute*? Types of preservative,and their quantity . ) if natural preservatives means their quantity used for *100grm of shampoo base + Required quantity of water to dilute*. Types of natural preservative and their quantity. Pls mam
@@nadiaasad7812 Hey Nadia! I put the recipe up on my website. Enter your email and you'll see the recipe and video on the following page. Hope this helps!
Hey there Pramod! This castile soap recipe is in the description. Raw ingredients for 42.64 oz. of Castile soap (with a 5% superfat): 30 oz. Olive Oil 3.9 oz. Lye 8.73 oz. Distilled water Hope this helps!
TFS...a question/suggestion...why not just put the crock pot on the scale, tare it to 0 and add the evoo? I do this and add all my oils and butters before putting the crock in the heating base 🤷🏽♀️👌🏼 easy peasy
Hey D K, thanks for the tip. My scale is pretty small in size and I thought that the crockpot + oils would exceed its weight capacity. However, I just looked up the specs on my scale. It has a weight capacity of 5kg. My crockpot weighs just over 3kg so there's additional capacity for oils. I'll try this out in a future video!
Great question. NO! Use Distilled water. Tap water contains minerals and other additives that can have a bad reaction with lye. You can find distilled water in most grocery stores. Let me know if you have any other questions!
No it doesn't cause an actual fire-she worded it incorrectly. It will cause the lye and water to "volcano" and erupt from the container. It can cause severe burns and respiratory distress if inhaled directly.
Hi! Genius! It has never occurred to me to make both hot process and cold process at the same time. Great idea! 😊
Haha I've only ever done this when teaching but yeah it's absolutely possible to do both! The texture of the cold process is smoother and denser while the hot processed is more rustic. Love them both! It's been years since I made this recipe and I still have some bars left. They lather beautifully.
Just made my hot process castile soap using this formula. Thank you 🙏
👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 Congratulations! Why did you decide to make your own soap?
Hi girl! Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video and explaining all those little details! I am really looking forward to trying this out! Best greetings from Germany ❤
Thank you for that detailed tutorial! Very interesting to watch. Which one is softer for the skin? Can the cooked soap be used immediately or does it have to cure and let the lye dissipate too?
Also, I see that some soap makers add water to their soap. What is the difference if you do that?
Great questions,
@lindaschouten7210!
Which one is softer for the skin?
-This is subjective! However anecdotally, people use Castile soap because it's gentle on the skin. I personally notice that this soap has a dense lather rather than huge bubbles.
The hot processes bar is slimier.
The cold process bar is more dense.
Can the cooked soap be used immediately or does it have to cure and let the lye dissipate too?
This is a contested question in the soapmaking community! Here's my take: Hot process cooks all of the lye out of the mixture so that no lye remains in the end. [It has gone under a chemical reaction. Like an alcoholic dessert that gets baked. Alcohol goes into the recipe, but does not come out in the finished dessert. It's become something new. You can no longer split the ingredients back into what they once were.]
I always like to test my soaps over a period of time. I use a small piece immediately (usually a cooled piece crusted onto the crockpot) and test the lather in the kitchen sink. And I'm celebrating because, YAY I MADE SOAP! If you are new to soapmaking, I encourage you to try your soap weekly over a few months to see how it develops in hardness, how scents adhere to the bar, and to notice other things like color changes etc.
Also, I see that some soap makers add water to their soap. What is the difference if you do that?
This recipe uses distilled water. Are you talking about at the end? Adding water is harmless. It will increase the time it takes for the bars to cure.
Hi, don't you need Potassium Hydroxide for Hot process and Sodium Hydroxide for cold process
You use sodium hydroxide for both cold and hot process soapmaking. Potassium hydroxide is for liquid soap.
Thanks for the great reply,
@bellyfulochelly4222!
@changlyn100 the "hot process" is used to make both solid bar soap and liquid soap (aka soap paste).
Since I'm making bar soap with the hot process method, I used sodium hydroxide (NaOH).
However, if I were making liquid soap or soap paste with the hot process method, I would use potassium hydroxide (KOH) instead.
Here's a vlog of me taking a soap paste workshop in Kumasi, Ghana using this method: ua-cam.com/video/13rjAnV-tEU/v-deo.html!
What was the amount of water you have used and the lye
I'll add a recipe for this and will update you then.
Thanks for sharing How much water do I use for the Lye?
You can download the recipe here: make.superpowersoap.com/checkout/6
To make your own recipe, use a lye calculator like this one: www.brambleberry.com/calculator?calcType=lye
Hi!Can we grate this olive oil soap and dilute it with water to use it as a shampoo? Thank you!
Hi Tsevetelina, this is bar soap for the body and I don't recommend using it as a shampoo. Thanks for the question!
Well done 👍
If we do a hot prosses
do we still have to wait for 6 month to use the 🧼
or is it only the cold one?
Great question, Maysoon! The hot process batch cured for 3 months before use. The cold process batch lathered better after 8 months.
@@superpowersoap Castile soap, whether HP or CP needs at least a 6 month cure.
@@debbieescobar6267 Hi Debbie, I have even heard soap makers swear by curing Castile for a minimum of 1 year before it is cured! For this recipe, I found that the hot process batch lathered well after 3 months of curing in well-ventilated space compared to the cold-process batch.
Generally speaking, the longer any bar of soap cures, the better it lathers and lasts. 🧼
I'm new subscriber to your youtube channel.
Thank you Karen, I love soap making and sharing videos! Glad to have you as a subscribe along for the adventure! :)
@@superpowersoap u welcome and cool
I want to make a shampoo from liquid soap because my hair cannot tolerate chemicals and I need a natural method, but the problem is to adjust the ph
If you use a traditional bar of handmade soap as hair shampoo, you'll need to use some kind of rinse (such as apple cider vinegar) afterwards to restore your hair's pH.
Alternatively, you can look into making a shampoo bar. This would be a synthetic detergent bar a.k.a. syndet and not true soap. I hope this helps! Thanks, Sara!
Hi can you post your recipe to try to make the soap thank you?
Hi Carmen, I will post it soon! Thanks for asking.
Carmen, here are the raw ingredients you need to make 42.64 oz. of Castile soap (with a 5% superfat):
30 oz. Olive Oil
3.9 oz. Lye
8.73 oz. Distilled water
Follow the steps in the video to learn how soap is made with these ingredients!
@@superpowersoap Thank you for posting the castile soap recipe. Can I put some essential oils in this castile soap recipe and how much? Can you do a video on soap calculator want to learn how to make soap for my own use?
Hey Carmen, thanks for more great questions! Yes, you can add essential oils and/or fragrance oils to this recipe. Depending on the scent you choose (some are stronger than others), about 1.8 liquid oz. of fragrance in a 42oz batch of soap is fine. My favorite soap calculator is on the Brambleberry website. Here's a link www.brambleberry.com/calculator?calcType=lye. I will make a future video showing how to use a lye calculator.
@@superpowersoap I would only use essential oils if I am going to make soap for my personal use. I will make this same recipe and will let you know how I it came out.
How to preserve hot process liquid soap ?by both chemical and natural way.(for tropical country's like India)
)if chemical means how much grm I need to take for *100grm of shampoo base + Required quantity of water to dilute*?
Types of preservative,and their quantity .
) if natural preservatives means their quantity used for *100grm of shampoo base + Required quantity of water to dilute*.
Types of natural preservative and their quantity.
Pls mam
I'm not an expert on liquid soapmaking. Check out Brambleberry.com for info!
Please write Down Recipe also
@nadiaasad7812 I'll post something soon ish lol
@@superpowersoap thank you so much
@@nadiaasad7812 Hey Nadia! I put the recipe up on my website. Enter your email and you'll see the recipe and video on the following page. Hope this helps!
@@superpowersoap thank you so much
@@superpowersoap send me website plz
The water and lye are in grams ? Because you speak first in onze
All measurements were in ounces. Great question!
I want recepi
Hey there Pramod! This castile soap recipe is in the description. Raw ingredients for 42.64 oz. of Castile soap (with a 5% superfat):
30 oz. Olive Oil
3.9 oz. Lye
8.73 oz. Distilled water
Hope this helps!
TFS...a question/suggestion...why not just put the crock pot on the scale, tare it to 0 and add the evoo? I do this and add all my oils and butters before putting the crock in the heating base 🤷🏽♀️👌🏼 easy peasy
Hey D K, thanks for the tip. My scale is pretty small in size and I thought that the crockpot + oils would exceed its weight capacity. However, I just looked up the specs on my scale. It has a weight capacity of 5kg. My crockpot weighs just over 3kg so there's additional capacity for oils. I'll try this out in a future video!
Can I use tap water instead of Distilled water. Thanks
Great question. NO! Use Distilled water. Tap water contains minerals and other additives that can have a bad reaction with lye. You can find distilled water in most grocery stores. Let me know if you have any other questions!
Too slow half the video putting in the oil
Thanks Susan, I love seeing the full way things are made. Happy soapmaking to you!
cause a fire???
Yes! If you handle lye incorrectly, you can injure yourself and your surroundings. Respect sodium hydroxide (lye)!
@@superpowersoap Not a fire. It will "volcano" and erupt out of the container and you can get severe chemical burns.
No it doesn't cause an actual fire-she worded it incorrectly. It will cause the lye and water to "volcano" and erupt from the container. It can cause severe burns and respiratory distress if inhaled directly.
No it won’t cause a fire but it’ll bubble up a lot could over flow and lye water will burn you it gets really hot.