Zany here. Just watched this video. Well done! Thank you for sharing the recipe from SMF. I hope everyone who makes 100% Olive Oil Castile tries it and appreciates the "no slime" factor and quick cure. One other thing I'd like to mention -- when it gets down to the last little bit it holds it shape and can easily be pressed into a new bar with warm water as the "glue".
Hi Zany, I saw your recipe ontheven soap making forum and used the faux seawater method too! I used 85% olive, 10% coconut and 5% castor. Water lye ratio 1.9:1 and hot process! It came to trace super fast and there was so little water for the hot process, but I got two very nice blocks of Marseille style bars. I made them 3 days ago and they are already very hard! Thank you for sharing your recipe with us! Regards from the Netherlands!
Hello, I made this recipe last night and followed to a T. This morning it is still jiggly in the mold. Did I do something wrong? This is what i had in Soap Calc. Total oil weight 55 oz Water as percent of oil weight 23.03 % Super Fat/Discount 0 % Lye Concentration 37.037 % Water : Lye Ratio 1.7000:1
How it's so nice to see a video on this. Your soaps turned out beautiful!! I can't wait to make this recipe. I think I'm going to add tea tree oil and either colloidal oats or kaolin clay. Thanks again for taking the time to make this great video for us.
I've done Bastille soaps many times using Zany's method. They turned out awesome. I just used the last bar of a batch that I made 2 years ago. It was amazing.
It’s really easy soap to make! I have no idea why people say it’s so difficult to make. If I reduce water and force my soap to a gel phase it’s ready almost immediately. After a day or two is hard as a rock ;) and it’s the most gentle from all of the soaps :) I love it. Very nice video!
Interesting. I've never heard anyone say it was difficult. I think most just shy away because of the long cure time. As far as making goes, I would say it is one of the easiest.
@@summitvalleysoap6611 waiting for some people is difficult ;) but what I meant is that there is a lot of false information around Internet about making Castile soap.
I'll definitely try this. I saved a bar of castille soap for maybe 18 months and it still got soggy fast. I could also still cut it very easily. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing. I will give this one a go because I love the idea of one oil soaps and everything I read about making Castile soap is the curing time of months and months. Thanks fellow good name and stay safe... 😘😊
I have never soaped with kaolin clay or oatmeal powder. Do the change lather in your other recipes? If so, then I don't know why this one would be different.
@@summitvalleysoap6611 Update: I made it with sea clay and colloidal oatmeal, and it bubbles even better than my regular recipe after only four days! Thank you for your video!
@@LadyGozathat is good to know. I plan on using a fragrance. In the original recipe it recommends to use a flour or clay to anchor scent or even castor oil. I'm definitely going to use a clay when I make mine.
My faux water was cloudy, but when I added the lye, it seemed to have something at the bottom, almost like the sea salt and baking soda multiplied and “reverse” dissolved and just sat at the bottom of the lye water. Is this normal?
@@summitvalleysoap6611 hi, I wanted to update you on the soap. Of course I strained the lye solution when making it. Because I can be so curious and impatient, I tried a sample piece after only four days. It was amazing with no slime and lots of large bubbles!
Thanks for the video. Couple of questions... how did the soap make your skin feel? Was is drying, harsh or softening and moisturizing? I read it could also be used as a shampoo bar in the SMF forum. Have you used it frequently? I’d appreciate any feedback you’re willing to share on its performance. Thx😄
@@summitvalleysoap6611My bad, I confused Zany’s no slime with Genny’s shampoo bar. Somehow my brain crossed the streams and I misspoke. Thanks for the feedback. I’m looking to make a gentle face bar, I’ll give this a go.
I ended up selling 3 of the bars from that small batch so I don't know. I kept the one in the video that I do the later test with and I'm still using it! It is beside my sink and I wash my face with it a few time per week. I can't tell any difference now from when I first tested it at 3 after pour. I think that's a good thing. I have to admit, I don't love Castile but I think if you are looking for a good Castile recipe/technique this is a good one.
@Summit Valley Soap When you make up the water solution do you use tap water or distilled water or spring water?? Thank you for this video I will be trying this for sure!!
Its not my recipe so I won't post it out of respect to its original creator. The link is included in the description and I just used it without any issues.
Bubbles are produced by your immersion blender. There are lots of tips out there about how to reduce this. Since this recipe is so slow to trace, I can see how it would have even more because of how much more blending it would require. Some people approach it with different blenders and I recently saw where someone drilled a hole into their blender to help. You can also let the batter sit before pouring, bang the batter on the counter to bring the bubbles to the surface before you pour, pour over a spatula, etc... The amount of ways to combat this is almost endless really.
@@summitvalleysoap6611 Ok thank you for answering I've one question more, i wanna. make bastille soap which use 75 % olive oil, is it okay if I use 30 % water discount to ge curing time 4-6 weeks?
I’ve used regular Castile soap after 4 and 6 weeks and found it very good to use. I gave some to an Italian friend and he loves it that was at the six week mark. The only benefit of leaving it longer is it will get harder therefore last longer.
Zany here. Just watched this video. Well done! Thank you for sharing the recipe from SMF. I hope everyone who makes 100% Olive Oil Castile tries it and appreciates the "no slime" factor and quick cure. One other thing I'd like to mention -- when it gets down to the last little bit it holds it shape and can easily be pressed into a new bar with warm water as the "glue".
Thanks for the fantastic recipe! I really appreciate you watching and taking the time to comment.
@@summitvalleysoap6611 My pleasure! Thank you for video, Andrea! You sure make it look easy!
Thank you for sharing !
Hi Zany, I saw your recipe ontheven soap making forum and used the faux seawater method too! I used 85% olive, 10% coconut and 5% castor. Water lye ratio 1.9:1 and hot process! It came to trace super fast and there was so little water for the hot process, but I got two very nice blocks of Marseille style bars. I made them 3 days ago and they are already very hard! Thank you for sharing your recipe with us! Regards from the Netherlands!
Hello, I made this recipe last night and followed to a T. This morning it is still jiggly in the mold. Did I do something wrong? This is what i had in Soap Calc. Total oil weight 55 oz
Water as percent of oil weight 23.03 %
Super Fat/Discount 0 %
Lye Concentration 37.037 %
Water : Lye Ratio 1.7000:1
How it's so nice to see a video on this. Your soaps turned out beautiful!! I can't wait to make this recipe. I think I'm going to add tea tree oil and either colloidal oats or kaolin clay. Thanks again for taking the time to make this great video for us.
THANK YOU for the best castille soap recipe I have tried - turned out creamy and beautiful!
Well, thank Zany as this is not my recipe. I am glad I was able to share it though and you found it helpful!
@@summitvalleysoap6611 hi I did thank zany too but I would not have found it nor made it without your video so thanks again
I've done Bastille soaps many times using Zany's method. They turned out awesome. I just used the last bar of a batch that I made 2 years ago. It was amazing.
Please, what is the difference between Bastille & Castile soap?
@@nelpe9703 Bastille is usually 70% Olive oil (at least) and another ingredient/s.
It’s really easy soap to make! I have no idea why people say it’s so difficult to make. If I reduce water and force my soap to a gel phase it’s ready almost immediately. After a day or two is hard as a rock ;) and it’s the most gentle from all of the soaps :) I love it. Very nice video!
Interesting. I've never heard anyone say it was difficult. I think most just shy away because of the long cure time. As far as making goes, I would say it is one of the easiest.
@@summitvalleysoap6611 waiting for some people is difficult ;) but what I meant is that there is a lot of false information around Internet about making Castile soap.
Yay Andrea that looks amazing!😍😍 thanks for sharing the process and lather test and many thanks to Zany for sharing her recipe 🥰🥰
Thank you!
Add just a few drop of clove essential oil you can achieve trace very easily. It's amazing !
I will try that! Thanks!
I'll definitely try this. I saved a bar of castille soap for maybe 18 months and it still got soggy fast. I could also still cut it very easily. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing. I will give this one a go because I love the idea of one oil soaps and everything I read about making Castile soap is the curing time of months and months. Thanks fellow good name and stay safe... 😘😊
Thanks for watching! It really is a great recipe.
Can you add colloidal oatmeal powder without compromising the lather? What about kaolin clay? Thanks.
I have never soaped with kaolin clay or oatmeal powder. Do the change lather in your other recipes? If so, then I don't know why this one would be different.
@@summitvalleysoap6611 Update: I made it with sea clay and colloidal oatmeal, and it bubbles even better than my regular recipe after only four days! Thank you for your video!
@@LadyGozathat is good to know. I plan on using a fragrance. In the original recipe it recommends to use a flour or clay to anchor scent or even castor oil. I'm definitely going to use a clay when I make mine.
My faux water was cloudy, but when I added the lye, it seemed to have something at the bottom, almost like the sea salt and baking soda multiplied and “reverse” dissolved and just sat at the bottom of the lye water. Is this normal?
@@summitvalleysoap6611 hi, I wanted to update you on the soap. Of course I strained the lye solution when making it. Because I can be so curious and impatient, I tried a sample piece after only four days. It was amazing with no slime and lots of large bubbles!
Thank you for sharing! How much oil , water and lye you use ? Can you please🙏 share i don't know how to use calculator
Thanks for the video. Couple of questions... how did the soap make your skin feel? Was is drying, harsh or softening and moisturizing? I read it could also be used as a shampoo bar in the SMF forum. Have you used it frequently? I’d appreciate any feedback you’re willing to share on its performance. Thx😄
Super mild and gentle. I wash my face with it. I can't imagine it being good as a shampoo bar but I haven't tried it.
@@summitvalleysoap6611My bad, I confused Zany’s no slime with Genny’s shampoo bar. Somehow my brain crossed the streams and I misspoke. Thanks for the feedback. I’m looking to make a gentle face bar, I’ll give this a go.
It’s been almost a year since you made this video. How is the soap now?
I ended up selling 3 of the bars from that small batch so I don't know. I kept the one in the video that I do the later test with and I'm still using it! It is beside my sink and I wash my face with it a few time per week. I can't tell any difference now from when I first tested it at 3 after pour. I think that's a good thing. I have to admit, I don't love Castile but I think if you are looking for a good Castile recipe/technique this is a good one.
@Summit Valley Soap When you make up the water solution do you use tap water or distilled water or spring water?? Thank you for this video I will be trying this for sure!!
I used distilled.
Hi, can u share ingredients in metrics measurement?
Hello Summit, could you kindly post the amounts here? The recipe disappeared from the soapmaking forum. Thank you.
Its not my recipe so I won't post it out of respect to its original creator. The link is included in the description and I just used it without any issues.
Just had to double check the water and lye mixture. Mine got pretty cloudy so I had to come back to this to make sure I wasn’t doing it wrong lol
I tested this recipe out 2x and had tons of tiny bubbles throughout the soap. I'm not sure what happened there.
Bubbles are produced by your immersion blender. There are lots of tips out there about how to reduce this. Since this recipe is so slow to trace, I can see how it would have even more because of how much more blending it would require. Some people approach it with different blenders and I recently saw where someone drilled a hole into their blender to help. You can also let the batter sit before pouring, bang the batter on the counter to bring the bubbles to the surface before you pour, pour over a spatula, etc... The amount of ways to combat this is almost endless really.
So is it ok we using castille soap if the curing time only 4 weeks? Of it's ok I wanna try it 😁
cause some of soaper the curing time must 6 months
That was my experience. At 4 weeks it was rock hard and had lather.
@@summitvalleysoap6611 Ok thank you for answering
I've one question more, i wanna. make bastille soap which use 75 % olive oil, is it okay if I use 30 % water discount to ge curing time 4-6 weeks?
Yes. That should be fine.
I’ve used regular Castile soap after 4 and 6 weeks and found it very good to use. I gave some to an Italian friend and he loves it that was at the six week mark. The only benefit of leaving it longer is it will get harder therefore last longer.
Hi, thank you for the great video.
Is it possible to get the recipe like in normal recipe way (not in % and such like?)😘