I just made my first beef tallow balm and had to mix it whith some castor oil to make it more spreadable. I'm also experimenting the carnivore diet and cook whith a beef tallow every day. making a soap is my next step, thanks for your video from spain.
I was one who thought making soap with animal fats was icky for years! Until my mom gave me a block of lard and i didn't know what to do with it so i made a loaf of soap with it and it's now my favorite formula 🤷🏼♀️ im hoping the people in my community dont have an issue with it
When people try it, a lot of them are so surprised that they change their minds! These soaps last longer than plant oil based soaps. And there is so much controversy around palm oil anyway... I am glad you tried it!
Hi Helen. Thanks for this video. I'm glad you went to the trouble to make your own tallow and then make soap from it. Such a "grass roots" thing to do. Well done. I've added a small percentage of schmaltz (rendered chicken fat) to my soaps in the past. It makes a lovely bubbly smooth bar. How typical that the soap misbehaved when you were recording it. Thanks again. (Oh and I came over here from your comment on Dawn Organics latest upload.) Have fun.
Thank you so much for your kind comment! Have you ever seen how the women in Northen Ghana make their shea butter? Too wonderful! I love to know how things are made or learn how to make it myself. I've never heard the word "schmaltz" before. Love it!
Thank you so much, such a lovely calm video. And the best tallow and boerseep video that I've found. Really appreciate your effort so much in showing how it is done❤
Thank you for showing the whole process. I don't think not gelling is never an issue. My question is about SF. Does tallow soap used for laundry have to be 0%SF?
You are very kind. Thank you. I love sheep tallow. But I clean it three times... it does have a bit of an awkward smell. It is more cleansing than beef. Fantastic for laundry.
Hi Alma! I have a 3-tier wire trolley which I bought very cheaply. I just put them on the trolley for a few months. It allows air flow from the bottom and the top. I usually just wrap them in brown paper when I want to store them or give them away. I hope you know what I'm talking about?
I add some other oils to create a "softer" soap. You can play around with other oils. Olive oil and sunflower oil will create a softer soap. But then your soap will not last that long either😁
Hi! Thanks for reaching out. This soap IS very hard and lasts longer than a lot of other soap. If your caustic soda was not clumped up or old, and your measurements were correct when you made it, can it be that it is just different than what you are used to? Mine always lather. But the mineral composition of your water can also impact it. You can consider replacing 10% of the tallow with coconut oil for better lather. Just use a lye calculator to determine your NaOH amount needed. Was this helpful?
Remember, the cleaner the tallow becomes, the less you smell it when the soap is finished. Mine is usually odourless. Does that answer your question? You can definitely sell this soap! I am not sure what you mean by "soap base". Maybe explain...?
@@sunbirdmom Thank you,, what I need is there is excess amount of tallow around my home as wastage, so I want to treat or render either to directly prepare or to store it from it/ to prepare soap nodule from it
@@hailleasmamaw6899 you can use it. I put the clean tallow in the freezer and take it out when I want to make soap. The technique I use in the video leaves it very clean and odourless.
Hi! There is a link to the recipe in the description. You can actually print it out if you like! Here are the ingredients nontheless: 1 kg tallow 276 g water 138g NaOH I hope this is helpful? I hope you'll try it out!
For coconut oil you are going to need a different amount of water and lye! Every oil has a unique structure. Try using a lye calculator (soapee works great!) and punch in the amount of coconut oil that you want to use. Will it be for clothes/ dish washing?100% Coconut oil soap for personal hygiene is too cleansing unless you superfat it to about 20%. But it will work great for clothes and dishes.
Hi. The fat should really just be completely melted. I think I let it cook for about fifteen minutes. I presume that you are talking about cleaning the fat?
But doesn't just stick to your hands? Its so annoying. I haven't tried it as a soap but I've eaten meat but then I have to wash it off my hands/mouth so it gets hard to wash off that fat. Is it the same when you use it as a soap?
@@sunbirdmom , it's a problem to find any kind of animal fat. I make soap from coconut oil and olive oil. But I have very dry skin. I think, that only soap from animal fat will be good for me. And I also want to make tallow balm. Hope to find tallow))).
@yuliaandronova4620 I'm so sorry... You don't use too much coconut oil, do you? Coconut oil makes beautiful bubbles, but it can strip the oils from your skin easily. I never add more than 5% coconut oil when I make soap for my own use. My skin becomes dry quickly too. Have you considered trying out other plant oil combinations in stead? Definitely superfat your soap, don't go over 5% with coconut oil and if you can get hold of palm oil/palm kernel oil, you can add that too for hardness.
I just made my first beef tallow balm and had to mix it whith some castor oil to make it more spreadable. I'm also experimenting the carnivore diet and cook whith a beef tallow every day. making a soap is my next step, thanks for your video from spain.
I was one who thought making soap with animal fats was icky for years! Until my mom gave me a block of lard and i didn't know what to do with it so i made a loaf of soap with it and it's now my favorite formula 🤷🏼♀️ im hoping the people in my community dont have an issue with it
When people try it, a lot of them are so surprised that they change their minds! These soaps last longer than plant oil based soaps. And there is so much controversy around palm oil anyway... I am glad you tried it!
Hi Helen. Thanks for this video. I'm glad you went to the trouble to make your own tallow and then make soap from it. Such a "grass roots" thing to do. Well done. I've added a small percentage of schmaltz (rendered chicken fat) to my soaps in the past. It makes a lovely bubbly smooth bar. How typical that the soap misbehaved when you were recording it. Thanks again. (Oh and I came over here from your comment on Dawn Organics latest upload.) Have fun.
Thank you so much for your kind comment! Have you ever seen how the women in Northen Ghana make their shea butter? Too wonderful! I love to know how things are made or learn how to make it myself.
I've never heard the word "schmaltz" before. Love it!
I think it looks beautiful.
Thank you 🤍
Thank you so much, such a lovely calm video. And the best tallow and boerseep video that I've found. Really appreciate your effort so much in showing how it is done❤
Thank you for your kind feedback!
I enjoy watching your videos and have learnt a lot. You explain details well. Hope you make many more ☺️🌷
Awesome video thank you for sharing 🙏 I hope you share more tallow recipes
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Tallow makes such excellent soap.
Hi, thank you for the lovely videos. I'm in Cape Town and wondering where you got your cutter from please?
Thank you for your kind words! My husband made it for me.
This was such a helpful video, so detailed. Thank you thank you.
Thank you for showing me what tallow is.
Wow thanks for the details
Baie dankie. Beste wat ek al gesien het. Baie geleer. Dankie❤
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This is awesome! But pls I did not get the measurement for lye and water?
You need to put the amount of oils and fats into a lye calculator with batch size you are making to get the amount of water and lye you need
Thank you for showing the whole process. I don't think not gelling is never an issue. My question is about SF. Does tallow soap used for laundry have to be 0%SF?
I think it is better if you don't superfat for laundry soap.
My pleasure🤗
Loved your video, thank you for sharing.. I wanted to know your thoughts on using sheep or lamb tallow?
You are very kind. Thank you. I love sheep tallow. But I clean it three times... it does have a bit of an awkward smell. It is more cleansing than beef. Fantastic for laundry.
Helen could you please tell me how you store your soap for curing and also how you sore it after it has cured. Thanks in advance ☺️
Hi Alma! I have a 3-tier wire trolley which I bought very cheaply. I just put them on the trolley for a few months. It allows air flow from the bottom and the top. I usually just wrap them in brown paper when I want to store them or give them away. I hope you know what I'm talking about?
@@sunbirdmom Thanks for the reply Helen. Great advice ☺️
Thank you for the video!I have some tallow and will make this soap soon.How can tallow soap be made to be less hard?
I add some other oils to create a "softer" soap. You can play around with other oils. Olive oil and sunflower oil will create a softer soap. But then your soap will not last that long either😁
Please could you tell me what you ask your butcher for when you buy your meat
My 100% Beef Tallow soap is very hard and doesn't dissolve and doesn't lather at all. Can you help?
Hi! Thanks for reaching out. This soap IS very hard and lasts longer than a lot of other soap. If your caustic soda was not clumped up or old, and your measurements were correct when you made it, can it be that it is just different than what you are used to? Mine always lather. But the mineral composition of your water can also impact it. You can consider replacing 10% of the tallow with coconut oil for better lather. Just use a lye calculator to determine your NaOH amount needed. Was this helpful?
@@sunbirdmom thanks will try it
How do u control smell?
can we prepare soap base from and sell for commercial @ small scale?
Remember, the cleaner the tallow becomes, the less you smell it when the soap is finished. Mine is usually odourless.
Does that answer your question?
You can definitely sell this soap!
I am not sure what you mean by "soap base". Maybe explain...?
@@sunbirdmom
Thank you,, what I need is there is excess amount of tallow around my home as wastage, so I want to treat or render either to directly prepare or to store it from it/ to prepare soap nodule from it
@@hailleasmamaw6899 you can use it. I put the clean tallow in the freezer and take it out when I want to make soap. The technique I use in the video leaves it very clean and odourless.
Thanks, Helen! The soap came out beautifully ❤. Enjoyed watching the video 🎉
Thank you for such an informative video, i can't really see the measurements on Water and lye. can you sent these?
Hi! There is a link to the recipe in the description. You can actually print it out if you like!
Here are the ingredients nontheless:
1 kg tallow
276 g water
138g NaOH
I hope this is helpful? I hope you'll try it out!
@@sunbirdmom am definitely going to try it today and send pics. I want to try using Coconut oil instead of Tallow and see how it comes out.
For coconut oil you are going to need a different amount of water and lye! Every oil has a unique structure. Try using a lye calculator (soapee works great!) and punch in the amount of coconut oil that you want to use. Will it be for clothes/ dish washing?100% Coconut oil soap for personal hygiene is too cleansing unless you superfat it to about 20%.
But it will work great for clothes and dishes.
@@sunbirdmom yes i did access it using your link and it is super efficient on calculations. i will take your advice and do 80:20 Coconut:tallow
how long do you boil it for?
Hi. The fat should really just be completely melted. I think I let it cook for about fifteen minutes. I presume that you are talking about cleaning the fat?
@@sunbirdmom yes - thank you
Ek maak ook boerseep,watis jou hoeveelheid van jou bestandele.
But doesn't just stick to your hands? Its so annoying. I haven't tried it as a soap but I've eaten meat but then I have to wash it off my hands/mouth so it gets hard to wash off that fat. Is it the same when you use it as a soap?
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Thank you. But it's a big problem to find tallow or lard in Israel.
Do you have easy access to mutton? Sheep fat makes fantastic soap too!
@@sunbirdmom , it's a problem to find any kind of animal fat. I make soap from coconut oil and olive oil. But I have very dry skin. I think, that only soap from animal fat will be good for me.
And I also want to make tallow balm. Hope to find tallow))).
@yuliaandronova4620 I'm so sorry... You don't use too much coconut oil, do you? Coconut oil makes beautiful bubbles, but it can strip the oils from your skin easily. I never add more than 5% coconut oil when I make soap for my own use. My skin becomes dry quickly too.
Have you considered trying out other plant oil combinations in stead?
Definitely superfat your soap, don't go over 5% with coconut oil and if you can get hold of palm oil/palm kernel oil, you can add that too for hardness.
@@sunbirdmom , thank you! I usually use about 20 percents of coconut oil. And 80 of olive ( or canola oil)
I will try to put less coconut oil.
It's definitely the coconut oil!! Look for other hard plant oils like cocao butter or palm to replace the 15%.
Happy new year to you🤗
I've been making this since 2003 great for you to show how simple this process is but your sound quality is oh so louse
Yes it is🙈😅