I read every book there is about soap making at least three times before I had the courage to make any soap. Actually I did not gather up the courage to make soap until I met someone who was a soap maker. She actually invited me to here house and once I saw her making soap, I realized I could make soap for myself.
In this article I will be talking about making goat milk soap, but the process is the same for any soap that you make. So even if you want to make something that is not a milk soap, this process will work for you too. As we walk through it together you will see how simple it is.
There are 3 different ways to make goat milk soap. The first way will be with goat milk powder, but you can also use can goat milk and fresh goat milk. To get started you going to need oats, a blender, a scale and a sifter. You will also need the goat milk powder, fragrance, a stainless steel pot and a plastic measuring container. Never mix in anything other than stainless steel or glass.
A huge tapered edge glass container, a couple of thermometers, and a few scooping utensils for getting the oils into the mixing container. A stick blender will make the process faster and also the more important vinegar, this will be necessary if you have any spills it will help neutralize the lye that you are working with which is caustic. It can make a chemical burn if it spills on your skin, so the vinegar is used to neutralize that situation.
One of the unanswered questions that I had when I started making soap was how many bars of soap is the recipe that I have in my hands going to make? Well it all depends on the mold you will be using. Some molds allow you to make a huge block of soap that you can then cut into smaller pieces.
