I roll my own olive oil soap. Stupid easy and cheap. It's just oil, lye and water. I was too cheap to get the chemical that hardens it quickly, didn't realize how little it takes and how inexpensive a fat bottle was. Next time!
I could rant forever, but I LOVE my soap. Gets me really clean without being oily or perfumy. For a half-hour of work I can make a year supply. Pro-tip: throw the molds in the HVAC intake to dry. Out of the way and dries fast! Another tip: If it's just for you, get the cheapest silicone molds money can buy. Quite a bit of difference in price out there.
Damn interesting how he "cleans" it so it doesn't stink. Guess I'm saving my grease now!
I started making soap in 2016 just to see if I could figure it out. Now I'm pretty good at it and have a lot of fun with different colors and smells. I normally don't use 100% olive oil, though. An equal-parts mixture of Canola, Olive, and Coconut oil is what I try to use, but I've also had good luck with "whatever cooking oil I have on hand".
ngl, that's kinda cool. Fat/oil is the primary ingredient in soap, and the process is not difficult, so if you've got a lot you were just going to throw away, may as well.
He blends it with water and cools it, scrapes the fat off the top, rinse and repeat until happy. More work than just getting a giant can of cheapo olive oil, but free fat is free fat!
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shalafi@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
I roll my own olive oil soap. Stupid easy and cheap. It's just oil, lye and water. I was too cheap to get the chemical that hardens it quickly, didn't realize how little it takes and how inexpensive a fat bottle was. Next time!
I could rant forever, but I LOVE my soap. Gets me really clean without being oily or perfumy. For a half-hour of work I can make a year supply. Pro-tip: throw the molds in the HVAC intake to dry. Out of the way and dries fast! Another tip: If it's just for you, get the cheapest silicone molds money can buy. Quite a bit of difference in price out there.
Damn interesting how he "cleans" it so it doesn't stink. Guess I'm saving my grease now!
ono@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y
How would you have to modify the process to make liquid soap, like Dr Bronners, and skip the molds?
CADmonkey@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I started making soap in 2016 just to see if I could figure it out. Now I'm pretty good at it and have a lot of fun with different colors and smells. I normally don't use 100% olive oil, though. An equal-parts mixture of Canola, Olive, and Coconut oil is what I try to use, but I've also had good luck with "whatever cooking oil I have on hand".
Akasazh@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 2y
Olive Oil is getting ever more expensive, though.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Good luck with that. My daughter and I frequent antique malls and flea markets and there is stall after stall full of handmade soap and candles.
CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Selling it out of their diner might have an advantage of antique malls
Candelestine@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
ngl, that's kinda cool. Fat/oil is the primary ingredient in soap, and the process is not difficult, so if you've got a lot you were just going to throw away, may as well.
I wonder if it smells like bacon...
shalafi@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
He blends it with water and cools it, scrapes the fat off the top, rinse and repeat until happy. More work than just getting a giant can of cheapo olive oil, but free fat is free fat!
Steve@startrek.website · 2 pts · 2y
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