Soap Test

Hello. My name is Cassondra and I am addicted to Pinterest.  I pin so many things on Pinterest I figured I should probably start trying some of these things instead of just looking at the pictures.  I decided to try to make liquid soap from a pin on my DIY board. I followed the instructions given by the Farmer's Nest blog. It was pretty simple to do and didn't take much time to do. I'm pretty much a liquid soap aficionado now.

Here's what I used:

1/2 gallon distilled water (plus probably another 2 cups)

1 Tbsp vegetable glycerin

4 oz bar of soap

1 cheese grater from the dollar store

cutting board

stock pot

My main ingredients

                                                                

First, I grated the bar of soap. Here is what it will look like once you start grating

Next, I added the water and shavings and stirred in the glycerin 

Stir on medium heat until the soap is completely dissolved. It's pretty much a translucent liquid at this point.

Let it sit for 10 hours to congeal. Here's what it looked like after about 4 hours

When I checked on it about 10-12 hours later it was way to thick for the soap pump, I could take a slice out of it.

I added some water and beat it into the soap mixture until it was the consistency I wanted. I think I ended up using about 2 more cups of water.

That 1 bar of soap made about 90 oz of liquid soap.

I don't think I can go back to paying someone else to make me liquid soap after this. Try it out and let me know what you think. I would recommend starting out with more water if you do try it. Happy venturing.

<3 Cass