• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    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!

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      5 months ago

      How would you have to modify the process to make liquid soap, like Dr Bronners, and skip the molds?

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      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”.

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    5 months ago

    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.

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    5 months ago

    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…

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      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!