Things You'll Need:
- Soap pot
- Distilled water
- Potassium hydroxide
- Soap oils
- Soap fragrance and color
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Step 1
Use a glass or stainless steel soap pot for mixing and melting the ingredients. Keep the soap pot inside another pot, much like using a double boiler.
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Step 2
Make a mixture of 40 oz. of distilled water with 5.5 oz. of potassium hydroxide in the soap pot. Heat this mixture to about 120 degrees.
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Step 3
Mix a separate pot with oils. Make a mixture 16 oz. of a base oil, such as sunflower oil, and another 7 oz. of a fragrant oil, such as coconut oil. Mix in 2 oz. of boric acid with 10 oz. of distilled water. Heat this mixture to about 120 degrees.
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Step 4
Add the second mixture to the first mixture. Mix the two together with a stick blender or a wooden spoon.
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Step 5
Keep mixing the ingredients until they thicken. Add 3 oz. of an essential oil or soap fragrance. Add a soap dye if necessary, or allow the soap to retain its natural color. Dilute this soap base in boiling distilled water and stir this mixture hourly for the first day.
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Step 6
Allow the mixture to cool and thicken for about two days, and then pour your liquid soap into any soap pump.
