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How to Prepare Oils to Make Homemade Lye Soap

Mixing the oils to make lye soap is a matter of precision and preparation. After choosing the recipe, purchasing all of the ingredients, it is time to mix the different oils together to make lye soap.

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    Difficulty:
    Moderate

    Instructions

    Things You'll Need

    • Scales
    • Pitcher
    • Coconut oil
    • Cocoa butter
    • Canola oil
    • Beeswax
      • 1

        Weigh all the ingredients carefully before mixing and place in a convenient location. Mark off each ingredient and weight on your recipe card as you go along.

      • 2

        Place the pitcher on the scales and put the scales to zero. This ensures that weighed ingredients do not factor in the weight of the container.

      • 3

        Pour coconut oil into the empty pitcher still sitting on the scale. Often coconut oil needs a 10 to 20 seconds in the microwave to loosen it out of the original container.

      • 4

        Use a spoon to add the cocoa butter, canola oil and beeswax, in that order, to the pitcher and make a note of the exact weight on your recipe card or on paper. You'll need exact measurements.

      • 5

        Tip the pitcher full of oils into a medium stainless steel saucepan, making sure to get every last drop of mix out of the pitcher.

      • 6

        Turn an oven plate onto low heat and place a saucepan on top. It doesn't matter if the stove is electric or gas just as long as the burner is very low to prevent the oils from burning.

      • 7

        Stir the mixture with a wooden spoon until the beeswax, the last item to melt, has turned into tiny lumps. Switch off the burner and remove from heat.

    Tips & Warnings

    • Weigh oils in standard ounces and not in liquid measurement

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