Making laundry bar soap can be a good business idea. You can also make laundry soap for house hold use so you will not have to buy it in the market. Below is the procedure on making the laundry soap made from coconut oil which is the main ingredient. Other materials needed can be bought from chemical stores or from ultima entrepinoy.
Materials/Ingredients (for 28 bars)
- Coco oil – 8 kg
- Caustic soda solution, 36oBe [30% solution] – 5 kg
- Soda ash – 90 g
- Salt – 48 g
- Sodium silicate – 400 g
- CDEA [coco diethanolamide] – 40 mL
- Citronella oil – 20 mL
- Water – 6 L
Equipment/Tools
- Plastic pail – 16 L cap. [2]; 20 L cap. [1]
- Hydrometer, 0-70oBe
- Weighing scale – 10 kg
- Wooden stirrer/manual or electric mixer
- Moulder
- Cutter
- Spatula, stainless
- Basin (large)
- Graduated cylinder
Preparation of Materials
- Caustic soda solution, 36oBe (30% solution)
- Dissolve 2 kg caustic soda in 4.6 liters water. Cool to room temperature, check the concentration with the hydrometer, adjust (if necessary) and filter if needed before using.
Additives
Dissolve salt, soda ash and sodium silicate in 1.4 L of water.
Procedure on making the Laundry Bar Soap
- Measure or weigh carefully the required quantity of coco oil.
- Weigh the lye or caustic soda solution required (5 kg) and add slowly to the oil, stirring continuously for about 30-45 minutes until it attains the condensed milk-like consistency.
- Add the measured amounts of dissolved additives and CDEA (foam booster) with continuous stirring from 5-10 minutes more. Then add the essential oil with stirring. Stop stirring when the mixture attains a viscosity similar to condensed milk.
- Pour the homogenous viscous soap mixture into the moulder, allow to set at room temperature for 12 hours or until soap solidifies.
- Cut the soap into bars of suitable sizes with a string or wire attached to the wooden/metal cutter. Twenty-eight (28) bars will be produced. The soap is white or creamy white. Cut bar into 4 pieces and pack in a plastic bag.
- Allow to age from 7 to 10 days to complete the saponification reaction.
Source: mis.dost.gov.ph
Written by Manuel
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Hi, I’m trying to find an online course on how to make laundry soap bars to make white clothes look white, remove stains from colours without fading the material and removing stains from underwear.
Hi. good day. Thanks for the info about making soap. I would just like to
know if are you not going to cooked the ingredients needed in making
soap.Hope to hear from you soon.
can you give approximate pricing of soap making?
I am interested to start the experiment, Saan ba maka bili nga mga chemicals na yan? Meyron ba sa cebu? anyone..please help. u may send an sms to my mobile 09217283377. Daghang salamat
@Louie Ivan
Try mo maghanap sa mga chemical stores diyan sa Cebu.
hi po magkano po kaya capital nito?tnx
oh, please help me
i’m trying to find a good business
but i don’t know where to start
and what to start
Is there any equipment/s use in soap making (mechanized/manual) available in market? Where and how to buy this?
Also raw materials and ingredients in soap making as well as the technonlogy?
Please can you assist. I want to start a small commercial laundry soap industry. what machinery do I need? What are the possible sources and other relevant information
pls, can i have recipe for making one ton of laundry bar soap that consist of the following ingredient sodium carbonate, sodium-sulphate, sodium-hydroxide, sodium-silicate, sodium-triphosphate. and also the type of equipment to be used.
thanks
femi
where can i buy sop molder? im from cebu philippines
Practical Laundry Machinery
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMyMwyc7MOk
Just e-mail me,loys_samalca@yahoo.com.im from lapu lapu cebu,and i knew all the supplier of chemicals for soap making.
I want to start / invest in a soap making business. Is this a good idea? What is your advise?
I want to start / invest in a soap making business. I know very little about it but have the technical skill and exprience in extractive metallurgy. Is this a good idea? What is your advise? Kind of investment for small/midium plant/product line.
Am an interested person who wish to start making soap but lacking materials please if well wishers and advisers can come in,you are all welcome please please hurry!!!
my email; nmudivu@yahoo.com
Pls let me know of any chemical supplier in sucat, paranaque or alabang, or las pinas. Where can i buy moulder for laundry bar soap?
please let me know the price of the soap ingredients per kilogram. I want to start soap making and I am very thankful that I know there is Everlight Chemiecolor here in Davao city
good evening, im really interested in soap making i would just like to know how to preserve the smell of the laundry soap. i started making a laundry soap but my problem is the smell wont last… thank you in advance for your advice.
@ caroline uy
Better to take a training on TRC. You can ask the instructors there about your concerns. Thanks for your comment.
hi, i ‘m interested of making laundry soap, where can we buy the soap molder? and just want to know if those ingrdnts need to be cooked? thanks!!!!!!
@sheila gilbuena
No there is no cooking involved. Also the soap molder can be made out of wood which you can make yourself or someone you know who is good in woodcraft.
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