Making bath soap as a home business can also be profitable. The procedure I got has two versions, the opaque and the transparent. See procedure below:
A. PREPARATION OF TOILET SOAP/BATH SOAP (OPAQUE)
Materials/Ingredients (for 14 bars, 135 g/bar)
Refined coconut oil – 4.5 kg
Caustic soda solution (32oBe) – 3.25 kg
EDTA (Ethylene diaminetetracetate) – 70 g
Citric acid – 70 g
Sodium chloride – 4.5 g
CDEA (Coco diethanolamide) – 50 g
Light mineral oil – 70 g
Scent to suit
Color (optional)
Equipment/Tools
Pails – 16 L cap. (2); 20 L cap. (1)
Basin (large)
Hydrometer – 0 – 70oBaume
Weighing scales – 10 kg cap.; 500 g cap.
Mold and cutter
Wooden stirrer/manual or electric mixer
Spatula, stainless
Preparation of Materials
1. Caustic soda solution, 32oBe
Dissolve 0.855 kg of caustic soda (NaOH) in 2.4 kg water. Cool to room temperature. Check the concentration with the hydrometer. Adjust if necessary and filter if needed before using.
2. Additives
Dissolve EDTA, citric acid and salt in 100 mL water. For color, make a 1% solution. Add color in oil.
Preparation of the Soap
1. Weigh carefully the required quantity of coco oil. To make a colored soap, add about 10 mL of the 1% color in oil solution or the amount to suit the desired intensity of color.
2. Add the required amount of caustic soda with stirring until the condensed milk-like consistency is attained. This usually takes 45 minutes to 1 hour.
3. Add the dissolved additives and continue stirring for 5 minutes more.
4. Add the light mineral oil, CDEA and scent. Stir for another 5 minutes.
5. Pour the soap mixture into the moulder. Let it stand at room temperature for 12 hours or until soap solidifies.
6. Remove soap from the moulder and cut into desired size.
7. Stamp and pack. Allow to age for about 7 days to complete the saponification.
B. BATH SOAP (TRANSPARENT)
Materials
Coconut oil – 100 gms
Stearic acid – 100 gms
Castor oil – 80 gms
Caustic soda solution (38oBe) – 160 gms
Glycerol – 85 gms
Alcohol – 100 gms
Sugar – 80 gms
Water – 80 gms
CDEA 25 gms
Perfume (Optional)
Preparation of 38oBe Caustic Soda
Dissolve 1 kg caustic soda in 2 liters of waters. Cool to room temperature. Measure the concentration with a hydrometer. Adjust (if necessary) and filter if needed before using.
Procedure
1. Weigh all the ingredients
2. Melt separately the stearic acid and coconut oil at 80oC.
3. Add castor oil first before adding lye into the charge oil
4. Mix caustic soda with alcohol; add slowly to fat charge with stirring. Temperature should not exceed 75oC.
5. In a separate container, dissolve sugar in water at 80oC (remove any froth)
6. Add to the soap mass, the glycerol, the water-sugar solution, and the CDEA stirring constantly.
7. Cover and allow to stand until temperature reaches 60oC, add perfume and color (if needed).
8. Transfer to mould or frame.
NOTE: Rapid cooling is essential for soap transparency.
Source: mis.dost.gov.ph
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where can i buy the raw materials? i’m from san pablo city in laguna. thanks
sir:
where can i buy those ingredients in making soap? hope to hear it from you soon..
thanks1 godbles…
@ Melissa Roces
HI! you can buy it from chemical supplies stores or you can try here:
ASC MomCares Marketng
Suite 208, 2nd Floor, Dona Consolacion Bldg.,
Gen. Santos Av, Araneta Center, Cubao, Q.C. (Beside New Farmers Plaza)
Tel: 5414501/09052438172
Web: ascmomcares.multiply.com
Raw materials are also available at Clean and Scented Store
327 Bgy. Katipunan. Roosevelt Avenue, Munoz, Quezon City
How much would be the capital for soap making.
Where can I buy unscented glycerin soap? I am from Rizal.
we import caustic soda and soda ash,if you need,please contact me:yyleesales@gmail.com
hi when will be the next seminar in soap making?
@paula lim
Are you referring to TRC or other training centers?
pwede po bang mlaman ung steps in making malunggay soap kung meron..thanks a lot :]
hi po.pwede po ba mlaman ung steps or procedure in making malunggay soap?… thanks a lot :]
@shirley
Sa ngayon wala pa akong info regarding malunggay soap making pero meron akong post dito about herbal soap. See my post here: http://www.thefilipinoentrepreneur.com/2008/04/25/how-to-make-herbal-soap.htm
Just experiment and the herbal extract mentioned on the procedure, you can replace it with malunggay extract. At least your only problem now is how to make the malunggay extract.
Hello,
What are some of the substitutes that one can use instead of coconut oil?
@ Musa
Why not try other cooking oil?
how can you fuse twenty small bathsoap pieces into one big piece?
@ tony
Try using a double boiler and add a little water.
May you give new suggestions or inventions, ideas for my son. They are into entrepreneurship in first year high school
@annette bautista
Herbal soap, herbal shampoo or any product you already see in the market. We don’t have to re-invent the wheel. Just add value to the product already existing. For example, there are no herbal mosquito repellent soap available in the market, then make a herbal soap to repel mosquitoes.
parang maganda ngapo yun para sa mosquito since na uso ang lmuk or sakit na dengue diba let me know more po about this thanks and more power po
@huson mira
As far as I know yung cilatro extract are used for mosquito repellent. Substitute this for the given herbal extract in this post. Also, kataka-taka plant is, I think is also good. I was planning to make this also but instead I wanted to give this idea for you who frequently visit my blog.
..wer i buy the said ingredients..specially the scent..tanx.
Hi i am from Gujranwala, Pakistan. Can u tell me the suppliers of such materials here in Gujranwala. The nearest city to me is Lahore (provisional capital).
Hello sir, I want to import beauty soaps and medicated skin soaps cosmetics in Pakistan,intrested parties please contat me on my cell number +923003637000
Regards
Imran bhatti
Sahiwal Pakistan
+923003637000
Sir, apart from dis, could u pls explain how some can make a quality antiseptic/complexion maintaining soap & candle locally. Thk u. Am frm Nigeria.
What about the use of soda ash in making soap ?
Please where can I get all those ingredients for making any kind of soap in Nigeria? I am from Ibadan, Oyo state Nigeria.
Great work Manuel, i’m from Nigeria. I need your help can you please give your cell~ or email?
taga rito p ako isabela saan p ako dito maaring makabili ng mga ingredients at materials for making soap
sir gusto ko kasi gumawa ng oil na may guava leaves extract… pano ko po kaya macocombine yung dalawa…? coconut oil po yung gamit ko… i mean hindi talaga extract decoction ba tawag dun sir…? yung katas ng leaves na pinakuluan kasama po water…
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