Cleaning newly purchased supplies

[Sislea]

OK I have all of my soap supplies and am wondering if I should put all of it in the dishwasher with or without detergent? Sorta like doing a sterilization on them. And to get a hot dry, I will use my heat dry cycle.

I will be making my first batch of castile soap tomorrow for use in my homemade laundry detergent and for my liquid foam soaps at the sinks.

And of course this will be my first ever experience at making bar soap instead of purchasing it. :shock:

 

[shunt2011]

I think for your laundry you are going to want a high/all CO soap. I don't think a castile would work well. It's not very cleansing which is what you want for laundry. Castile would be fine for by the sink. I still like CO in my handsoap too.

As for washing your supplies just soap and water will work fine.

 

[Sislea]

I think for your laundry you are going to want a high/all CO soap. I don't think a castile would work well. It's not very cleansing which is what you want for laundry. Castile would be fine for by the sink. I still like CO in my handsoap too.

As for washing your supplies just soap and water will work fine.

OK I have CO on hand as well that I was going to use in our bath soap. So, I will need to rerun my ingredients in the soap calc or can I just simply swap the CO for the OO?

 

[Dorymae]

Run it through the lye calculator. Always do that if you switch out ingredients.

 

[Susie]

You don't have to sterilize soaping supplies, germs are not going to survive the lye. Simply clean is good enough.

I agree with the CO for laundry, and CO/OO for hand soap. Even better, Lard/CO/OO for hand soap.

 

[Sislea]

OK have everything washed and spread out everywhere! Good thing it's only me here to eat tonight because there is no counter space :mrgreen:

 

[Sislea]

I agree with the CO for laundry, and CO/OO for hand soap. Even better, Lard/CO/OO for hand soap.

Depending on what type of lard, I can't use it in my products. I am also making for a second household that is vegan.

 

[KristaY]

Depending on what type of lard, I can't use it in my products. I am also making for a second household that is vegan.

I avoid lard and tallow also, Sislea. I have many family members that are vegetarian and a few that avoid pork for religious reasons. My primary hard oils are coconut and palm with butters (shea, mango & cocoa) as a smaller percentage. So don't think you're unusual by using only vegetable oils!

 

[Susie]

Sorry, I did not know that. But you do need palm if you can't use lard or tallow.

 

[Sislea]

NP Susie, I never mentioned in any of my posts that I am making vegan friendly products. I only mentioned for health reasons.

I purchased several oils and butters. Palm is not one I purchased. Will check around to see where to order some of that from. I was able to get most of my products local.

I purchased in small batches to start off with because I wanted to see what would work best for the skin in my family. Once I figure that out I will order more bulk sized products.

 

[Sislea]

While we are mentioning Palm...what is the best one to get?

 

[Sislea]

OK what does this look like? Would this work?

 

[Susie]

If you don't mind using some tallow(beef fat) for yourself, you can buy Great Value shortening from Walmart that is a blend of palm and tallow. I also found some pure palm at a local bakery, they were kind enough to sell me a pound to try once I explained I was making soap.(I brought the owner a couple of bars of soap when I went to buy it to foster good relations in the future.)

If that is for hand washing, it will not be nice. If it is for laundry, why do you have OO in there? You really need separate soaps for those two tasks.

100% CO with 0% SF for laundry
OO/CO 1:1 with 5% SF for hands.(maybe with 5% castor oil for bubbles-available in pharmacy area of Walmart)

 

[Sislea]

actually forgot to figure out how many ounces my mold holds This should be more accurate.

 

[Sislea]

Something isn't right. My mold will only hold 46.8 ounces. Never used a calc before. What am I doing wrong? Off to brainstorm this one!!

 

[Sislea]

whoo my brain hurts now!! OK the second one is accurate since I have roughly a 4# mold !! HEHE that whole calc thing threw my brain off. But it is glued back in place and all is good.

 

[The Efficacious Gentleman]

Why the change from 80:20 to 70:30?

As for mould size, you can reduce your oil amount until the total weight is more like what you're aiming for. That said, it might still not be spot on so have some spare moulds to hand - exact mould size is partly experience.

There is also a sticky in the cp section about mould size calculation based on the measurements of the inside dimensions.

 

[Sislea]

If you don't mind using some tallow(beef fat) for yourself, you can buy Great Value shortening from Walmart that is a blend of palm and tallow. I also found some pure palm at a local bakery, they were kind enough to sell me a pound to try once I explained I was making soap.(I brought the owner a couple of bars of soap when I went to buy it to foster good relations in the future.)

If that is for hand washing, it will not be nice. If it is for laundry, why do you have OO in there? You really need separate soaps for those two tasks.

100% CO with 0% SF for laundry
OO/CO 1:1 with 5% SF for hands.(maybe with 5% castor oil for bubbles-available in pharmacy area of Walmart)

OK now I see what your saying. I have some castor oil in the cabinet. Not sure why I have it.

 

[Sislea]

Why the change from 80:20 to 70:30?

As for mould size, you can reduce your oil amount until the total weight is more like what you're aiming for. That said, it might still not be spot on so have some spare moulds to hand - exact mould size is partly experience.

There is also a sticky in the cp section about mould size calculation based on the measurements of the inside dimensions.

I was thinking maybe a little less CO so it wouldn't be so drying.

 

[Sislea]

For my hand soap, where would I put the vitamin E? Is that considered part of the SF? Or add it in after trace?