Howdy Yall!

[GreenDragon]

Howdy from Texas! The wife and I were looking to do something with our used cooking oil, so on a whim I looked up soap making and found this forum. Made our first batch today using 80% used peanut oil and 20% coconut oil. Hopefully it will turn out.

Any suggestions on deodorizing the oil? I tried shaking this batch with hot water with baking soda and salt, but it didn't help very much.

Looking forward to making some batches with "good" oil.

 

[IrishLass]

Welcome GreenDragon! :wave:

I've never soaped used cooking oil before, but there are some folks on the forum who have done so. Here is one thread about it that I found (so far):

http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=27154


IrishLass

 

[IrishLass]

Here are a few more threads that I found about using used cooking oil:

http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=53473

http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=30770

http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=38788

http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=10155

http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=32717

http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=31692


IrishLass

 

[Susie]

Hey and welcome!

 

[GreenDragon]

Thanks

Thanks for the links! Looks like most people used the same formula as I did: 80/20 with coconut oil. If it doesn't turn out I'm not out anything and it was a fun first batch to learn from.

I'd like to make some bar soap for the bath next. Any suggestions on an easy recipe for a newbie?

 

[Steve85569]

Welcome to the forum!

You just asked a dangerous question.
We all have our favorites.
I like:
Lard @ 40%
Olive oil Pomace @ 30%
Rice bran oil @ 16%
Coconut oil @ 9%
Castor oil @ 5%

But I do use vinegar to add hardness to the soap since this makes a rather soft bar.

I have found that - for me - I need to keep the "cleansing value" below 12 or soap dries my old hide out. This tends to have my recipes be soft. Thus the vinegar ( acetic acid converted to sodium acetate). It's not too difficult and there are several threads discussing it around here somewhere. I'll get my google fu out and see if I can find one.

Steve

Link:

http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=59295