Re-Batching - 1 more time

[Lindy]

I make solid shaving soap and then I shred it so I can custom scent each one for my internet customers. The first thing I need to tell you is that I use Sodium Lactate in my shaving soap recipe.

So I grate them up with a really fine cheese grater and then I place the soap into a large measuring cup. Add enough water to moisten the soap and then put into the microwave. My first zap is full temp 1 1/2 minutes. I then stir it like crazy and then starting zapping it at 70% strength for 45 seconds at a time watching the soap the whole time and then stirring it really well until I have it down to a liquid, add my fragrance and zap it again @ 70% for 20 seconds then pour. Here are some pictures of the process.

This is the grated soap:

Measured and in the measuring cup, zapped once already:

Now you can see it liquifying:

Poured and in the jar ready to go to the customer:

I hope this helps... I don't know how this would work in a large batch, but it should be pretty similar....

Cheers

 

[Hazel]

Thanks for the great tutorial and taking the time to post all the pictures. You make it look so easy.

 

[Relle]

Lovely, yet to try a shaving soap.

 

[Lindy]

Ah you're welcome Hazel....

Relle9 this can be applied to any kind of soap, I just use it for my shaving soaps... 8)

 

[AngelMomma]

Wow, you DO make it look easy. I might try HPing this way with some scraps I have been squirreling away, instead of throwing away. It might smell a little funny since it will be a combo of a few different kinds of soaps. But at least it won't be going to waste. My other HP soaps I have done in my soap pot on the stove. They were less than beautimous........much less, hahaha! Maybe if I do it this way they will look better.

 

[sunfloweracres]

Great pictures, thank you for posting. What is Sodium Lactate? What does it do for the shaving soap?
I have read about rebatching using milk by cooking it on the stove, but I like your way a whole lot better.

 

[Lindy]

Thank you SunflowerAcres & AngelMomma.

SunflowerAcres Sodium Lactate adds a few things to the Shaving Soap, actually any soap really. First it does increase your lather, hardens the soap but it also allows for easy 'milling' aka rebatching. I like it for HP soap in general as well as my Hemp soap because hemp takes forever and a day to harden up, Sodium Lactate hardens it up right away.

You can find Sodium Lactate at most of your regular soap suppliers.

 

[sunfloweracres]

Oh, thank you Lindy. I'll look into it. I keep running out of Castor oil to add lather to my shampoo bars.

 

[Lindy]

You're welcome. You should be able to buy your Castor oil in 1 jug bottles from your regular suppliers. I like New Directions for pricing on it....

 

[rics]

Hi Lindy,
Thanks for the great tutorial. I have a question- when I put my coconut, palm,olive soap in the microwave (after 4,5 days of making it). It completely melted to a a liquid ( it looked like a mixtures of oils again, no completely transparent, not white cream likes yours).otherwise at room temp it's a solid soap and lathers fine.
But looking at your pics your soap only becomes creamy consistency, not to a complete liquid like mine. I wanted to re-shape my CP soap so had melted it, but din expect it to look completely like oils again.

Any ideas where I could be going wrong.
Thanks in advance!

 

[Lindy]

If it firms back up then I would say you're fine...