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Making 100% olive oil soap

Why it is tricky andhow to manage it!


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100% olive oil soap

Some soapmakers love it, some hate it...

..... thats because ...


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100% olive oil soap is tricky!


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How tricky?

... it takes long, long ..... long time to trace

it takes long time to cure !

... the finished soap does not foam well andgets slimmy (see my video of foam test below)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTJsZVnkVvM
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Why?

It is composed mainly of unsaturated fattyacids, oleic (65-80%) and linoleic (4-10%)

Unsaturated fatty acids give soaps that onlyvery slowly create tension with water

This directly affects trace and final soapcharacteristics


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Fortunately, these problems canbe solved relatively easily

with the following tips and tricks


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1. Making it trace faster

Of course, use blender and in addition, choose one of themethods below (a combination can cause soap seizing)

Discount water. Instead of 38% of oils as recommended bySoapCalc, use less water to obtain 35% lye solution (e.g. if youneed 125g of NaOH, use 125/35*65=232g of water).

OR

Add to the recipe an essential oil or fragrance , whichaccelerate the trace

ORDissolve some finished soap in the lye solution . This helps

to emulsify oils with lye faster and thus accelerates the trace


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2. Making it foam By long cure castille soaps are cured for more than a year

before being distributed to the shops. The less water, thebetter the foam.

Mechanically - use the old, good soap net! It really helps.

In warm and soft water hard water creates soap scum andmakes soap much more difficult to foam. Warm water boostsfoaming.

Add something containing sugar (sugar, honey, milk,yogurt) in your lye solution, or substitute 5% of your oliveoil by castor oil (but then it is not a 100% olive oil soap ).

! Attention, sugar can cause overheating of your soap, becareful !
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3. Making it less slimy

Add beeswax cca 3% of the recipeOR

Add kitchen salt dissolve around 1 and 1/2 teaspoon in thewater before dissolving NaOH, for each 1kg of oils in yourrecipe

! Avoid sea salt, as the calcium and magnesium ions accelerateoxidation and can cause your soap get rancid quicker !


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4. Making it cure faster

Discount water (see above )

Ensure your soap goes through the gel phase by

The CPOP technique (cold process in the oven) that willhelp the soap gel - in this case, I do NOT recommend thewater discount , as in the oven a part of water tends toevaporate and you can finish by slowing down the reactionby evaporating too much water

Insulating your molds too keep it warm


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See some of my recipes using these techniques

100% olive oil soap with cocoa and golden mica decoration (http://curious-soapmaker.com/100-olive-oil-soap-with-cocoa-and-golden-mica-decoration.html)

Olive oil soap with grapefruit or how to make soap roses (http://curious-soapmaker.com/olive-oil-soap-grapefruit-how-make-soap-rose.html)
http://curious-soapmaker.com/100-olive-oil-soap-with-cocoa-and-golden-mica-decoration.htmlhttp://curious-soapmaker.com/olive-oil-soap-grapefruit-how-make-soap-rose.htmlhttp://curious-soapmaker.com/olive-oil-soap-grapefruit-how-make-soap-rose.htmlhttp://curious-soapmaker.com/olive-oil-soap-grapefruit-how-make-soap-rose.htmlhttp://curious-soapmaker.com/100-olive-oil-soap-with-cocoa-and-golden-mica-decoration.html


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And how do you make your olive oilsoap?

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