20 Years of Homestead Soapmaking (Your Questions Answered)

This is part one of two videos (the second actually showing the soapmaking process). This video is LONG. Timestamps below.
Part 2, 20 Animal Fat Soaps, Mistakes Were Made, found here: • Tallow and Lard Soaps,...
Always ALWAYS run any recipe you find through a lye calculator to double check the math before making your soap. Even recipes found in published books! If you change out ANY of the oils/fats in these recipes, RECALCULATE THE LYE AMOUNT!
Beginning LARD Recipe for Homesteaders
All measurements by WEIGHT
30% lye solution, 5% superfat, .5 oz/pound oils for fragrance
Water = 150 g
Lye (NaOH) = 64 g
Coconut oil (25%) = 113 g
Lard (rendered pig fat) (25%) = 113 g
Olive Oil (50%) = 227 g
Fragrance (optional) = 14 g (.5 oz, about 1 tbsp)
Soap at between 90 and 100 degrees F
Beginning BEEF TALLOW Recipe for Homesteaders
All measurements by WEIGHT
30% lye solution, 5% superfat, .5 oz/pound oils for fragrance
Water = 150 g
Lye (NaOH) = 64 g
Coconut oil (25%) = 113 g
Beef Tallow (rendered beef fat) (25%) = 113 g
Olive Oil (50%) = 227 g
Fragrance (optional) = 14 g (.5 oz, about 1 tbsp)
Soap at between 90 and 100 degrees F
Favorite soap making suppliers
Nurture Soap: nurturesoap.com
Natures Garden: www.naturesgardencandles.com
Wholesale Supplies Plus: www.wholesalesuppliesplus.com
Bramble Berry: www.brambleberry.com
My blog posts on Soapmaking
Soapmaking 101: milesawayfarmww.com/2013/12/06/soaping-newbies-12-common-questions/
Soapmaking 201: milesawayfarmww.com/2012/12/20/soap-making-201/
Liquid Soapmaking: milesawayfarmww.com/2015/04/22/liquid-soapmaking-where-to-start/
My ebook on using essential oils in soapmaking (Amazon link): www.amazon.com/dp/B08WJLW6KX
TIMESTAMPS
1:31 Why single oil soaps aren't great
2.54 My soapmaking journey
9:17 What happens when we make soap
10:55 Sourcing lye
12:23 Oil choice
16:19 Why superfat?
17:47 Linoleic acid and DOS
21:33 Safety always
24:16 Container advice
26:35 Fragrance
29:18 Molds
30:15 Dedicated equipment
31:02 Start small
31.39 Soap is safe after 48 hours
33:48 Water amount
35:26 Ash
35:55 Safe for septic?
36:55 Perfect bar?
37:50 Additives
42:11 Single Oil soaps
43:03 Lye from wood ashes

[@miraleatardiff8543]

Thank you for making this video and sharing it. I do not make soap; however, I do plan on learning 🙂 You have answered a lot of questions that I have had for years.

[@cookingtheharvest]

Thank you so much. That's exactly what I was hoping for!