Making Soap

[@NileRed]

This video has been re-uploaded because I made an error in the last one. I said ashes have sodium hydroxide in them, when they really have potassium carbonate, which is converted to potassium hydroxide by treatment with calcium hydroxide or oxide. I hate having to reupload, but the error was too big for me to let go. I do not like the idea of spreading misinformation. I hope you guys can understand!

[@xydya]

NileRed Honestly, most people wouldn't even reupload. They'd just edit the description but this is one of the reasons I'm such a big fan of your channel!

[@NileRed]

Thanks, I appreciate it!

[@thehearth8773]

Good on you for reuploading instead of just adding an annotation or something. Misinformation really bothers me and I'm glad to see people try to correct it.

[@kevinbyrne4538]

Actually, from the Middle Ages to 1791 (when Frenchman Nicolas Leblanc discovered how to make synthetic sodium carbonate), the ashes of plants that grew along salt marshes were used as a source of sodium carbonate. Such ashes were called "barilla": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barilla Barilla would be mixed with quicklime (calcium oxide) and then water would be poured onto the mixture. The water that drained from the mixture would be rich in sodium hydroxide. By repeatedly passing the same water through the mixture of barilla and quicklime, a solution of sodium hydroxide could be made which was sufficiently concentrated for the manufacture of soap.

[@NileRed]

hmm interesting!

[@SageSylvie]

Soap is the literal definition of: "I used the grease to destroy the grease"

[@danielsjohnson]

Or like fighting fire with fire.

[@athendity2567]

Or like cooling down a drink with ice

[@mrliamvr1]

@@iron1975 no

[@hubb8049]

@@iron1975 rude

[@imwonko]

@@iron1975 edgelord whos balls havent dropped

[@georgehands_]

As a kid, I used to freeze shampoo thinking I would be able to use it as soap.

[@amediocreexistence]

I used to freeze milk thinking I could make ice cream 😅

[@oxybrightdark8765]

@@amediocreexistence frozen flavoured milk like strawberry or chocolate makes a nice lolly

[@thor4259]

@@oxybrightdark8765 lol...

[@spandexgoblin]

did it work

[@maracachucho8701]

@@spandexgoblin it probably did for the few minutes it was frozen.

[@eddiep4600]

I know this video is old… but as someone who is getting into candle and soap making this was the most simple and straightforward video i have come across.. thank you very much will save it.

[@iwanadiefast]

"I do not like the idea of spreading misinformation" we need more people like you

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

Yeah I sometimes think that Hollywood does that to keep wayward kids from trying stuff, but by the same token they glamorize other things so it's never consistent. Smart kids always figure out what they want anyway, especially now that we've got the internet. The sociopaths have every destructive device at their fingertips short of Howitzers and nukes. ; ) I made gunpowder from constituent parts as a kid and my pharmacist gave me an odd look when I asked for potassium nitrate (I think I asked for saltpetre), but he actually sold it to me. Of course there wasn't enough to make but a few small firecrackers, so perhaps he thought I wouldn't be able to get in much trouble.

[@maggiep9007]

I read about a guy who blew his face off trying to shake n bake meth using (incorrect) chemicals he saw on the news. Harm reduction and harm magnification are the same thing I guess?

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

+Maggie P Can't fix stupid.

[@allihusk6519]

@@maggiep9007 Calculated move. Natural selection can't take place so we have to have some incentive lol

[@The-pf4zy]

I do not like the idea of spreading misinformation.

[@yeetsilas1120]

As a soap maker it's really entertaining to see a chemist know everything but struggle

[@atakan618]

is that u tyler

[@getdatpeppah6083]

@@atakan618 hehe

[@guysumpthin2974]

Men should not go near lavender

[@guysumpthin2974]

As for skin exposure to sodium hydroxide, skin varies greatly from person to person, and if left in place will slowly start eating a hole

[@accelmemory]

How do you know if all the lye in the soap is gone, without having ph paper? Like, if you were making soap in a survival situation

[@trashbagandrew]

Nile red in 2019: making soap Nile red in 2021: making meth only using an easy bake oven

[@ygseveryfriday569]

turning a towel into crystal meth

[@limesandlemons1367]

any day now...

[@Anais-bh3pe]

Holy- I forgot about easy bake ovens Soo nostalgic.

[@alexanderkorb3991]

turning water into fire

[@paranoiarpincess]

I suggested he make a cake from its chemical components. Same thing, right?

[@zechnology7]

A random person on a plane was explaining this to me and he then tried to sell me soap

[@独木桥-h1y]

Did he also invite you to join some club?

[@josieburgart2172]

@@独木桥-h1ywatch it bud. You almost broke the first rule

[@Noone31109]

@@独木桥-h1ydon,t forget first 2 rules ....

[@bulletkiller0689]

@@独木桥-h1y First rule of soap club

[@DumbOrangeFrog]

@@独木桥-h1y cult type shit lol

[@cvsaire287]

Soap beaker: cinnamon Soap beaker: lavender Soap beaker: cocoa Soap beaker: *METH*

[@doraorak]

I am not in danger mom i am the danger xd

[@AkerCW]

yes thats what i saw too, thought i had lost it lmaoo

[@Broockle]

I didn't think of that xD

[@thingiezz]

Considering that the soap would hurt when used, the name should be something hardcore

[@killgaet6253]

@@SS-qs3yq kek

[@kindlin]

7:50 _purposefully dips in finger to show how not harmful it is_ *Next scene* _has gloves on_

[@screamintothevoid5336]

We had to wear gloves and safety goggles while making tea in chemistry class once. And our teacher wasn't kidding...

[@snowparody]

@@screamintothevoid5336 why was your class making tea...?

[@screamintothevoid5336]

@@snowparody i don't even remember

[@josephinemabano4940]

@@screamintothevoid5336 was it that clitoria ternatea tea? The blue flower? Then you're made to change the pH by adding vinegar or baking soda and the color shifts from blue (basic) to pink (acidic) Or am i completely off

[@screamintothevoid5336]

@@josephinemabano4940 just some normal green tea :D

[@imquitefondofgeckos446]

Nilered: wears gloves while handling strawberries and soap Also nilered: wears no gloves while handling LYE

[@captainobvious.29yearsago70]

I mean, that's pretty easy to fix actually, just tell the truth

[@imquitefondofgeckos446]

Captain Obvious. heeheehoo

[@mattlogue1300]

It does burn skin. Once splashed it on my eyelid. That was not fun.

[@lentoperoavanzo4007]

One time I was holding the spatula I was using in my teeth and a drop of lye/water solution that must have splashed onto the handle gave me a blister on my lip.

[@oumardiop1]

dude was making uranium glass and had nothing but some gloves on

[@Zombie_Zed]

I can’t break the number 1 rule but I’m amazed KZbin would recommend the soap and the margarine videos after I literally just got done watching that movie.

[@strogonoffcore]

time to go to a plastic surgery clinic at night

[@strogonoffcore]

@@pomelo9518 fight club

[@angelic..9906]

@@pomelo9518 its ***** ****

[@tobylewis8958]

@@strogonoffcore ssshhh, you're not supposed to talk about that.

[@connorpert3633]

Just as a little note. Please never use ANY form of cinnamon in soap. Even if you want to get a cinnamon sent, dont use essential oil. It can burn your skin. Use fragrance oils (as they are synthetically made) and if you want the look of cinnamon, use poppy/apricot/blueberry seed

[@connorpert3633]

@Joseph Bleifus as long as it's a small quantity. If you put too much it can cause burns. But other than that, you do you

[@Kai-Made]

There is such a thing as "display only" soap and I could see upping the oil in such a thing...but not Cinnamon...I hate that stuff. I gag when I smell it strongly. I like mints though. Either way less is more in my opinion. A few drops for scent is one thing...anymore and you could go blind by washing your face...and I am allergic to Cinnamon...break out in red splotches when I consume much of it...I would hate to know what would happy if I bathed in it. Probably just die...lol.

[@liziren1983]

@@Kai-Made Is there a website or brand names of "display only soap"? I had never heard of this before and googling this term brings up regular soap.

[@Kai-Made]

@@liziren1983 I know it exists...otherwise I need to patent that idea asap. For real though. Here in WV we have these little "niche" shops where you can buy flowers and "kitch" you know pretty little "rustic" looking things...and they have soaps for the back of toilets shaped like stars and hearts and flowers and mermaids etc...all contain WAY more fragrant oils than that of normal body safe soap. I suppose technically you could use them for soap but when your eyes melt when you rub your face don't cry about it. The cinnamon ones are the worse offenders.

[@liziren1983]

@@Kai-Made ah I thought those were all still just regular soap, except not good. I recall being a kid and seeing fun shaped and super scented soaps around my home at some point, but I don’t remember if they ever did me any harm. I certainly don’t like using just any soap anymore but I never knew something like cinnamon could be dangerous! If I’m not mistaken, some holiday liquid soaps are cinnamon scented. Anyway, now I know to be more vigilant about my soaps’ ingredients!

[@cryptid4131]

Other youtubers making soap: "We don't want to add too much perfume! Just a few drops is enough." NileRed: *pours in half the bottle*

[@matasa7463]

This is a chemist we're dealing with here. He doesn't pussyfoot around. You're getting that whole dose, not that naturopathic nonsense. You will KNOW there's additives in there.

[@LittleEinsteinAdi]

@@matasa7463 Damn Calm Down With Your Language Dude

[@swamisamartha3332]

@@matasa7463 why don't you drink it...don't give damn to naturopathic nonsense. You are the only one who has aalllll the sense.

[@LittleEinsteinAdi]

@@swamisamartha3332 did you have a stroke?

[@swamisamartha3332]

@@LittleEinsteinAdi yes it seems I did play a master stroke... And you came to your senses.🤔

[@stefanosiclari]

"This idea of using more oil than is needed is generally known as superfatting" Yeah, my mom does this every time she cooks

[@nicoleperini731]

Eh...

[@malodos2295]

They say you are what you cook.

[@Jarombean]

I like your icon

[@enijize1234]

@@malodos2295 does that mean im nothing?

[@stefanosiclari]

@@shroompot9113 Yes

[@rinnyig7644]

i didnt know tyler durden made science videos

[@infintiyward]

For some reason, I laughed really hard when your mint soap turned orange. I've watched a lot of videos and you're explanations of complex processes are so clear, so when you messed up food coloring so drastically It was funny.

[@mohamedayoubneggaz1581]

same! guess orange is the new green.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Here's a description of the chemical processes that occur as I perform this complicated experiment. Also my green accidentally turned orange.

[@joeljobi6149]

*your

[@ChaoGG]

@@joeljobi6149 wow it's almost like humans make mistakes 😳

[@joeljobi6149]

@@ChaoGG xD im sorry

[@silver_235]

*me, sitting on my couch licking cheeto dust off my fingers* : hmm yes, triglycerides, that makes sense.

[@DB-wb1tz]

Same, except I’m in my bed at 3 in the morning and it’s Cheetos puffs.

[@onursenturk9871]

I was bored and searched how to make a soup for no reason but I wrote it wrong than I saw Nile's video

[@thanosbloodygangster4208]

Riptide Gaming that’s literally exactly what I’m doing rn

[@apricotduck]

I feel personally offended considering I was really eating Doritos :D

[@-watermelonking]

@@apricotduck same

[@evanclarke6496]

Nile, your videos help me SO much in my OChem class, especially when you go over mechanisms. thank you for everything you do. if i wasn't a broke college student, I'd be a patron

[@NileRed]

No worries! Just glad to have you here :)

[@Cronuz2]

You are a true informer! educated as a personal trainer so not really deep into the chemistry. But im learning alot through your videos.

[@Mr_Stanley888]

Me too man

[@secrecy3915]

Now this just makes my heart swell.

[@cryingwater]

Most college students get broke mysteriously the moment they meet their professors. Others get away by sticking to others.

[@MyNameHere101]

Minty fresh or skin melting is a very fine line that should be deeply respected

[@TheSongwritingCat]

*Starts pouring in additives without a measuring spoon* Me: He's going to add too much. "In each case, I think I added way too much stuff."

[@doszlopleonard6031]

the food colouring killed me 😭😭😭

[@razi_man]

My mom makes homemade soap since 2019 and still learning how to make better soap. This video honestly made me think of her and how the soap she makes keeps us in our roof. (and cleans our hands too)

[@samurai90x]

my mom has been making cold process soap for a while too, and her business has been expanding for years she now does all kinds of other stuff too now and even has a salt spa.

[@fungo6631]

My Argentinian great grandad was making soap in the 1940s when he lived in Germany.

[@Vingul]

@@fungo6631 Lol. You know they didn’t actually make soap, right?

[@TryinaD]

@@fungo6631bad joke, because I’m pretty sure human soap is more logistical and processing trouble than it’s worth, no matter how evil you are. Also their soaps were famously fat-free and pretty bad quality as a result. So definitely zero human.

[@mason9146]

This dude just got addicted to soap making vids and then was like “wait i have a KZbin channel”

[@dariancomsa7204]

*Safya Nyagaar (I might have mislelled it) has entered the chat*

[@nathatleue]

Darian Comsa very misspelled. Safiya Nyagaard*

[@dariancomsa7204]

@@nathatleue well, it's not THAT much. I just frogot an "i" and a "d"

[@dariancomsa7204]

@@nathatleue thx for correcting me anyway

[@puudathemeow5593]

@@nathatleue Actually it's Nygaard😅

[@andrew6464]

“The first rule of fight club is don’t talk about fight club”

[@cedar_pines]

I love this because he's just making soap but it's still in a lab

[@PokeNebula]

I especially love the fact that he buys essential oils and refers to them by their actual chemical like “cinnemaldehyde” 😁

[@scooble_]

This is a very important experiment.

[@ghalicharif3204]

where tf do you think soap is made lmao

[@u-phoria7022]

Shush

[@youssefhachicha49]

What did u think he is gonna make it in a kitchen or something like that?

[@boats_r_cool]

So technically, in my will, i can ask to turn my ashes into soap Hell yeah

[@mini5701]

I guess you could also ask to save some fat tissue to use instead of oil...

[@darknessml6145]

this seems oddly like something that happened in history

[@onursenturk9871]

YES Kermit flavored soap

[@vecronatt]

Wilson Percival Higgsbury waitwaitwait i think youre using soap wrong

[@daisytackett72]

Pretty sure lye only comes from wood ashes but I’m no professional

[@MauricioJePalma]

"After mixing for a while, it somehow became orange instead." That doesn't look too ba- oh.

[@myrmesuwu607]

*CHEMISTRY*

[@masterzoroark6664]

The orange juice that tastes like mints

[@samisavage891]

@@masterzoroark6664 that just made me think about the way orange juice tastes after brushing your teeth lol

[@awarose]

As someone who made a few soaps it's not this difficult! It's actually really fun and if the rules here were not so strict and the fees for permits and such in the EU weren't so high I would consider making it a small side business for fun. He made a thick trace and some of the additives accelerated the soap even more, once you get a light trace most soap will pretty quickly go to a thicker trace so it would have been better to go for a light trace and just mix those with seeds and such a little bit longer until the seeds were suspended, if he had more coconut oil in that blend the soap would have hardened before he could get the soap out of the beakers. With any additives you should consider the amount since to much of some things can cause irritation and others is fine to add plenty, cinnamon is best left as a spice it does not belong in skin products at all, it can easily burn and cause rashes. Other additives like honey can heat the soap so it makes a soap volcano, where it can bubble out of the form if you ad to much or have the mixture to hot to begin with, so you have to do some research before trying something new but there's plenty of good information and simple recipes online for beginners and once you get a bit more comfortable with the basic steps you can make your own recipes by using a soap calculator changing just one oil can make a completely different soap, or just go with a recipe you like and play around with additives or color designs, the possibilities are basically endless. I do like that he acted normal about the sodium hydroxide, so many soap forums and videos are treating it as it was a volatile explosive, yes it gets hot fast (make sure the beaker or whatever you use can handle that), and yes it's not good to get on you but protect your eyes, always add the powder to water and let it cool down a bit before moving and you'll be fine, never got it on me by just treating it respectfully but confidently. If you get it on your skin the oils there will become soap and you will be left with a completely dry spot intill the oils build up again, this ofc can feel irritated and be more sensitive but its not dangerous, in your eyes its ofc a lot more sensitive so protect then and also don't breath in the fumes your lungs won't like it. When using sodium hydroxide as a drain cleaner it actually makes soap in the pipes if you have any oil or fat down there, but it will wash away quickly since you don't let it cure.

[@akshitrajputhere]

I am thinking of creating a small business out of this too. How would you write the soaps name on the bar?

[@awarose]

@@akshitrajputhere many makers who sell stamp the soap when it's still a little bit soft. In my country (and probably all of EU) it's more common to just have a plane bar with a paper sleeve that have the logo, name and all the information they are required to have like an ingredient list, contact information to the company pr person selling the soap, batch number, weight and best before date, so it's quite a lot of info to squeeze in.

[@akshitrajputhere]

@@awarose Okay, Thanks

[@yooookki]

@awa rose I agree about everything you mentioned ... except the sodium hydroxide (solution) reaction to skin. I discount my water by 25% so maybe it affects my skin differently than others. I wore mid-length gloves and somehow the solution was transferred from my apron to my arms and dripped over time INTO my gloves. I live in hot & humid S Florida (USA) so that was probably a contributing factor as I mix my lye water outside for safety. I showered but woke up with burns down my arms that continued getting worse for over 24 hours. I had to wrap my arms in ointment & gauze with long sleeves because the pain was unbearable. I stopped making soap until my wounds were healed - 4 weeks. Apparently my arms were turning to soap and kept weeping puss fluid, which was impossible to stop. Also ... I added my lye to coffee water (instant) that was about 100°F and a volcano erupted causing permanent damage to our teak outdoor table top. I immediately hosed it down but that didn't prevent the damage. Uh ... very scary although I was wearing goggles and fully cover in protective clothing. Location (temp/humidity) contributes a variable we aren't always thinking about when following the chemistry of soap making. Just be extra careful and enjoy the process! Now, I look like a mad scientist when making soap after those 2 experiences.

[@ano_nym]

You could look into your laws, here in Sweden there's at least a method that could be used. Here you can make "soap for animals" and get around lots of the harsh regulations.

[@tommywiseau_]

no one: nilered: soap that makes you HURT

[@pleasehelpicanneverthinkof5026]

Bone hurting juice but its not the bones and its soap

[@ElTurbinado]

So no one said nothing or... everybody said something... or... nothing or... what?

[@soroosh_abd2589]

A great gift for your enemy

[@Burak-ls5yd]

Actually, my first soap hurt me because I didn't know the reaction wasn't complete and rubbed my face with it and there was a lot of sodium hydroxide in it. Its pH was 12. :D (Then it got fixed after a day)

[@cezarydudek6156]

oh hi mark

[@ayapamungkas2267]

I used to study all of these theories and practice back in college. Now I feel what people say about "learning/studying is fun when there's no one tell you to study"

[@genxer1824]

Note: when you get concentrated NaOH/KOH on your skin, do NOT wash it just once. Wash *until the skin stops feeling slippery*. It gets soapy because the base (KOH) reacts with fats secreted by your skin, producing glycerol and some surfactants - soap, essentially. And if lye is concentrated enough to hydrolize fat, it's concentrated enough to (at the very least) dry out your skin and exacerbate any skin issues you have. If you work with lye AND toxic compounds, keep in mind one little-known toxicology fact: surfactants tend to increase chemical permeability of your skin. Which means that anything toxic or mutagenic has a much easier time getting through the protective layer down into your tissues. So don't leave any leftover soap or KOH on your skin when working with benzene. Not even if you wear gloves. Gloves can sometimes have holes, as I've learned the hard way. In my case, I was hasty one day when working with some pretty concentrated KOH and benzene. I didn't notice my glove had a teeny-tiny hole near the middle finger. I also didn't pay attention to the steadily worsening itching in my finger: I usually had that reaction to gloves. I only took off the glove at the end of the lesson - and saw that my skin was both soapy and had that tangy smell of benzene to it. Massive, albeit fortunately local, inflammation ensued a couple days later; my fingernail was spoon-shaped for three years after I got that crap to subside, and my usually mild eczema got exacerbated to blood-seeping-from-cracked-flesh levels of unpleasant. I'm pretty sure the acute inflammation and the deformed fingernail is just what happens when a finger gets an hour-long meet-and-greet with concentrated KOH, but the eczema was probably made much, much worse by the surfactant-benzene combination.

[@the_egg_]

Ouch

[@angelinephilo2005]

ouch this seems like something chubbyemu would make a video about

[@duckduckgo358]

I knew I was right to think the guy was to relaxed with working with something thats 14ph

[@davemwangi05]

I've learned to not be a jackass. I made NaOH at home vial the Chloralkali process using a rudimentary paper diaphram, graphite rods etc. Now with my usual behavior of flouting safety rules, I took a tiny drop from the cathode and curiously stretched my long neck and tasted it. RIP guys..!!. I had under estimated how quickly the soln could ramp up at 4 amperes current. Yeah it hurt like hell, I didn't eat well for some two days but I still consider myself as being lucky. When I threw an aluminium foil into it, that's when I realized how concentrated my NaOH really was, It got kinda silent a while, I kept it to the side, a few seconds later huge amounts of steam were coming off, it was hissing like a snake with hydrogen bubbles and was hot like hell. I tensed. LOL, That moment where you tend to forget where the kill switch or emergency button is located.. Oh, the chlorine coming from the Anode, I won't talk much about that. but I intentionally sniffed some of it and now I have a new definition of that monster called Hitler. I wanna strangle his neck. Reading stories of chemical accidents online, You know what? there's a common denominator. most of them are unaware of how dangerous what they're handling is, they live to say, "I wish I knew." Or they're aware but they let something called complacency creep in, and that's when the accident happens.

[@clarag.8877]

thanks a lot for sharing this! It's really important information

[@vance7354]

As a soap maker, just a tip, when you have it in the mold, always wait at least a mininum of 1 week to de-mold the soap, Personally, I dont remove my soaps from the mold for 30 days but you can get away with a week, but if you want to pull it in a week have a fan blowing over the top of the mold.

[@oliverb.3588]

Cool to know that you managed to explain how and why soaps work in 5 minutes in my second language and I understood it more than how my teacher explained it

[@everengaged9370]

you understood it because your teacher explained to it before

[@TheMarshmallowMushroom]

ypur english is good for a second language! impressive!

[@oliverb.3588]

@@TheMarshmallowMushroom thank you, I've been essentially kinda speaking it since I was a kid and am currently studying it in university lol so yeah

[@TheMarshmallowMushroom]

@@oliverb.3588 ohh okay. still cool tho

[@oliverb.3588]

@@TheMarshmallowMushroom lol

[@emilyjanet455]

I physically recoiled when I saw how much menthol he added to one of them. Good LORD

[@just_going_mads]

The Smokers Choice of soap.

[@brunamaria3734]

Why? Too much?

[@emilyjanet455]

@@brunamaria3734 you know when you have mentos or other breath mints and it feels really cooling? That's a tiny bit of menthol. Tiny tiny bit.

[@Blorbobaggins]

My skin would instantly fall off, no joke.

[@justmehere_]

its too late passed my bedtime and I thought you wrote methanol, not menthol and I was so confused lmao

[@elliotk.8964]

As a perfumer watching him pour that much bitter almond oil and cinnamon oil into the soap made me want to cry

[@bluepsiongamer4909]

Isn't cinnamon oil dangerous? I'd never put that in soap!

[@Goldflower220]

@@bluepsiongamer4909 yeah, i thought you can't put cinnamon in body products because of skin irritation

[@daltonwallet8650]

knowing nothing about soaps, I'm full blown wide eyed at the volume of additives he's put in to every soap

[@macky7482]

"perfumer" lol

[@melissasteidl2958]

I'm a soap maker, cinnamon will burn you. The ifra rate is extremely low, watching him use that much just made me cringe

[@MrUtah1]

Narrator: “what do you do?” Tyler Durden: “I make and I sell soap”

[@sawruhs]

these 5-minute-crafts are kinda getting out of hand. edit: oh my god guys it's a joke.

[@sharoncastillo2411]

why even compare 5mc is trash and NileRed is gold

[@breanne923]

5 month crafts

[@Alexa-hf7pb]

@@breanne923 lmao

[@nonimus6269]

You mean 5 week crafts

[@angrypumpkin3822]

5 millennium crafts

[@cryzerker8080]

Just so you know, in Fight Club, Tyler kisses the hand of the narrator before aplying the sodium hydroxide. The watter from the lips interact with the sodium. In the book, his hand is burned in the form of Tyler's lips

[@rockets4kids]

Congratulations! Now you've just forced Nile to make yet another soap video. Also, I'm surprised there aren't more Fight Club references in the comments.

[@izzmus]

In the movie, too.

[@realleon2328]

Fight club is so fucking gay

[@feedmewithhate]

@@realleon2328 and your comment is so fucking childish. why are you using gay as if it's a bad thing?

[@realleon2328]

@@feedmewithhate I'm using gay as a neutral/good thing. Fight club has a lot of themes about repressed homosexual desires manifesting as violence. It is a gay text. I meant that literally.

[@jasminez5185]

*"A really nice almond flavour that smells like cherry candies"*

[@itshazeybaby]

A really nice dolphin that looks like a penguin

[@user-hnjga8is1zr6u]

*A really nice chocolate donut that tastes like chicken soup*

[@jacobramirez4894]

U

[@computertecky4744]

Cyanide lol

[@garrettmandujano2996]

He’s not wrong

[@tiaraguy7705]

This is such a cool video. While watching I started to notice how much work he's done to his videos when it comes to editing, how he's changed his speech to be faster and cut out fill words, just surprised how much has changed and how much better he got.

[@reidleblanc3140]

i love how in trying to make relaxing minty soap you ended up making painful burning orange soap. chaotic

[@Vok250]

I love how the "essential oils" are actually just random chemicals.

[@Tonatsi]

That's because that's what they are, essences. They aren't 'essential' in the sense of necessary.

[@banana-uo3be]

Technically speaking, every substance is a chemical

[@hollygarfield123]

you’re actually not usually supposed to use essential oils in soap, you’re supposed to use fragrance oils

[@raerohan4241]

@@hollygarfield123 Essential oils _are_ fragrance oils. The only difference is that fragrance oils are synthetic and essential oils are extracts, but otherwise they are the exact same thing. And soapmakers do use essential oils in soap

[@nicbell8090]

Haha this is a nice clarification. Essential not like necessary, but essential like, it’s essentially just the oil lol

[@TheMrVerbal]

Made this tonight with my kids, used a slightly higher coconut oil content from the adjusted version of the recipe you used. Pretty easy and the kids enjoyed watching it happen. Thanks for making the video.

[@dodec8449]

Nile: grabs burning objects with his hand in other videos Also Nile: puts plastic on a beaker when mixing the ingredients for soap with a hand blender, because he's scared it might spill.

[@coolxuan]

true XD

[@catpoke9557]

If I recall right one of the ingredients in soap is REALLY bad to touch

[@reality1701]

@@catpoke9557 that would be lye - sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide. It's corrosive, companies that clean up roadkill will dump lye powder on it so that it dissolves the carcasses.

[@wirelessnet2747]

next up: gaseous soap

[@MrVelcro56]

after that, plasma soap

[@Volodimir_Druzhkin]

MrVelcro56 then bose-einstein condensate soap

[@MrVelcro56]

then a fermionic condensate soap

[@daveb5041]

@Дьявол16 You literally read my mind. Stop stealing my thoughts. We could also have plasma soap or quark gluon soap.

[@iskrem596]

I really want to try plasma soap. That'd be a badass way to die. ;D

[@screamintothevoid5336]

This dude: talking about chemistry and showing some formulas Me who failed chemistry every year: mmmmake the soampppp soap soap when soap show soap

[@ChiralSpirals]

Me.... that bar soap looks kinda tasty..

[@ryang142]

I appreciate you stranger. You made my day.

You're all dumbasses, congratulations!

[@damonperkins4644]

Disappointment

[@vivecacat3292]

i laughed way too hard at this

[@CursedDepartmentEastOffice]

I like how NileRed never changed to cater to the wider audience his videos get nowadays. The level of detail in this video reminds me of College Applied Chemistry Lab. It's a legitimate Lab session but online. Great video all around.

[@allanramos9003]

8:01 I tried with no glove and no irritation… anyway

[@browser37]

😂😂

[@donaldasayers]

Strong alkalis feel soapy as they quickly start making soaps out of the fat in/on your skin. If you get splashed in the lab and it feels soapy wash it off quick, Conversely acids give you skin a grip, again wash it off quick.

[@teslatang4941]

Jesus that sounds horrifying

[@ZivTheWyrd]

Tesla Tang imagine wat KOH is loke in your eye. It hurts like Fuuuuuuhk. I still have a minor svar from it and it was only there for... 20 seconds cause I wasn't near to a sink.

[@seignee]

Donald Sayers if anything gets on your skin, especially in a lab, GET IT OFF

[@zwitter_zwitter]

Yep acids dehydrate

[@kelleyspartiatis5323]

You're so right. I'm a soap maker and that feeling on my hands (because I'm an idiot who doesn't wear gloves) is horrible. My hand goes waxy and I can feel the layer of soap forming. Eek!

[@Coyoteari]

“Don’t get this stuff on your skin. You see how I’m putting it on my skin? Don’t do that!”

[@thor4259]

xD

[@OrangeFluffyCat]

You might not want to give away that cinnamon soap, you used too much oil for the size of the soap and cinnamon oil is a skin irritant and a common allergen. Might be fine, maybe test the little cinnamon soaps on yourself first

[@sarina1234ful]

It's also used in cosmetics like lip plumpers and cellulite creams due to the irritating properties that bring blood to the skin surface. I personally hate the feeling.

[@MaeLSTRoM1997]

@@sarina1234ful It frightens me that skin irritation is utilized for aesthetical reasons

[@darianbarber3763]

@Capt Zack They use to use leeches for various medical procedures, wear Mercury makeup, and wash clothes with urine.

[@KyrieFortune]

@@cinnabarite the compound in those berries is what you get before an eyesight test, because it opens the pupil and makes the exam more accurate

[@throwawayaccount3707]

@@darianbarber3763 Leeches are still used for medical purposes though?

[@sickbale]

*"where is my mind" started playing in background*

[@EMETRL]

*makes soap from scratch* Tyler Durden *wants to know your location*

[@myrmesuwu607]

You could literally make it from salt water and oils if you make the sodium hydroxide so it would literally be from scratch

[@lifeismeaningless5512]

I’m here

[@chimblemasterofchimney4771]

Soap today, explosives tomorrow.

[@job3rg]

Sad I had to scroll so far for a fight club joke

[@realitynowassigned]

@@job3rg ikr i figured theyd be everywhere

[@Ghhop]

As an experienced soaper, this video both entertained and horrified me lol

[@elkinmontoya9640]

Please tell us what could be done differently. I'm going to try with some tallow in a few days

[@benstevens1575]

@@elkinmontoya9640 I think it's mostly just the insane amount of essential oils he used. One uses essential oils in drops, not by outright pouring it like this 😅

[@donniev8181]

Do you know what causes a soap to dry out your skin after getting out of the shower and do you know what kind of commercial soap is best about not doing it?

[@camelliahyacinth5926]

@@donniev8181 this is a hard question to answer, you may be sensitive to an ingredient, or you may just have dry skin and need something with more of a moisturizing product. I'd test by taking a few different types of soap and using them on your arm every few days to see what the best ones are for you.

[@donniev8181]

@@camelliahyacinth5926 its pretty much after I get dry and for a few hours afterwards. In just wondering what would be the best commercially sold soap that i could by that doesn't dry your skin? Thank you for responding

[@CryptP]

When he added that cinnamon oil to the first soap thing I was like "oH nO" bc cinnamon oil is not smth you wanna be rubbing all over your skin omg

[@vivianevans8543]

I knooooowwww i want RoyaltySoaps to react to this video lol

[@CryptP]

@@vivianevans8543 god same that'd be awesome

[@Onlythesassiest]

Then the menthol too I nearly cried watching that

[@CryptP]

@@Onlythesassiest there are soap companies who fill their shit w menthol for that "fresh & tingly" feel but what absolute masochist would put that on their skin honestly

[@lilyomp4598]

On one hand I love watching NileRed but on the other my RoyaltySoaps knowledge is killing me ahahaha.

[@flarifier5594]

the first rule of soap club is u gotta uhhhh soap

[@DieMorra]

This is the video that got me into making soap! Now I’m sitting on 5 kg of that stuff. Thanks for getting me addicted!

[@jomalranjo9194]

I thought it said "Making Soup" and you converted into a cooking show

[@amediocreexistence]

Omg he should do a cooking video where he calls everything by it’s chemical name

[@Chakravarti2911]

19:13 Nearly everyone knows that chemistry is always interesting! Its sometimes beautiful, sometimes ugly, sometimes tasty, sometimes stinky, but always amazing.

[@azharulislammathlab7878]

The poppy seed one is like a polka dot soap and this one is the most beautiful one you made.

[@ogficht]

Can you try to extract nicotine from tobacco?

[@NileRed]

+Gablstab they will happen soon-ish

[@ogficht]

Nice, looking forward to it. Thanks for answering. Your videos really help with rehearsing for my chemistry final on Friday.

[@zzasdfwas]

I actually did this as a college chem project. I started with cigarettes, and basically did a soxhlet extraction with some alcohol. I don't remember details since it was a long time ago, but I think I ended up with mostly nicotine in alcohol solution.

[@jimmyganglia5234]

Cannabis terpenoids maybe?

[@Taydrum]

Still waiting on that episode

[@covodex516]

Nile: "I made one beaker with menthol, [...]" Me: "thats a good idea lad, a little bit will lead to a nice cool sensation..." Nile: *pours like half a pint of pure menthol oil* Me: *bruh*

[@cinnabonbon]

Me: o-o

[@bunnyskiddadle1477]

spicy soap

[@ArktourosUltorMaximus7600]

I do love the scent of menthol😊😊😊😊

[@exari_]

@@ArktourosUltorMaximus7600 do u like the burn

[@ArktourosUltorMaximus7600]

@@exari_ yep.

[@Diabhork]

NILERED, THIS IS IMPORTANT HUGE COMPANIES LIKE DOVE ARE RIPPING OFF YOUR IDEA OF MAKING SOAP YOU NEED TO SUE THEM

[@rinrose4019]

Patrick fun fact: dove actually isn’t soap. If you look on their packaging they call it a “beauty bar” and is not made up of lye and oils or glycerin

[@algonzalez6853]

@@rinrose4019 then how does it clean

[@rinrose4019]

@@algonzalez6853 good question! Most big brand "soaps" are actually harsh detergents with cheap and harmful ingredients that irritate sensitive skin and have allergens. This is why so many people with skin conditions have to find other brands for their skin.

[@breckr1121]

@@rinrose4019 Detergent is another name for soap.

[@antrax607]

@@breckr1121 no, detergent contains sulfonate, while soap does not contain it.

[@yeahnoiknow1312]

6:52 i used to work at a soap factory and would come home with lye burns all up my arms, i even have a scar on my ankle from when a bead landed on my sock and i didn’t notice for awhile. not super dangerous, but definitely would recommend to avoid touching it as much as you can.

[@The_Unholy_Nerd]

The first rule of fight club is: Make your own soap.

[@peterdinkler4950]

"we'll go to the liposuction clinic..."

[@Rohanology27]

"Salted fatty acid" sounds like fast food...

[@ConstantChaos1]

Naw, the acid is just reflux

[@WillyTheComposerOfficial]

Bro made a video on how soap is made and didn’t use the word “lye” once.

[@MrTacoToy]

He did at 1:05

[@pretzel502]

Sodium Hydroxide is lye

[@WillyTheComposerOfficial]

That guy Bacon Yeah that’s my point. He never used the common name for it

[@Evelina5089]

@@MrTacoToy no he didn't

[@DarthPoyner]

Big white bottle literally has Lye Crystals on the front. Some people getting weird about different names.

[@Chyrosran22]

The salt balance has to be just right, so the best fat for making soap comes from humans.

[@AWZool]

Wait. What is this place? A liposuction clinic. sorry, for being 2 years late :D

[@NoodleClouds]

I thought you labeled your 6th batch "Meth". lol

[@maxstrainsfanssmash687]

Clorox Bleach Lol same.

[@тралльилитный-ь7я]

Clorox Bleach I hate you

[@varikvalefor3773]

darkbowser ACCID: Whether or not a man creates methamphetamine is partially a matter of stupidity.

[@collin833]

тралль илитный, trawl

[@danielhebard1865]

"This bar of soap is scented with iodine and a hint of phosphine."

[@ellipsis4868]

If you like soap making, I highly recommend Royalty Soaps!

[@Keira-_-]

Didn’t Katie also advise against all cinnamon things in soap

[@tamanduastance]

Keira I was thinking the same thing when he added it. Also she said not to use food coloring.

[@cinnabonbon]

Keira yep cinnamon burns from what ive heard

[@mcope9233]

Was waiting for someone to say this, she went on like a 2 minute tangent on why you shouldnt put cinnamon in soap

[@meg2831]

She is awesome

[@fionnmcbride3424]

Thanks for correcting your mistake. It's important that misinformation isn't being spread. It's too bad that you had to reupload but I'm glad you did

[@NileRed]

I wish youtube had some sort of in house editing that let me just trim. I wouldve just cut out like 2 words. Oh well

[@MorriganQrow]

Ive watched so many Soapmaking videos over the years, and this video is up there in terms of entertainment and shock factor, and the best part? big science words :)

[@Elric509]

He should really revisit this, with the whole personal hygiene thing right now

[@Elric509]

The alcohol making too

[@maggiemiller1007]

Dude your voice is so nice and exactly what I think belongs narrating how to chemically make soap

[@munk6576]

3:03 "when it comes to liquid soap it can be surprisingly complicated" Missed such a great opportunity to say "soap-risingly"

[@gaoalexander73]

I came here in case i get turned to stone and wake up 3700 years later and need to make soap to survive.

[@haydenmann1269]

The begging of NileRed's videos have the same energy as the beginning of a segment on How It's Made

[@thes1lentgamer70]

well i still will watch it again so no problem.

[@NileRed]

haha, the dedication

[@asagasaga]

NileRed Your videos are always really simple to understand, so i'm wondering if you could explain me how to get linoxyn from linseed oil... I know it was used to make linoleum, but the version i'm looking for needs to be soluble in alcohol and really oxidized. Any guess?

[@DasGrinch]

Oh god, all that menthol. That's enough for like, 10 bars of soap. Used a little too much indeed >_>

[@Degrizai]

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[@therobot1080]

TEN THE FREAKING AMOUNT OF NIPPLES I HAVE AFTER VISITING CHERNOBYL? B R U H

[@mightrox]

Normal : Making soap Alternate : OUT OF HUMANS

[@emeshe7826]

Other soap "making" videos: just buy soap flakes, melt them and shape them into blocks. Nile: fully detailed explanation of the chemical reactions.

[@gwendolynrobinson3900]

The soap flakes that you melt is a type of soap called "melt and pour" soap. It's very easy for beginner soapmakers mostly working on the creativity aspect of designing soaps and not creating their own recipe to make soap from scratch. There are many other soap youtubers that do make their soaps from scratch, that mix oils with lye water solutions and add fragrance and colorants and do take the time to explain in layman's terms. My favorite is a channel called Royalty Soaps.

[@catpoke9557]

@@gwendolynrobinson3900 If I recall right, doesn't Safiya make her own soap from scratch? I remember her talking about how dangerous lye is.

[@trebelojaques458]

1:25 "when they are reacted with a strong base, they undergo a saponification reaction" Ah, the sheer *highschool nostalgia*

[@ZivTheWyrd]

Since it's a reupload, I'll say it again. It was calcium oxide in fight club, not sodium hydroxide. He kisses the back of his hand and the calcium oxide boils the moisture when it becomes calcium hydroxide, leaving a scar c:

[@petev123456789]

Had to scroll through comments until my faith in fight club was restored. Thank you friend, everything will be all right.

[@Burak-ls5yd]

I think in Fight Club they were talking about making soaps with that chemical in that scene and they used the chemical on the hand then. You cannot make soap with that chemical. And I was sure about Sodium Hydroxide somehow. I have to check again.

[@mitsota101]

honestly this is the one of the more informative sources on soap making available, most of the articles I looked at instructed users to just buy already manufactured soap, melt it, and add food coloring.

[@ghoulchan7525]

ah the classic melt and pour. i mean it is the most risk free. but it sure as hell doesn't teach you anything.

[@cr1ppleman230]

"The best fat for making soap, comes from humans." -Tyler Durden, Fight club

[@ChrisTian-sd5yq]

wdym????

[@halo7372]

@@ChrisTian-sd5yq go watch fight club

[@pipebombmailer]

@@ChrisTian-sd5yq fight club

[@ChrisTian-sd5yq]

@@pipebombmailer okay, is that a movie?

[@pipebombmailer]

@@ChrisTian-sd5yq YES

[@misscursed8465]

"I didn't even wash my hand" Sounds like how chemical sweetener was discovered lol

[@zacharytuttle5618]

"Its probably gonna hurt to use this soap"

[@chello656]

Thanks!

[@estherguo452]

Honestly, if my chemistry class in school did more things like this, I'd enjoy it infinitely times more... sUcKs ThAt My ScHoOl DoEsN't FuNd ScIeNcE

[@SpeedDemonStar]

The school I went to did have the money and resources to do this in chemistry class, and I think the previous year's students did get to do it.... unfortunately there were too many druggies and idiots in my class so we only got to do fairly tame stuff.... even then some idiot still managed to set his lanyard on fire with a Bunsen burner. He had seen where fire is used to attach the ends when making paracord bracelets, so he decided it'd be a good idea to try it on his lanyard to fix a small rip.... while he was still wearing it around his neck. Needless to say, it didn't fix the lanyard, but instead lit the edges of said rip on fire and caused it to drip melted plastic stuff on the counter. He then panicked, grabbed the part of the lanyard that was still burning and dripping, with his bare hand of course, and ran it under the faucet right next to us. Lucky for him, it actually did work. It put the fire out. He got a blister or two on his hand from the experience, but they were small enough he was able to hide it from the teacher, and he had already run it under cool water in the process of extinguishing his lanyard, so he kinda treated it. Apparently he kept it hidden until he got home and his mom took him to the hospital and that hand was wrapped up in bandages for awhile. He admitted to us later that the reason he didn't want the teacher/staff to know is because he had weed on him and was afraid they'd take it from him at the hospital, so he wanted to drop it off at home first. I'm pretty sure he was also high on it at the time, which I think was the real reason because when you got close enough to him, you could smell it, but you did have to be right next to him, like you are forced to be at the lab at school. This was the most memorable/dangerous thing I saw in that class, but it was far from being the only thing that he and the other idiot classmates did in that class/school that did or could have gotten themselves injured. If I remember right, I think he was the same one who broke his hand & ankle and gave himself concussion by skiing off the roof of his 2 story house into less than 2ft of snow, hitting a tree on the way down. I know he's the same one who tried to choke out his best friend in the classroom. Here's the details of that one, plastered in my memory forever: During the 5 minutes between classes he was apparently not intending any harm, but came up behind his best friend and put him in a super tight choke hold, while the teacher was out of the room doing hall duty. None of us in the room could do anything because we were all frozen in shock. His friend was literally turning blue, gripping at the dude's arm trying to get free, and hitting his hands on his desk trying to get attention, but we were all just frozen and couldn't move. I tried, but it's the weirdest sensation of being so surprised/startled by something that you literally can't move or even look away. When the bell rang for the beginning of class, he let go and went to his seat. His friend/victim was just starting to get his breath back when the teacher came in and saw that the class was still and silent, which was absolutely the opposite as the teacher usually had to spend the first 10 minutes getting everyone to sit down and stop talking. So, when she walked in and saw her usually rambunctious/obnoxious class looking stunned and being silent, while another student is still holding his throat and just starting to breath normally again, she looked the most terrified I ever saw a teacher in my whole life and asked what had just happened and if he was okay. We all continued sitting still and silent until the choked kid got the air to get the message across to the teacher what had just happened, so the teacher sent him to the nurse with myself (because I was the only student with a key to the elevator and we didn't think he was in any condition to go down the stairs), and another student to help support him and sent the other kid straight to the office and called the office to have the security guard escort him there. We dropped off the one kid with the nurse (by then he was breathing fine but still not completely stable on his feet yet) and we went back to class. I'm not sure what happened or what the teacher said while we were out of the room, but she looked as flustered and shocked as the class when we returned and we didn't have to do any assignments that day(made up the work the next day and as homework), while the teacher did stuff on her computer (probably filling out the paperwork), and even then, the class stayed silent and some were just staring off into nothingness. I'm pretty sure that incident gave some of the class some newly onset PTSD to some extent (I'd already had PTSD for a few years, but that incident definitely didn't help my concentration the rest of the day.) The kid who caused this trauma was suspended from school until he could get a psych eval and get some meds or something figured out, which was about 2 weeks or so. Idk if he was telling the truth or not, but he claims that they put him in a locked psychiatric facility during that time, which honestly, with how badly impulsive and unpredictable he was at that point, I wouldn't doubt, particularly since he already had a probation officer.

[@dalfifran7572]

@@SpeedDemonStar Holy moly. That was a lengthy wall of text. I didn't expect it to be so amusing and great story though. Great post

[@SpeedDemonStar]

@@dalfifran7572 Yeah, sorry about the length, but I didn't want to leave out any of the amusing details of his remarkable stupidity.

[@silkyfirst3097]

@@SpeedDemonStar while ill agree i can somewhat relate to this i think getting ptsd from somthing like that is a bit over the top

[@kaustubhi5910]

Hey we made soap base at school for chemistry class....

[@Nekufan1000000]

"It could make you blind." Imagine, IMAGINE, being 70 years old and someone being like, "Granddad, how did you go blind?" And instead of a story of heroism or fear, you say, "Well, I was 18 and working in the SOAP FACTORY. Some idiot splashed me with some of the mix and I went blind."

[@labgrownhumanbrain]

story of the horrors of capitalism and the times before safety regulations

[@squishyghost1234]

NaOH and KOH can be as corrosive as acids. If someone throw bases at your face, they should be imprisoned. It is similar to an acid attack.

[@adrianlew7086]

From 18:21 onwards, the forbidden snacks energy is strong

[@enbynemo]

My grandpa used to make lots of soaps! They were really good, and they had lots of pastel colours.

[@garborayne6296]

"What's the difference between liquid soap and soap?" *They all taste the same, just different texture*

[@buhbo3250]

imagine a soap maker reacts to this vid and just makes fun of you for 20 minutes straight

[@pathagas]

Sucks that you had to re-upload. Good on you for fixing the problem though.

[@NileRed]

I appreciate your understanding. It was really bothering me. Little typos are okay, but I can let blatant mis-information just sit there

[@dustinstone5188]

NileRed lol saying little typos are ok then making a little typo. still love you tho...no homo...maybe a little lol jk

[@llittlejustin8]

Crazy enough someone at the air port had same suit case as me and wanted to sell me soup 😂

[@bluesquare23]

My mother used to make soap when I was a kid and this reminds me of her.

[@leesuho5951]

Wow

[@spitfire7772]

Coronavirus: *exist* Soap: *kills coronavirus* NileRed: *_STONKS_*

[@merlinlovegood]

the aesthetic perception of the soaps is just what I expected from a scientist! perfect

[@Erzul90]

"tonight we make soap" quote.