100% Olive Oil Liquid Soap - 5 common QUESTIONS and ANSWERS

Cold Process liquid soap making video using potassium hydroxide using 100% olive oil. This video also answers 5 common questions I get asked a lot about liquid soap making. Hope you enjoy this video!

Please always follow safety requirements while making soap! Sodium/Potassium hydroxide is caustic and can cause burns on skin or on mucous membranes!

5 common questions asked about liquid soaps:
1:11 Can I use sodium hydroxide instead of potassium hydroxide?
2:43 Why is your recipe formula not in grams but in percentage?
5:29 What is the difference between cold process method and hot process method when making liquid soap?
7:42 How do you thicken your soap?
9:07 What preservatives can you use to preserve liquid soaps?

The recipe I am using in this video:
100% Olive oil
1% superfat
1:3 lye:water concentration (you can use a 1:2 concentration and it will help the soap trace faster)
Remember to use potassium hydroxide or you will end up making solid soap bars!

Time stamps for the steps to make 100% olive oil soap:
1:04 Making of lye solution
1:25 Mixing of lye solution and oils
3:25 How do you use the soap calculator?
6:58 Thick applesauce stage
7:01 Watery Mashed potato stage
7:14 Soap paste after 24 hours
8:44 Soap paste after 48 hours
9:52 Finished soap paste

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[winglam]

tks for the video as finally i can try cold processes liquid soap, will try latet

[michellewhite]

Thanks for this video you answered two of my questions, one was about preservatives after water has been added for diluting and the other was can the paste be stored then used as and when so i dont need to add preservatives. Thanks i cant wait to try this.

[chinenye]

My soap paste is hard, but it dissolves and lathers well. What could have made it hard?

[TracyD]

I want to try a duel lye liquid in the near future myself.