How to Produce Bar and Laundry Soap

Bar Soap Industry

BAR SOAP MAKING

Different types of soap are produced daily and they include – Bar soap, bathing soap, antiseptic soap, detergent and a host of others. The modes of producing them the chemicals used are slightly different.

Our focus here is on how to produce bar soap on a small scale. There are various methods of production, but two are outstanding. The hot and cold methods. The hot method involves boiling the chemicals in a mixture. The cold method, which is easier and does not involve boiling, is being exposed here.

Soap making business is lucrative and offers reliable and constant revenue for business men and women who are producing and those marketing soap wholesale or retail. If you are in doubt, please ask the nearest soap dealer along the street you are living, how often he / she visits the market to replace his / her stock.
It is among the useful commodities like food items, water, clothes, and shelter that we cannot afford to do without. Little wonder that the soap making business has not suffered any set back in spite of the global economic melt-down.
Bar soap is one of the essential house-hold items that we need in our family every day by day. It commands regular or constant demand in the market place.

Material needed for Soap Production.

Cooking spray.

-- oz. of water.

--oz. coconut oil.

-- oz. of fragrance or essential oil. (optional.)

-- oz. olive oil.

-- oz. hemp seed oil.

-- oz. of lye (sodium hydroxide).

 Put on safety swimming goggles, rubber gloves and a long-sleeve shirt or coveralls.

·  2  Pour -- oz. of water into a plastic measuring pitcher.

·  3  Add -- oz. of lye (sodium hydroxide) to the water gradually, stirring constantly.

· 4 Stir until the lye is completely dissolved.

The lye will heat the water very quickly. Use care when handling this mixture.

·  5 Set the lye (sodium hydroxide)and water mixture aside and allow it to cool to        approximately -- degrees F

Test the temperature with a glass candy thermometer frequently until --- degrees F (-- degrees C)

·  6 Heat a large stainless steel pot on the stove over low heat.

·  7 Add -- oz. of coconut oil, -- oz. of hemp seed oil and -- oz. of olive oil to the pot.

·  8 Stir the oils together in the pot and heat to approximately 110 degrees F (-- degrees C)

·  9 Remove the pot from the heat.

·  10 Pour the lye and water mixture slowly into the pot with the oils, being careful not to splatter any of the mixture.

·  11 Stir the mixture continuously until it begins to thicken. This is also known as trace.

Thickening or tracing can take a while if you stir by hand so use a stick blender to speed up the tracing process.

·  12 Add .--- oz. of essential oil or fragrance (skin safe only) if desired and mix well.

·  13 Spray a mini-loaf pan or candy molds with cooking spray (use silicone if you can as you dont need to spray it and it will come out easily.

·  14 Spoon the thickened soap mixture evenly into the sprayed pan or molds.

·  15 Cover the pan or molds with a towel to keep the soap from cooling too quickly.

·  16 Let the soap rest for - hours and then unmold and cut into slices when hard enough - then put in a cool area to cure.

·  17 Allow the bars of soap to age/cure for about a month before using

What you supposed to know.

• Do not touch the soap with bare hands.(You can get burnt by the fresh soap as it is quite alkaline till set)
• You can use almost any type of fat in your homemade bar soap. Palm oil, shea butter or cocoa butter are popular choices. Lard or shortening can be melted for use also.
• Try adding oatmeal or herbs to your soap for different fragrances and textures. These can be added just after the mixture has thickened.
• Keep vinegar or lemon juice handy in case you burn yourself with the fresh soap or lye.

Things You'll Need To Start Production.

Safety swimming goggles, Rubber gloves, Long sleeve shirt or coveralls, 2 cup (- oz.) measuring pitcher, Glass candy thermometer, Large stainless steel pot, 2 sturdy spoons, Stick blender, Mini-loaf pan or candy molds - silicone is best, Plastic wrap, Towels for the setting.

Bar Soap also called laundry soap is one of the lucrative business in Nigeria. In which everyone needs as an household item. I will take you thru steps of making Laundry soap



EQUIPMENT;

1. Nylon sheets  2. Stamp or stamping machine 3. Hand gloves 4. Nose mask 5. A mixer ( plastic or metal but not aluminium containers) 6. A measuring scale (in kg or litres) 7. A mould ( wooden , plastic or metal of length- cm,width- cm height- cm ) 8. Hydrometer  9. Containers (Plastic buckets)

CHEMICALS :

1 Palm kernel oil (P.k.o)
2 Caustic soda Pearls
3 Soda ash (dense)
4 Sodium sulphate
5 Perfume
6 Water
7. Colouring (optional)

CHEMICAL MIXING

1. CAUSTIC SODA: Ferment caustic soda pearls for - hours – - hours before use. How? Mix caustic soda pearls with water in the ratio of - to - (caustic soda -kg to water -litres). Mix by stirring with a stick. Then leave the solution for -  hours to ferment. Please keep caustic soda solution out of the reach of children because it is a corrosive alkali. After fermentation, the solution becomes cool. Then gauge the potency level by using a hydrometer. (Hydrometer is that measuring instrument which battery charging technicians use to gauge the level of electrolyte i.e battery water.)Caustic soda solution is gauged at -—-. Adjust with ordinary water or caustic soda pearls if necessary.

2.SODA ASH : Ferment soda ash too for --- hours to ---- hours in the
ratio of --- to ---.When the solution cools, gauge soda ash solution with the hydrometer at - – --

3. SODIUM SULPHATE: Dissolve sodium sulphate in water
Just ------- before production. It needs no fermentation.Gauge sodium sulphate
at --

FORMULATION:

1. P K O -   Litres
2. Caustic soda solution –   Litres
3. Soda ash solution -   Litres
4. Sodium sulphate –   Litres
5. Perfume - 
6. colourant -- 

PROCESS:


Pour P.K.O into the mixer (container), and then add caustic soda solution
And continue stirring. Add soda ash and stir. Add sodium sulphate and perfume. If you want to produce soap of various colours, then add the colouring you desire—yellow or blue or green. Pour the pap-like solution into the mould that has already been covered by nylon. Spread the soap solution in the mould. Allow the soap solution to dry for 3 hours. Remove the nylon and what you have is the slab of soap. Then cut the soap into various bar sizes. It is ready for use and for sell, wholesale and/ or retail.


QUALITIES OF A GOOD SOAP
1. It must foam very well.
2. It must be solid, strong and durable
3. It must have attractive scent or perfume.
4. It must NOT itch your hand or body ( No scratching of any kind)
5. It must not develop whitish flakes after a few days of production.


 EQUIPMENT;

1. Nylon sheets
2. Stamp or stamping machine
3. Hand gloves
4. Nose mask
5. A mixer ( plastic or metal but not aluminium containers)
6. A measuring scale (in kg or litres)
7. A mould ( wooden , plastic or metal of length- cm,width- cm
height- cm )
8. Hydrometer
9. Containers (Plastic buckets)

CHEMICALS :

1 Palm kernel oil (P.k.o)
2 Caustic soda Pearls
3 Soda ash (dense)
4 Sodium sulphate
5 Perfume
6 Water
7. Colouring (optional)

CHEMICAL MIXING

1. CAUSTIC SODA: Ferment caustic soda pearls for - hours – - hours before use. How? Mix caustic soda pearls with water in the ratio of  -- to -- (caustic soda -kg to water -litres). Mix by stirring with a stick. Then leave the solution for  -   hours to ferment. Please keep caustic soda solution out of the reach of children because it is a corrosive alkali. After fermentation, the solution becomes cool. Then gauge the potency level by using a hydrometer. (Hydrometer is that measuring instrument which battery charging technicians use to gauge the level of electrolyte i.e battery water.)Caustic soda solution is gauged at  — . Adjust with ordinary water or caustic soda pearls if necessary.

2.SODA ASH : Ferment soda ash too for - hours to -hours in the
ratio of - to -.When the solution cools, gauge soda ash solution with the hydrometer at   –  .

3. SODIUM SULPHATE: Dissolve sodium sulphate in water
Just immediately before production. It needs no fermentation.Gauge sodium sulphate
at -

FORMULATION:

1. P K O -   Litres
2. Caustic soda solution –  Litres
3. Soda ash solution -   Litres
4. Sodium sulphate –   Litres
5. Perfume - 
6. colourant -- 

PROCESS:


Pour P.K.O into the mixer (container), and then add caustic soda solution
And continue stirring. Add soda ash and stir. Add sodium sulphate and perfume. If you want to produce soap of various colours, then add the colouring you desire—yellow or blue or green. Pour the pap-like solution into the mould that has already been covered by nylon. Spread the soap solution in the mould. Allow the soap solution to dry for 3 hours. Remove the nylon and what you have is the slab of soap. Then cut the soap into various bar sizes. It is ready for use and for sell, wholesale and/ or retail.


QUALITIES OF A GOOD SOAP
1. It must foam very well.
2. It must be solid, strong and durable
3. It must have attractive scent or perfume.
4. It must NOT itch your hand or body (No scratching of any kind)
5. It must not develop whitish flakes after a few days of production.

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