How to Make Coconut Oil at Home

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How to Make Coconut Soap at home Making coconut oil soap at home is a challenging yet rewarding endeavor. Coconut is a common ingredient in many soaps. Through either the addition of coconut oil and/or coconut milk. If you want to make your own soap with the use of one of these ingredients, this how to make coconut soap will guide you through the process.

There are two methods that can be used to make coconut soap: either by using coconut oil as part of your oil base or replacing all or part of the water with coconut milk in the soap recipes. How to make coconut oil soap at home is a fairly easy process if you follow and check all facts. Always follow all safety precautions. Coconut oil soap has become wildly popular and normally outsells other soaps two to one. What makes soaps really unique is the type of mold used. In This process discussed in this article we will be replacing the water in the soap with coconut milk.

All cookware used must me porcelain glass or stainless.Be sure to get pots pans and equipment that's big enough to make the batch size you are making. Protect tables skin, and eyes.wear old clothes, goggles, gloves. Use non stick spray or other things can be used to prepare molds.You can find all scents oils lyes and fats on line or at local hobby stores. In this case we will be extracting the coconut oil directly from coconuts. To make coconut oil from home. Please remember to always work in a well ventilated area. For safety sake. All soaps are made of three basic ingredients, Water (Distilled), Lye and oils. These ingredients can be tailored to get the right amount of suds and moisturizing effect.

Take a fresh coconut and remove the meat. Put in blender and add enough water to allow it to mix easily. Mix it well. Remove solution and put in a nut strainer cloth and squeeze out coconut milk. You can dehydrate the coconut meat left over and use it in cakes flours or shakes.

Your biggest challenge when making coconut milk soap at home is to keep the lye solution at the right temperature and consistency so that it stays at the right temperature so that it does not curdle the milk. If the milk curdle otherwise you will have to dilute with vinegar and poor the waste down the drain. Measure out the right quantity of coconut milk and store it in a glass container that can you can pour from like a pitcher. Freeze the coconut milk. You may want to is to make the consistency thick paste. Have the proper amount of lye in a glass container. Keep it cold in a larger dish of crushed ice. You can put it in the refrigerator also

The lye must be added slowly to keep the mixture from reaching 100 degrees F.The solution will probably turn color and have a rather bad smell but it will only last until the chemical process is complete. Mix the the solution steadily until the lye is completely dissolved.The solution will clear up when it has completely solid. Pour soap into molds and let stand.

WARNING: Do not pour the milk into the lye--it will become extremely hot, extremely quickly Step 3: Mix the Ingredients

1. measure the desired amount for your oils.

2. Place the solid oils into the ceramic pot or stainless steel pan.

3. Place the stainless steel pan on the stove top over medium setting until the oils have dissolved.

4. Turn setting on stove top off and add liquid oils SLOWLY to bring down the temperature of the oil. You will need to reduce the temperature of your oils to around 90 TO 100 degrees F.

5. pour the lye mixture into the stainless steel pot with the oils.Stir with a spoon at a steady pace.

6. Stir continuously as the mixture begins to thicken.

7. Tracing occurs when you begin to see tracks or ripples on the surface of the soap that don't disappear.

1. You can also tell a soap is tracing if you drop some of it from a spoon on to the surface that it dents the surface.

2. Room temperature, humidity levels and stirring speed will affect the tracing time.

3. Tracing will happen between 10 to 15 minutes after beginning to stir. After the first 15 min stir every 15 minutes for 5 minutes.

4. Pour into prepared molds when it has reached the consistency of thick pudding.

5. Let stand at least 2 to 3 days before removing from molds. A week would be better.

Coconut oil soap is legendary for its positive effect on the skin Due to natural occurring anti-oxidants, Virgin Coconut Oil has the longest shelf life of any plant oil. Containing no trans fatty acids, Virgin Coconut Oil is a saturated fat consisting primarily of medium chain fatty acids (MCTs). For this reason it is not easily oxidized and does not cause aging free radical damage like polyunsaturated vegetable oils - a big plus. This coconut oil has been reported to improve skin tone. I personally find that it has a slight toning and astringent effect when used sparingly (as with all oils, a little goes a long way). Also used for acne, hair care, dandruff and even underarm deodorant. NOURISHING... HEALING... MOISTURIZING... Coconut Oil has been known in the tropics for hundreds of years for all of these things. May be used up to 100% in skin preparations such as creams, lotions and butters. Making coconut oil soap at home is a great way to help your skin reach its youngest most radiant appearance possible