Lye substitute for soap

Looking for some basic soap recipes? No frills or additives, just plain soap that you can tailor to your liking.

Learn how to substitute an oil in a cold process soap recipe with this tutorial on the Lovin’ Soap blog! So you’ve found a recipe that you love, or you’ve found a recipe that you’d like to try…but you don’t have one of the oils listed. Can you substitute it for something else? It depends on the oil…but yes, usually you can! We’ll modify a soap recipe together!

In this video I'm going to show you how to choose oil substitutions for your cold process soap recipes! You can find the oil chart here. Lye Calcs - SoapCalc.net | TheSage.com Enjoy the video! -Amanda Aaron

The process of recycling soap bars and making them into new soap is called rebatching. This process involves shredding up the old bars, reforming and reshaping them into new bars. The optimal soap to use for this process is plain white soap that is neither perfumed or dyed.

So you've found a recipe that you love, or you've found a recipe that you'd like to try...but you don't have one of the oils listed. Can you substitute it for something else? It depends on the oil...but yes, usually you can!

Can you make handmade soap without using lye? Here are the answers: When I first became interested in making soap for our home, I was worried about using lye. It's caustic, extremely poisonous, and very dangerous if it's not used correctly. The biggest question on my mind was, "How c

I had feathers that were full of glycerin rivers, I had 33% lye concentration so I could keep my soap batter fluid longer, then added TD because I substituted Olive Oil for an oil I ran out of and put it in the oven!! What a mistake - too much water plus TD. They would have been really cute...now I've cut them, they are half the size and will be good for the grandchildren!

Soap making requires practice and a certain level of skill. The use of caustic soda, commonly referred to as lye, makes soaps that need to cure for nearly a month before you can use the soap. Making your own soap allows you to add your preferred ingredients such as different fragrance oils and herbs for a ...

How to Make Homemade Soap Without Using Lye – Can you really make soap without Lye?! Alright, I planned this blog post because one of the top search results that gets people to my blog is “how to make soap without lye.” I have no clue why. I haven’t posted an article about making soap without lye. So I wanted to address this. When it comes to DIY and soapmaking there are two popular types of soap that you can make. Lye is called sodium hydroxide. Read more on the blog!

Sodium hydroxide, also referred to as lye or caustic soda, is a strong base and is used to turn your oils into soap. Some people become alarmed when they hear the word lye but it is important to note that ALL true soap is made using lye. You’ll run across