BAR SOAP MAKING

 INGREDIENTS

Palm kernel oil (P.K.O)

Caustic soda Pearls

Soda ash (dense)

Sodium sulphate

Perfume

Water

Colouring (optional)

EQUIPMENT NEEDED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BAR SOAP 

1. You are going to need containers and other tools that will make your work easy to carry out.

2. Nylon sheets

3. Stamp or stamping machine

4.Hand gloves

5. Nose mask

6. A mixer (plastic or metal but not aluminium containers)

7. A measuring scale (in kg or litres)

8. A mould (wooden, plastic or metal of length-43cm, width-33cm, height-4cm )

9. Hydrometer

Containers (Plastic buckets).

10. Quantity (Measurement) Of Chemicals for Making Bar Soap

(Chemical) (Quality)

11. P K O 3 Litres

12. Caustic soda solution 1.5 Litres

13. Soda ash solution 1.2 Litres

14. Sodium sulphate     

0.6 Litres

15. Perfume to- taste

16. Colorant to- taste

STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURE FOR MAKING BAR SOAP.

This is now the all-important information you will find very useful as you set to produce your own brand of bar soap. You will need to follow these steps I am going to share with you to the letter in order to have a good result. The steps are:

Get three separate bowls each containing 2 – 3 litters of water

Pour the Caustic soda in Bowl 1

Pour the Soda ash in Bowl 2

Pour the Sodium sulphate in bowl 3 then leave the three (3) blows for at least 72 hours or 3 days. After 73hours or 3 days,

Heat the P.K.O. to make it warm and pour it into a very large container for mixing

Mix the Caustic soda water (content of Bowl 1), Soda ash water (content of Bowl 2) and Sodium sulphate water (content of Bowl 3) together in the big bowl containing the P.K.O then stir very well. Be careful when you stir to make sure you don’t pass the light trace. This is important else your soap will be difficult to pour in the mould.

Add your preferred colour then stir

Add your preferred fragrance and stir together as well

By now you should have a pap-like solution called TRACE.

Pour the pap-like solution (trace) into moulds that have already been laid with nylon and allow it to dry until it becomes very strong

Remove the nylon and cut the slab into various sizes or your preferred size and now the bar soap is ready for use and sale.

Note: you will have to leave this for at least 4 – 6 weeks for it to properly form.