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Beekeeping => Products Of The Hive => Topic started by: Yankee11 on October 19, 2015, 09:23:47 pm

Title: Like I don't have enough to do. Doing soap now.
Post by: Yankee11 on October 19, 2015, 09:23:47 pm
  The soap stands always seem busy at the markets. So, we are joining the fun. Beeswax, Honey and Sunflower oil. plus other stuff.


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Title: Re: Like I don't have enough to do. Doing soap now.
Post by: neillsayers on October 19, 2015, 09:35:11 pm
Cool Yankee,

My wife has been making soaps for Farmer's Market and craft fairs for 20 years. Keeps me busy in the workshop making molds, cutters etc...
Title: Re: Like I don't have enough to do. Doing soap now.
Post by: Jen on October 19, 2015, 10:03:23 pm
Yum! The first pic looks luscious! Like I could dip my spoon right in there and sample oatmeal cake batter ~
Title: Re: Like I don't have enough to do. Doing soap now.
Post by: Les on October 23, 2015, 04:28:23 pm
Great pics, something else I would like to try!
Title: Re: Like I don't have enough to do. Doing soap now.
Post by: Lburou on October 23, 2015, 04:32:23 pm
Cool Yankee,

My wife has been making soaps for Farmer's Market and craft fairs for 20 years. Keeps me busy in the workshop making molds, cutters etc...

I have some wax....I'm interested in seeing your process, do you have pictures?
Title: Re: Like I don't have enough to do. Doing soap now.
Post by: riverbee on October 23, 2015, 05:29:19 pm
very cool yankee! thanks for the pix, and like lee, your process?
Title: Re: Like I don't have enough to do. Doing soap now.
Post by: Lburou on October 23, 2015, 08:07:11 pm
very cool yankee! thanks for the pix, and like lee, your process?
We want ALL the secrets, don't be shy!  ;-)
Title: Re: Like I don't have enough to do. Doing soap now.
Post by: Yankee11 on October 24, 2015, 08:36:46 pm
We are doing cold process lye soap.

Ingredients are;
Olive Oil, Shea Butter, Coconut Oil, Sunflower Oil (pollinated by our bees), bees wax, honey and lye/water. essential or fragrance oil.

we melt all the oils and beeswax together in a pot. About 140 degrees. Then in a separate container we combine ice water and lye. Then we wait for
both the oils and the lye water to reach the same temperature (usually around 100-110) and we combine them together and use a stick blender to mix until it gets thick like pudding. Add the essential oil and pour into a mold.

Let it sit in mold for 24 to 48 hours. Remove from mold, cut into bars and let them cure for 4 to 6 weeks.


We are new to this so I am sure some of these steps will change as we go, but this is how we are starting.

I wont buy store soap any more, love this stuff.


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Title: Re: Like I don't have enough to do. Doing soap now.
Post by: apisbees on October 24, 2015, 09:26:13 pm
It looks like fudge, it looks good enough to eat unlike the bars used for washing our mouths out.
Title: Re: Like I don't have enough to do. Doing soap now.
Post by: Lburou on October 24, 2015, 10:07:20 pm
It looks like fudge, it looks good enough to eat unlike the bars used for washing our mouths out.
A story about lye soap:
I had just arrived to visit my Grandma and was scouting for things to do.  In the basement I found a very appetizing cookie tray full of fudge -I figured she had set it there to surprise us later.  Well, it looked like a light colored fudge anyway.  It only took one bit to realize it was not fudge....Grandma didn't stop laughing for quite a while.  :-)