BAR/TABLET SOAP
We all make use of soap on daily basis for one purpose or another. There are various kinds of soaps in the market today which include bar soap, tablet soap, toilet soap, and medicated soap among others.
BAR/TABLET SOAP PRODUCTION:
You can produce bar/tablet soap by cold or hot system. For this seminar, we shall describe the cold system production which ensures good quality and durability. What is cold system? It is the process of soap production by which no heat is applied besides when the oil is sleepy (or solid form). Heat is then applied to turn it liquid form yet it is a cold system.
Materials/Equipment:
1. 3 big containers of choice (half drum/full drum may be okay). One of the three is for mixing the components.
2. One big strong table with wire cutters for bar or tablet.
3. Hydrometer
4. Hand gloves,
5. Scrapper
6. Two strong paddles
7. 2 Graded buckets
8. One tea cup
9. Mould
10. Nylon
11. Thumb Tack
12. Jug depending on the quantity you are producing.
Chemicals required:
(1) Palm Kernel Oil (PKO)
(2) Caustic soda either pearls or flakes
(3) Sodium silicate
(4) Colorant
(5) Perfume.
Procedure:-
NB: - The caustic soda for soap making must be soaked overnight with water, this is called fermentation. The PKO must be in liquid form.
1. After soaking caustic soda overnight, check the acidity of the solution with your hydrometer. If the solution levels with 1275 of your hydrometer, it is a normal gauge. The soap produced with this gauge will not be corrosive to hands or body. If the gauge is below the above number, then it is acidic. If it is above 1275 up to 1250 then it is watery and should need more soda pearls or flakes.
2. The normal ration of PKO and soda solution is 2.1 that mean two buckets of PKO should go for one bucket of soda solution, two cups of PKO to one cup of soda solution etc.
3. Haven measured out the PKO and soda solution in different containers with your small buckets of same size one for soda, one for PKO.
4. Pour the PKO into a bigger container where all components will be mixed together. Add hardening agent to it and turn very well.
5. And sodium silicate ½ tea cup for 20 litres of PKO.
6. And your desired colorant which might be oil base or water base.
7. Perfume the mixture and stir very well with paddle.
8. Pour the mixture into mould already prepared with Nylon and thumbtack, allow solidifying.
9. The next day, remove the solid soap from mould on to your strong table that has either bar wire cutter or tablet cutter. Cut as desired and stamp. Pack in cartons for selling or usage.
We all make use of soap on daily basis for one purpose or another. There are various kinds of soaps in the market today which include bar soap, tablet soap, toilet soap, and medicated soap among others.
BAR/TABLET SOAP PRODUCTION:
You can produce bar/tablet soap by cold or hot system. For this seminar, we shall describe the cold system production which ensures good quality and durability. What is cold system? It is the process of soap production by which no heat is applied besides when the oil is sleepy (or solid form). Heat is then applied to turn it liquid form yet it is a cold system.
Materials/Equipment:
1. 3 big containers of choice (half drum/full drum may be okay). One of the three is for mixing the components.
2. One big strong table with wire cutters for bar or tablet.
3. Hydrometer
4. Hand gloves,
5. Scrapper
6. Two strong paddles
7. 2 Graded buckets
8. One tea cup
9. Mould
10. Nylon
11. Thumb Tack
12. Jug depending on the quantity you are producing.
Chemicals required:
(1) Palm Kernel Oil (PKO)
(2) Caustic soda either pearls or flakes
(3) Sodium silicate
(4) Colorant
(5) Perfume.
Procedure:-
NB: - The caustic soda for soap making must be soaked overnight with water, this is called fermentation. The PKO must be in liquid form.
1. After soaking caustic soda overnight, check the acidity of the solution with your hydrometer. If the solution levels with 1275 of your hydrometer, it is a normal gauge. The soap produced with this gauge will not be corrosive to hands or body. If the gauge is below the above number, then it is acidic. If it is above 1275 up to 1250 then it is watery and should need more soda pearls or flakes.
2. The normal ration of PKO and soda solution is 2.1 that mean two buckets of PKO should go for one bucket of soda solution, two cups of PKO to one cup of soda solution etc.
3. Haven measured out the PKO and soda solution in different containers with your small buckets of same size one for soda, one for PKO.
4. Pour the PKO into a bigger container where all components will be mixed together. Add hardening agent to it and turn very well.
5. And sodium silicate ½ tea cup for 20 litres of PKO.
6. And your desired colorant which might be oil base or water base.
7. Perfume the mixture and stir very well with paddle.
8. Pour the mixture into mould already prepared with Nylon and thumbtack, allow solidifying.
9. The next day, remove the solid soap from mould on to your strong table that has either bar wire cutter or tablet cutter. Cut as desired and stamp. Pack in cartons for selling or usage.
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