This is the simplest home made soap recipe there is. Not only are the ingredients simple and easy to find but by doing it in a crock pot it makes it so easy even a hillbilly can do it :6: This is a really good recipe for someone that is a beginner.
You can use any recipe you wish for the crock pot soap however for simplicity sake I used this recipe
48 oz of oil(veg, olive, lard, shortening, coconut, palm,or any mixture of them)
6 oz lye
14 oz water
I will add tea tree oil for scent and no other additives since I generally use my home made soap as an all purpose soap for dishes, hands, body and hair.It can also be used in laundry as it is a castile soap
Here is the tutorial I started to use for making the crock pot soap.-
http://www.mommamuse.com/2006/02/17/ins ... made-soap/Here is the one I ended up following because my soap was doing something that this recipe had cautioned about, so I came back to it.--
http://www.candletech.com/soap-making/h ... tructions/Here is a video on the subject--
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n-0THwZLb0It is super simple. I was a bit surprised at how easy this worked out. I had never used this method until very recently and this is much, much simpler than the conventional method.
I always use a glass measuring cup n go by volume rather than weight.
I think I forgot to mention this soap does not need to cure like normal hot processed soap does. It can be used as soon as it has been unmolded.