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Recipe Instructions
NOTE: Instead of using a full 12 oz of water, use a 50/50 ratio of water and apple cider. For this recipe it would be 6 oz water, 6 oz cider.
- Combine apple cider and filtered water and freeze.
- Prepare mold by lining if necessary.
- Combine olive oil, coconut oil, cocoa butter, castor oil, shea butter in a large stainless steel pot and heat until oils are melted. Cool to 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Outside with proper safety gear on, pour lye over apple cider water and stir until dissolved. Allow to cool to 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Pour lye water into oils and mix with a hand mixer on and off until very light trace.
- Add essential oils/Fragrance and mix until fully blended.
- Remove 1 cup of soap batter into a separate container and add madder root powder, stirring until there are no clumps.
- Pour large batch into mold.
- Pour brown soap into the larger batch back in forth in swirls. Use a dowel rod or spatula to make more swirls if desired.
- Cover with a towel and insulate lightly for 24-36 hours.
- Remove from mold and cut. Let cure for 4-6 weeks.
Note: Adding juices (sugars) to soap can cause overheating. The center should turn into a gel like consistency before turning back to a solid creamy texture, but if it starts to bubble put in freezer immediately to cool and keep from cracking.
Also, as it is coming to trace, make sure to pay attention to how fast it is setting up or thickening. This is why you need to stop mixing when it is at light trace. This should give you plenty of time to separate the batter, add color, pour, and swirl in color. Don’t be frantic, but you need to work quickly.
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Soap Properties
Highlighted gray ranges represent recommended ranges for each property.
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INS: 150.88 (ideal)
iodine: 56.44 (ideal)
Calculated Values for Oils and Preferences
| Superfat % | 5% |
| Saturated | 37.07 Ounce(s) |
| Mono-Unsaturated | 48.39 Ounce(s) |
| Poly-Unsaturated | 7.17 Ounce(s) |
| Saturated:Unsaturated Ratio | 59.98:40.02 |
| Lye concentration | 100% |
| Weight Unit | Ounce(s) |
| Soap type | solid |
Fatty Acid Profile
| Oleic | 39.74% |
| Linoleic | 6.80% |
| Linolenic | 0.75% |
| Ricinoleic | 11.24% |
| Lauric | 12.01% |
| Myristic | 4.75% |
| Palmitic | 11.51% |
| Stearic | 10.78% |
Recommended Additive Amounts
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For Advanced Soapmakers
| Sodium Lactate (60%)
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| Recommended Essential/Fragrance Oil | 4.15 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Ascorbic Acid
| 0.95 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Extra Lye to Neutralize Ascorbic Acid for A.A. | NaOH: 0.19 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Lactic Acid
| 0.71 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Extra Lye to Neutralize Lactic Acid for L.A. | NaOH: 0.42 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Tetrasodium EDTA
| 0.72 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Sodium Citrate
| 1.23 - 3.70 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Potassium Citrate
| 1.52 - 4.56 Ounce(s) | ||||||
| Rosemary Oleoresin (ROE)
| 0.38 - 0.47 Ounce(s) | ||||||
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Citric Acid Powder (anhydrous) |
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Extra Lye to Neutralize Citric Acid Powder for C.A. |
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