{"id":10828,"date":"2021-05-07T22:51:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T02:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agaaga.khoolbrew.ca\/?p=10828"},"modified":"2021-08-04T11:42:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T15:42:53","slug":"making-soap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agaaga.khoolbrew.ca\/index.php\/2021\/05\/07\/making-soap\/","title":{"rendered":"Making soap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Over the years, I’ve looked into making soap but the number of finicky steps were always too daunting. Not for Lara though. She did the research, organized the endeavour, and executed the steps; and we now have homemade soap. Along the way, emulsification, saponification, and exothermic reactions were discussed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the recipe<\/a> she used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 2: Mix lye and water. This is an exothermic reaction, so the mixture gets \ud83d\udd25<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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    Step 3: Measure out the oils.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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      Step 4: Melt the oils and the beeswax.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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      Step 5: Mix lye (sodium hydroxide) with oil and beeswax with heat >> saponification.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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      Step 6: Mix until “trace” appears.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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        Step 7: Pour into molds.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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