Crock pot castile soap--seems easy enough...

[big brown horse]

http://suchtreasures.com/2010/05/14/crockpot-castile-soap/

I think I'm going to try to make this as my first venture in soap making.

 

[abifae]

I'm game. Auntie, wanna try it?

 

[Wifezilla]

Sure!!

 

[Britesea]

gotta go look for an old crock pot! This looks easy enough for beginners!

 

[savingdogs]

Looks interesting! I'd like to hear how yours comes out.

 

[big brown horse]

Ok, I'll give it a go this week. I'm going to try to set up a small store in an indoor flea market mall type place. (I need some cashola to support my daughter's ever growing horse habit. I'll be selling dish and laundry soap and hopefully some bar soap...along with some other things that I don't need anymore.)

(Does anyone know if adding E.O.'s will change the overall recipe?)

 

[savingdogs]

She says on her post that she adds it at the very end. I would not choose one that accelerates trace.

 

[big brown horse]

She says on her post that she adds it at the very end. I would not choose one that accelerates trace.

Ok what E.O's would you suggest? Can I add some steel cut oatmeal to these bars?

 

[freemotion]

You need to grind the oats into a flour for soap. I've read that a coffee mill works for this if you don't have a grain mill. I've had soap made with regular oatmeal and it was AWFUL to use. It was given to me, and I tossed the second bar, it was that bad. I loved all the other soaps I was given, but that was a pain in the butt. Bits of oatmeal on me and in my shower drain....not nice. But I made some recently with oatmeal (flour) and honey and it was quite nice.

 

[savingdogs]

You need to grind the oats into a flour for soap. I've read that a coffee mill works for this if you don't have a grain mill. I've had soap made with regular oatmeal and it was AWFUL to use. It was given to me, and I tossed the second bar, it was that bad. I loved all the other soaps I was given, but that was a pain in the butt. Bits of oatmeal on me and in my shower drain....not nice. But I made some recently with oatmeal (flour) and honey and it was quite nice.

My husband LOVED the chunks of oatmeal in one of my batches. I do grind mine, but he loved the scrubi-ness of those pieces of oatmeal. He probably would have liked what you tossed.