| Today I wanted to make the castor oil soap with no volcano. How does that sound? I am pretty excited to see how it turns out. Let’s head to the test kitchen and make sure our thermometer is handy!
To be on the safe side, I decided to not heat the castor oil and just leave it a room temperature. When I tested the temperature, it showed to be 69° F. I mixed my lye solution and gave it time to cool. When I went to mix my soap, the lye was 96° F. I didn’t have any volcanos or temperature problems. Yay! I love it when things work the way they are should!
I learned that castor oil is a temperature sensitive oil when making soap. Even with the much cooler temperatures, when I reached trace, it was like a thick pudding after having been chilled. I poured the soap into the mold. Later when I washed with the finished soap, I liked how creamy and smooth it felt but there weren’t any suds. One thing I have noticed is many people relate the amount of suds with how clean something is. Needed Materials
Recipe
Weigh the Castor Oil into a container. Heat until warm. Add the lye to the water to for a lye solution. Allow the lye solution to cool. Mix the oils and lye solution and blend until trace is achieved. Pour into a mold and allow to sit for 24 hours. Enjoy!
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 Finished Soap  Adding Lye Solution to Oil  Mixing Oil and Lye Solution  Mixing Oil and Lye Solution  Mixing Soap  Soap in Mold |
Other than the lack of suds, how did your hands feel after using? Coated like they needed to be washed again? Or clean, just no suds?
My hands did feel clean but they also felt like a slight film had been left on them. It was hard to notice though.
Thanks Taylor.
I am enjoying your experiments and learning a lot from you. Keep up the good work!
Linda
I’m curious whether the bubbles will increase as the soap cures. Can you give an update? I use castor oil in my soap (along with other oils) especially for bubbles and because it makes the soap seem so smooth. Do you think a higher temp of the castor oil would have resulted in more bubbles? (I always do room temp).