| Suz' No Fail
"Impossible Goat Milk Soap™" Tutorial |
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Step One:
Step one is to get your oils ready and set aside since
this is a very quick way of making 100% goat milk soap,
even easier than using half water, half goat milk ...
Use your own favorite soap recipe. You can add goat
milk for water straight across but I drop a few ounces
from the goat milk compared to what the water would
be. My water amount is 25 oz., I use 23 oz. of goat
milk but I've successfully used 25 also. Since I'm
fortunate to have access to Nubian goat milk with
a high butterfat content, I usually drop my super-fatting
to around 3-4%. |
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Step Two:
OK, get your favorite recipe out and determine the quantity
of goat milk you want to use, pour it in a ziplock and
lay it flat in the freezer to totally freeze solid.
Flat is important. When that's done (I usually do a
bunch at once) take out the frozen "frisbee" of goat
milk, hit it on a hard surface until it breaks up in
or hit it with a hammer or however you choose to break
it into chunks that will fit into your container. (I
drop the bag flat on cement a few times and the pieces
seem to shatter nicely and about the right size.) Fairly
small pieces but not too small. 2-3" pieces work well.
I use one of those large gallon size sun tea/olive jars.
Pour all the frozen pieces in the jar, then just measure
the lye and dump it all in at once. YES, at once ...
Take the nylon (or wooden) spoon and stir all the lye
and milk chunks to coat them all.
Then you keep moving the pieces around with a nylon
spoon and they will slowly dissolve and you will absolutely
not burn the milk and, in fact, it will probably be
cool when the milk is completely dissolved. DO NOT
warm it, use it as is in oils that have cooled. If
you decide to warm it, be aware that it WILL turn
yellow or lt. orange. If that's okay with you, go
ahead. The melting time is probably less than ten
minutes, certainly no more than 15, so don't leave
and be ready to make soap. IF you let it sit, it continue
to warm and become yellow ... I use it as soon as
it's melted, even though it's cool.
Note: You can compensate for the coolness of the
milk by making the oils a little bit warmer, perhaps
around 110-115 degrees if the low milk temp bothers
you but I don't. I use it as is. |
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Step Three:
Since your oils are all ready, you put the dissolved
goat milk in them right away and continue with normal
soap-making process. This method keeps your soap nice
and light colored. I know, the milk is cooler than it
should traditionally be but trust me, it really works.
I've made many, many batches of soap this way. Another
plus is, it has little to none of the unpleasant smell
that goat milk soap can have for a few days and if it
does, it dissipates quickly. One thing is, you DO add
just a bit more fragrance with goat milk soap than lye
water soap but that's the same no matter how you make
goat milk soap.
Enjoy, you'll love this method once you give it
a try.
Suz |
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