Not the most glamorous of soaps to look at, but we have made our first batch of soaps using brown glycerine gloop from biodiesel.
Chris, from Essex, sent us a large pot of the brown gloop to try out before we teach him how to create his own soap. Carefully wrapped in newspaper and secured in a box, it arrived leaking. As we were out, the postman kindly delivered it to our neighbours house......dripping its gunk in a steady, but discreet flow. Luckily, if you put in enough elbow grease, it makes a wonderful parquet floor polish so our neighbours were more than understanding!
We ended up with 480g to include in our first batch - so only 4 bars were produced. We used the hot process method to make the soap and even after a week it is a little on the soft side. We'll leave it a little longer before we try a bar and send the rest back to Chris for his comments.
In the meantime, it's fading to an amber gold colour and, thanks to the addition of sweet orange and patchouli essential oils, smells a darn site better than it did on the neighbours floor!
Chris, from Essex, sent us a large pot of the brown gloop to try out before we teach him how to create his own soap. Carefully wrapped in newspaper and secured in a box, it arrived leaking. As we were out, the postman kindly delivered it to our neighbours house......dripping its gunk in a steady, but discreet flow. Luckily, if you put in enough elbow grease, it makes a wonderful parquet floor polish so our neighbours were more than understanding!
We ended up with 480g to include in our first batch - so only 4 bars were produced. We used the hot process method to make the soap and even after a week it is a little on the soft side. We'll leave it a little longer before we try a bar and send the rest back to Chris for his comments.
In the meantime, it's fading to an amber gold colour and, thanks to the addition of sweet orange and patchouli essential oils, smells a darn site better than it did on the neighbours floor!
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