Soap Making Equipment
Scale
Stainless Steel Pan
Wooden and SS Spoons
Glass bowls and measuring cups
Thermometer
Goggles
Stick Blender
Soap Molds
Gloves
White Vinegar
Scale: must be able to weigh in ounces to the 10th of an ounce.
Postal scales work well for this if you are not making a huge amount of soap
Stainless Steel Pan: Revere Ware and similar pans work well. I
found mine at thrift stores. It is good to have separate soap making pans
Spoons: You will need wooden spoons and SS spoons for stirring lye
and oils
Bowls and measuring cups: These are needed to measure out the
oils, liquids and lye.
Thermometers: You will need 2 of them; one for measuring your
lye/liquid and one for the oils. You don’t want to share the same one. An
inexpensive dial thermometer works just fine. They can be found at the grocery
store.
Goggles: Look for them in hardware stores
Stick Blender: This is not a “must have” .. at least technically,
I personally would not make soap without it. I have hand mixed soap for 2 hours
before. With a hand mixer I have never mixed more than 10 minutes. This saves a
lot of time and energy! It is worth the $20 investment if you plan on making
soap regularly.
Soap Molds: Almost anything can be used as a soap mold. Cardboard
boxes lined with plastic wrap or a bag, Pringle potato chip cans, juice cans,
milk cartons, silverware drawer dividers, wooden molds, plastic molds. Once you
start making soap your eyes will see every container around as a potential soap
mold!
Gloves: Rubber type gloves to protect your hands from the lye
while making soap.
Extras: long sleeve shirt to protect your arms, white vinegar in
case you do get a little lye on your skin.
White Vinegar: If for some reason at any point of the soap making
process you get lye on your skin rub some white vinegar on it to stop the
burning.
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