Homemade liquid soap

How to make liquid soap in just 3.5 hours

Safe­ty pre­cau­tions

Warn­ing! Only un­der adult su­per­vi­sion.

Equip­ment

  • glass con­tain­er with lid;
  • 1 tbsp glyc­erin;
  • 1 liter (1 ¾ pt.) boil­ing wa­ter;
  • spoon;
  • grater;
  • emp­ty stor­age con­tain­er with dis­penser;
  • or­di­nary bar soap.

Step-by-step in­struc­tions

Grate some bar soap. Mix in a glass con­tain­er: 2 tbsp grat­ed bar soap, 1 tbsp glyc­erin, and 1 liter (1¾ pint) boil­ing wa­ter. Cov­er and let sit in a cool place for 3 hours. Trans­fer to a clean stor­age ves­sel with a dis­penser – and your liq­uid soap is ready!

Process de­scrip­tion

Soaps, sol­id or liq­uid, are pro­cessed prod­ucts of var­i­ous fats. Soaps are main­ly com­posed of sodi­um salts of fat­ty acids, such as stearic acid. The an­timi­cro­bial ac­tiv­i­ty of soap is pri­mar­i­ly as­so­ci­at­ed with its cleans­ing prop­er­ties, main­ly the fact that grease and dirt are washed off the hands, and micro­organ­isms with them.

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