How Do You Make Soap From Goats Milk & Glycerin?
Gentle, natural goat’s milk soap is an inexpensive alternative to often chemical-laden, mass-produced commercial soaps. Finished goat’s milk soap is usually a light tan color. In home-based milk soap-making, lye interacts with goat’s milk and other ingredients to “saponify,” a process that produces soap without any harsh lye residue. Many goat’s milk soap-makers add different soap fragrances to each batch to give family members and visitors a refreshing choice. Lye is available at hardware stores. Most drug stores sell glycerin. Don rubber gloves and protective face mask. Pour the goat’s milk into a large bowl or enamel pot. Make sure the milk is as cold as you can have it, even partially frozen, because the addition of lye will cause the goat’s milk to heat up quickly. Pour 6 oz. of lye into a paper cup. Be careful not to spill the lye, as it is caustic. Slowly add the lye to the milk, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon while pouring. Avoid pouring too quickly, as the sudden heat
