Deodorant Soap
Author: Sinclair A. Sheers Published on: December 23, 2001

This soap absorbs odors. If you have been handling something smelly like fish, garlic, or onions, wash with this deodorant soap. It will make the odor disappear. The secret ingredient is coffee!

Ingredients
Oils
2 oz castor oil
6 oz coconut oil
11 oz olive oil
4 oz palm oil
1 oz beeswax

Lye Mixture
9 fl oz strongly brewed coffee
3.3 oz lye

Directions

If you use the hot process method, remove all but the bottom rack of the oven. Preheat it to 200 degrees.

Weigh all the oils. Put them into a big stainless steel pot. Set the heat to medium and stir the oils on the stove until they all turn to liquid. Turn off the stove.

Measure the coffee into a strong plastic container. Go outside and measure the lye into another strong plastic container. Mix the lye into the coffee. Keep stirring until the lye has completely dissolved. Then stir it some more. Take the lye mixture inside and pour it into the pot of oils. Stir it with a stick blender until it reaches trace. If it doesn't reach trace in five minutes, turn off the stick blender and stir by hand for a few minutes. Then turn the stick blender back on for about five minutes. Alternate stirring with the stick blender on for a while and then off for a while until you reach trace. If you run the stick blender continuously for too long, it might burn out.

The soap has reached trace when you see wrinkles in the surface and a trace of a drop after the drop has disappeared.

When the mixture reaches trace, if you prefer the cold process method, pour the soap into greased molds. Cover with saran wrap. Remove from molds 24 hours later. Let the soap sit in a well-ventilated area for about six weeks before using.

If you prefer the hot process method, put the top on the pot and put the pot into the oven. Cook it for an hour stirring every fifteen minutes.

When the soap is cooked, pour it into greased molds. Do not add fragrance: this soap will absorb the scent. That is the point.

Hot process soap is ready to use as soon as it cools. If it feels soft, don't worry. It might take a few days to harden.

Feel free to do the happy soap dance!