This video will show you how to make cold process soap. Check out our soap store at www.cheekymaidensoap.com
A brief layout of my solar system that I added to my small house. This house is still hooked up to the grid. I use it to run all the lights in my home and the tv, every day. I am able to run anything up to 1000 watts if needed
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Sweetest voice ever!
love this video, even the calming music in the background
Very Nice video!
I saved it and will go to the site!
are you in a business of making a soap??:) very nice tutorial! but i find it hard to do..
yes, it is safe. Common sense measures such as not inhaling the lye and working in a well ventilated area apply. =)
very nice video !!! but just wondering is it safe to make soap even if your pregnant?
Where is the best place to buy lye for making soap? Is there a better brand than another?
Best video on soap making…thorough and to the point…thanks it was very helpful!
I have the same scale and pitcher! Time to get cookin’ up some soap
You just made it look so easy. Thanks!
I agree
Maybe the best video on soap on Youtube!
All soap has lye in it. If it doesn’t then it’s a detergent, which very bad for the skin. The lye “matches up” with the oil used in the recipe and becomes soap. This process is called sopanofication. The soap has to cure for several weeks for all the lye to bond with the oils to become soap. Typically this happens in 4-6 weeks. You can speed this process up by doing what is called Hot Process, which uses heat to speed up the sopanofication process.
You have to let the lye turn into soap, and this can take several weeks. If you use it too soon, the soap will be very bad for your skin. The bar also has to try out, and get hard. It’s best to let your soap cure for 4-6 weeks.
Thanks so much for this video!! It was extremely helpful. I haven’t made soap before, but I’d really like to and this video really helped <3
Best video for beginers on Youtube! Thanks!
This is a fantastic video. I made my first batch of soap in years today and I watched your video before hand to just get a refresher. It is tempting to peek at the soaps, isn’t it? I can’t wait until tomorrow when I can pull it out of the molds. Thanks for the vid!
Thank you for a brilliant soap making video. Yon seem really nice. By the way your voice is real gentle sounding.
Wow, you’ve taught over 10,000 people how to make soap! Congratulations! Woudln’t it be nice if everyone could get away from the toxic bars sold in the grocery store!
You did a 5* job. Beats me why no one rated already!
Distilled or bottled water from a good source are best. Some tap water contains minerals that can do weird things in soap. Usually, these contaminants wind up floating and forming a “skin” at the top of the lye/water mixture, so you’ll likely know they are there.
thank you friend and you are right if not whoever finds a vagetable soap base will become a trillionare! lol! but you answered my doubt.. “Lye is extremely toxic, but if soap is made correctly, there is no lye in the soap” nice info again THANK YOU!!
also what do you think about making Soap with Pure 1000% clean Distilled Water instead Purified? i dont want Sodium Fluoride in my Soap.. =/
I’m not sure what you mean by “conventional soap.” This is the soapmaking method that has been used for centuries. Lye is extremely toxic, but if soap is made correctly, there is no lye in the soap. Please see our video “The Chemistry of Soapmaking” for an explanation. You cannot make soap without lye.
Very nice vid man. I’ve trying to collect equipment to do the same kind of set up. Thanks for posting it.
How come, a dude trying to make us build home-made solar-panels have the top rated comment? A home-made solar-panel will die after a year, as it isn’t sealed, the panels inside will be moist. So, DON’T BUILD YOUR OWN PANELS!
thats crazy cool! i been thinking about doing something like this for our home. this is the same exact idea i had too! about how many things can you have running at the same time with that set up before maxing it out??? also, how much did you spend on everything.
What, and how much equipment would you recommend for going off grid? Like for a hunting cabin or something like that?
Hi, what brand is your 1000 watt inverter? Secondly, is this a pure sine wave or modified sine wave? Lastly, how has this particular inverter performed for you? Have you had any problems with it? Thanks.
Using a battery charger to recharge from the grid adds 3 points (AC 2 DC, charge battery, DC 2 AC) where you loos grid sourced energy over throwing a switch that switches you to grid power when the sun doesn’t fully shine and your batteries are depleted.
@AussieHomestead Funny you mention that: my typical “outage prone” area hasn’t had a single outage or brownout or anything since I installed an off-grid backup system. BUT like a lot of things in life that’s usually how it works.
Nice! Does the Tri-Metric have a computer interface? I know one of the models does, and I’m curious to see how that goes because I can’t be constantly running in the basement where my system is located and chck on it. The computer interface is appealing because it can upload info to the internet live and also make graphs and charts using Excel. Just curious if you’ve experimented with that.
A 100 Watt Solar Panel is priced at about $300 – it’s too high.
Your Only Option is to Build You own Solar Panels
There is an Engineer from Chicago that explains it All
To find his web site go to Google and search for…
“Top DIY Solar Panels”
Click the First Result (Skip The Advertisements)
Nice set up.
…..it’s a great feeling.
When the grid power goes out and everyone else in the neighbourhood gets out candles, “you” still have power
Ive watched about 15 or 20 similar videos and yours is the best, the most clear and audible, for the scale.
Great video, check out my channel for how to keep the panels performing to the maximum
More panels, better batteries, bigger inverter. Also honda generator propane powered to charge while off grid.
What heat and air does that work.
I live in a 14×70 mobile home an was thinking of using solar panels. Any suggestions?
thanks, very good setup and explanation
I was wondering the same thing…I would prefer to run the inverter to my panel box instead of using the AC strip. Is that something that can be done without a huge expense? Absolutely wonderful set up though, good work!