Varieties of Handmade Soap

Types of Soap One way of looking at types of soap is by origin. Soaps are made in homes and made commercially. A different way to look at soap is by its use. Soap is available for laundry use, dishwashing, and utensils wash products that are soaps can also be found.

1. Laundry Soap The solid soap is mixed with a resin and more caustic soda solution is added and heated again. The molten mixture on cooling is molded into cakes. Sodium Silicate, washing soda and sodium phosphate are also added to this soap to increase its weight and to improve its quality. 4

2. Toilet soap Toilet soap is prepared from good quality fat or edible oil. The moisture is removed from soap by passing it through hot rollers and then desired color and perfume are added.

3. Kitchen Soap The kitchen soap contains finely divided sand and washing soda. It is used for washing utensils.

4. Shaving Cream Shaving cream or soap is produced by the saponification of good quality animal fat or edible oil with potassium hydroxide (caustic potash). It also contains some extra quantity of stearic acid to prevent soap from drying.

5. Novelty soaps It is in the shape of a rubber ducky and the soap-on-a-rope, made not only to clean, but for enjoyment as well. The mold and/or coloring makes the soap novel. There are