8-GRAN-ONES Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 I made a Castile type soap..it is only 70% olive the rest butters and other oils...Has anyone made this type of Castile? How long did you let yours cure?Mine is 3 months old now..I have used a small sliver..It sure feels wonderful...And it is hard as a rock... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meridith Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Castille soaps do require a lot longer time than other soaps. 3 months should be enough time. I cure mine for at least that if not 100% OO. If it is a pure OO soap, I do try to cure a bit longer - like around 6 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tootie04 Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Six months to a year is best....but you could use it now. make sure you tuck a bar or two away and wait the year and see the difference!!tootie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareBear Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 I don't use it or give it away before 3 months. But longer is better if you have a nice dry place to store it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugenia Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 It should be just fine, especially if you did not use full water.e Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystical_angel1219 Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 They improve with age, like fine wine.Should be good to go by now, but in 6 months to a year, they will really be super fabulous. Great facial soap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patka Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 May I ask what is a castile soap? I used to think this was any veggie soap, but from this thread is seems that it is some special kind of vegetable soap. Could someone explain it to me, and also the benefits of this soap over other vegetable soaps and what is the reason it needs to cure for a long time? Thank you so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8-GRAN-ONES Posted May 1, 2008 Author Share Posted May 1, 2008 A true castile soap is 100% olive oil..it needs to cure about 1 year....I have never used or made 100% castile..but from what I have read..it is wonderful and mild...My soap that I made is a castile type, I guess you could say, because it is only 70% oilive..I added some other oils and butters to my recipe...It is also very mild....and with a good cure, it is supposed to get better and better...it is already a very hard bar, and feels great. Hope I have answered your question..I am sure there are others here that can give some more good imput.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbren Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 I made a 100% EVOO batch for my granddaughter on April 11. I used a 45% lye solution and when it cooled off from gelling, it was almost too hard to cut with my cutter.While I know that Castiles need a nice long cure, I've been using an end of this batch at the kitchen sink...the later is creamy and abundant already, so I can only imagine how good it will be in another 4-6 months or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarieJeanette Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 I love Castile's (or Castile-types, or Bastiles, or whatever everyone else prefers to call them)! I make different kinds of them all the time. Some have 50% olive, 60% olive, 80% olive, and 100% olive.I just recently started making one with 72% olive. The 72% olive is based on recipes I found on the net for an olive oil soap called Savon de Marseilles which is an old and well-known olive oil soap from France. From what I've read, it's traditionally made from 72% olive oil, with the rest of the oil percentage being made up of coconut oil and palm oil. I don't know exactly how much of a percentage of the latter 2 that I should use though, because the only percent they ever divulge is the 72% for the olive amount. I came up with my own recipe using the given 72% olive and fudging the rest using SoapCalc to go off of, and I replaced the palm in the recipe with tallow since I have no palm on hand, but plenty of tallow. I also put French Green Clay in it and it turned out great. My DH loves to shave with it.I use all my Castile's or Castile-types after a four week cure, and they are fine (I soap with a 33% lye solution). While it's true the Castile's are even better with a longer cure, I've found them to be plenty nice enough for me personally to use by 4 weeks. But then again, I'm one of those that doesn't mind the slime (or as I prefer to call it- 'the colloidal suspension caused by the high amount of oleic acid') on the younger soaps at all. MarieJeanette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patka Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 A true castile soap is 100% olive oil..it needs to cure about 1 year....I have never used or made 100% castile..but from what I have read..it is wonderful and mild...My soap that I made is a castile type, I guess you could say, because it is only 70% oilive..I added some other oils and butters to my recipe...It is also very mild....and with a good cure, it is supposed to get better and better...it is already a very hard bar, and feels great. Hope I have answered your question..I am sure there are others here that can give some more good imput..Thanks for the information. Is the soap not slimy? I used to buy Kiss My Face brand soaps, they were made from olive oil, it was the only pure veggie soap I could find some years ago and they were really slimy, that is why I am asking. :rolleyes2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brydean Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 (or as I prefer to call it- 'the colloidal suspension caused by the high amount of oleic acid') on the younger soaps at all. MarieJeanetteI like this, can I use it? LOL:thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarieJeanette Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 I like this, can I use it? LOL:thumbsup:Go right on ahead! :smiley2: Nobody actually owns the term as far as I know. It's a pretty common chemical term. I came across it one day as I was reading a chemist describing what the 'slime' on Castile soap actually is and how it is formed. I loved the term so much that I started using it. It definitely sounds much, much nicer than 'slime' if you ask me. MarieJeanette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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