MEDICATED SOAP

                            MEDICATED SOAP

This is basically the same procedure and component as in the case of bar and toilet soap but there are additions that are needed to make the mixture medicated.

The following ingredients are inclusive:-

(a)     Detol          (b)     Izal    (c)     Carbolic acid all these goes in for large quantity production.

(d)     Blue colourant or any other of choice to suit your medicated soap. There should be no perfume because the odour of the above ingredients will supercede.

Procedure:-

(1)     Carry your PKO and pour into the mixing container. Add your hardening agent slightly, for 20 litres of PKO and 10 litres of soda solution, add two tea cups of Izal, two tea cups of detol and two tea cups of carbolic acid.

(2)     Add two cups of dissolved colourant

(3)     Add ½ a tea cup of sodium silicate and stir with paddle very well.

(4)     Pour into mould for drying.

(5)     After drying, cut in bars and transfer them on to the tableting machine one by one.

(6)     Transfer each to stamping machine

(7)     Package for usage or for marketing.

DETERGENT:

          This is soap in powdered form used for various purposes especially in the house.  

The components are the same as in the case of other soap discussed but the difference is that while others have 2:1 ration, it has a ration of 1:1. It also demands soda ash, catalyst, and sulphunic acid.

Procedure:

1.       Measure out one bucket of PKO

2.       Measure out one bucket of soda solution in a different container after your gauging with hydrometer.

3.       Pour the oil in bigger mixing vessel

4.       Add 1kg of soda ash and stir

5.       Add hydrogen to be your catalyst. Stir very well and

6.       Add sulphunic acid (not sulphuric). Sulphuric acrid can be use but it is very dangerous to handle.

7.       Add the soda solution and stir very well.

8.       Add your colour and perfume and

9.       Finally add Ammonia solution which has a pungent smell, stir well and

10.     Pour into mould.

11.     Leave the mixture to dry.

12.     Spread under sun to dry very well then sieve to have your powdered soap.

This formular is Mrs. Chikezie Amaka’s approach to detergent making after long years of wasting time with grinding machine to get my powdered detergent.