Making Cold Process Soap Workshop!
Overview
Do you want to learn how to make your own soap?
Join this fun workshop, and you will be confident to make your favorite soap with all-natural ingredients.
Age: 12+
Workshop Description:
• How soap is made: Saponification is “kitchen chemistry”
• Safety on how to handle lye (caustic soda)
• Equipment and supplies to make soap safely at home
• How to calculate the proportions of soap ingredients
• Make ~150 grams of fragrant and colorful soap and take it home
Materials & Supplies provided by RSC
• Balance • Immersion blender• Plastic container to mix oil and lye (DO NOT USE ALUMINUM)• Heat resistant glass jar to dissolve lye • Olive oil • Lye: Sodium Hydroxide (99% pure)• Essential oil for fragrance. • Food colorant • Nitrile Gloves and safety goggles.
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Highlights
- 2 hours
- ages 12+
- In person
- Free parking
- Doors at 5:45 PM
Refund Policy
Location
Rockville Science Center
36C Maryland Avenue
Rockville, MD 20850
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Organized by
Rockville Science Center
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