Laundry Soap Noodles TFM 64 - 66% (90:10)

Brief Overview

Soap noodles are made by using sodium hydroxide to saponify vegetable oils, such as palm, coconut, olive, and/or animal fat (tallow). Soap noodles are said to have been the first forms of soap. Soap noodles are used by both amateurs and soap producers because they are simple to personalize with colors, scents, and other ingredients to manufacture soap. The end result of this soap may be further modified by the processes of molding, pressing, and stamping.

Manufacturing Process

Direct saponification is the most widely used method of making soap. It involves combining molecules of triglyceride with sodium hydroxide to create soap. The results of hydrolyzing fats and oils include glycerol and fatty acids. After that, sodium hydroxide is used to neutralize the fatty acids. Trans-esterifying the oil or fat with methanol yields methyl esters. The methyl ester was saponified with sodium hydroxide, producing methanol as a byproduct and soap as a result.

Detergent Industry

The mixture is processed using rollers to create a thin soap sheet, or it can be fed into a worm screw. With high pressure, the mixture is stirred along the screw's length and extruded through a perforated endplate, forming multiple soap layers. A large worm screw extruder (plodder) compresses the homogenized soap to create a single continuous soap bar. Various soap noodles specifications can be employed to produce different soap types, including toilet soap, laundry soap, translucent soap, high-lather, medicated, and more.