Toilet Soap Noodles TFM ±78% (80:20)

Brief Overview

To manufacture soap noodles, the saponification process is required. The saponification is done using sodium hydroxide to saponify vegetable oils, such as palm, coconut, olive, and/or animal fat (tallow). One of the earliest known varieties of soap are soap noodles. Most soap makers use soap noodles because it tends to be simpler to create soap with some modifications to flavors, colors, and additional ingredients. Additional procedures such as molding, pressing, and stamping can be applied to modify the finished soap product.

Manufacturing Process :

The prevalent method for soap production is direct saponification, where triglyceride molecules react with sodium hydroxide. Hydrolysis breaks down fats and oils into glycerol and fatty acids. Subsequently, sodium hydroxide neutralizes the fatty acids. Methanol is employed for trans-esterification of the oil or fat, yielding methyl esters, which are then saponified with sodium hydroxide to produce soap, accompanied by methanol as a byproduct.

Detergent Industry

The mixture is processed using either a worm screw or rollers to create a thin soap sheet. High-pressure stirring along the screw's length leads to the extrusion of multiple soap layers through a perforated endplate. Compressing the homogenized soap with a large worm screw extruder (plodder) results in a single continuous soap bar.

Various types of soap, including medicinal, high-lather, transparent, laundry, and toilet soap, can be made using different soap noodle specifications.