Toilet Soap Noodles TFM ±79% (90:10)

Brief Overview

Soap noodles are created through the saponification process, typically involving sodium hydroxide to saponify vegetable oils like palm, coconut, olive, and/or animal fats such as tallow. Soap noodles, among the earliest soap types, are widely adopted by soap makers due to their ease of customization with flavors, colors, and extra ingredients. Further enhancements to the final soap product can be achieved through additional techniques like molding, pressing, and stamping.

Manufacturing Process

The common approach to soap manufacturing is through direct saponification, involving the reaction of triglyceride molecules with sodium hydroxide. Hydrolysis decomposes fats and oils into glycerol and fatty acids. Following this, sodium hydroxide is used to neutralize the fatty acids. The trans-esterification of the oil or fat is carried out using methanol, resulting in the formation of methyl esters. These methyl esters are then saponified with sodium hydroxide to create soap, with methanol produced as a byproduct.

Detergent Industry

To create a thin soap sheet, the mixture is passed through into a worm screw or rollers. Extruding multiple layers of soap via a perforated endplate, the liquid is agitated along the screw's length while high pressure is applied. To create a continuous soap bar, the homogenized soap is crushed using a large worm screw extruder, sometimes referred to as a plodder.

The specifications of different kinds of soap noodles allow for the production of several kinds of soap, including laundry, toilet, medicinal, and high-lather soap.