Soap with plant extract

[teoangelia]

I plan use prepare soap using plant extract. But during the sample extraction, methanol will be added. What is the best way to remove methanol? how to make sure that methanol are removed from the extract?

 

[carolyntn]

Hello and welcome to the forum!
What kind of plant extraction are you doing? What kind of soap are you planning to make?
Carolyntn

 

[teoangelia]

I plan to use herb. I just want to make the normal soap for hand washing. according to my finding, the solvent which can use is methanol..But I understand methanol hardly removed by heat. and the solvent will be harmful to skin.

 

[Birdie Wife]

Are you using a bought-in tincture? (Tinctures are plant extracts infused in alcohol - methanol is a type of alcohol). If possible, I would elave the tictures on the shelf and pick your own herbs to use. You can then either infuse them in water and use that as your liquid portion in the CP soap, or infuse the dried herb in oil and use that as one of you saponifying ingredients.

 

[DragonQueenHHP]

to what end do you want the plant extraction for?? Just asking as I am a Master Herbalist and have a diploma in Holistic Health

 

[teoangelia]

I have fresh herbs. I plan to dry it and according to protocol i need to use methanol to insolate the useful compound in herb which maybe have the anti-bacterial 's functions. Some journal do mentioned that using distill water, but the product might not have anti-bacterial's functions.

 

[DragonQueenHHP]

for the use in soap I would infuse the oils and/or the water