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    This document provides information about starting a laundry soap manufacturing business. It discusses the market opportunity as laundry soap is a daily necessity with high demand. The raw materials required are oils, acids, and caustic soda. To set up a small-scale production of 500kg per day would require a fixed capital investment of Rs. 2 lakhs and working capital of Rs. 25,000 per month. The semi-boiled and fully boiled processes are described for manufacturing laundry soap. With an annual production of 300kg per day, the business could expect an annual profit of Rs. 62,500, yielding a 25% return on investment.

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    This document provides information about starting a laundry soap manufacturing business. It discusses the market opportunity as laundry soap is a daily necessity with high demand. The raw materials required are oils, acids, and caustic soda. To set up a small-scale production of 500kg per day would require a fixed capital investment of Rs. 2 lakhs and working capital of Rs. 25,000 per month. The semi-boiled and fully boiled processes are described for manufacturing laundry soap. With an annual production of 300kg per day, the business could expect an annual profit of Rs. 62,500, yielding a 25% return on investment.

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    This document provides information about starting a laundry soap manufacturing business. It discusses the market opportunity as laundry soap is a daily necessity with high demand. The raw materials required are oils, acids, and caustic soda. To set up a small-scale production of 500kg per day would require a fixed capital investment of Rs. 2 lakhs and working capital of Rs. 25,000 per month. The semi-boiled and fully boiled processes are described for manufacturing laundry soap. With an annual production of 300kg per day, the business could expect an annual profit of Rs. 62,500, yielding a 25% return on investment.

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    This document provides information about starting a laundry soap manufacturing business. It discusses the market opportunity as laundry soap is a daily necessity with high demand. The raw materials required are oils, acids, and caustic soda. To set up a small-scale production of 500kg per day would require a fixed capital investment of Rs. 2 lakhs and working capital of Rs. 25,000 per month. The semi-boiled and fully boiled processes are described for manufacturing laundry soap. With an annual production of 300kg per day, the business could expect an annual profit of Rs. 62,500, yielding a 25% return on investment.

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    The key takeaways are that laundry soap is a daily necessity with widespread demand, various oils can be used as raw materials, and it can be produced through cold, semi-boiled or fully boiled processes.

    The main methods for producing laundry soap are the cold process suitable for small businesses, semi-boiled process, and fully boiled process.

    The raw materials required are various oils, caustic soda, and sodium silicate. Equipment needed includes bottle kettles, pans, stirring ladles, cooling frames, cutting and stamping machines.

    Laundry Soap

    What is it?
    Laundry soap is an item of daily necessity and essentially a mass consumption item.
    It is used for washing clothes.

    What can I earn? (gross, net)


    You can earn appropriate profit.

    What is the market for it?


    Laundry soap is a daily need of every individual. It has a widespread clientele with the major user
    being the washerman (dhobi)
    In the villages the demand is very high compared to the current production.
    Hence there is a very good scope for new investment in this field.

    What is required? (raw materials, skills, technology)


    A small room to operate and some easily available oils and acids.
    No specific skill is required.

    How much will it cost to set up? And run?


    You require a working capital of about Rs.25,000 per month , while a fixed capital of about Rs.2
    lakhs

    Can someone help? (training, tech. support, loans, raw material, and marketing)
    One could contact the DIC ( District industries centre) for further information, if in India or the
    parallel body in your country.

    See Manual For Details

    Manual

    The enterprise
    Laundry soap is an item of daily necessity and essentially a mass consumption item. Even though
    synthetic detergents are assuming importance day by day the demand for or the in-take pattern of
    laundry soap has not shown any decreasing trend.This industry is ideally suited for dispersal and can
    be easily started even in a village to meet local requirements.

    Raw material requirement ( basis 500 kgs. Per day)


    1

    Rosin, Tallow and other non-edible oils


    such as Mahua, Rice Bran, Neem oil,
    Tobacco seed oil etc.

    450 Kgs.

    Caustic Soda

    75 Kgs.

    Sodium Silicate

    225 Kgs.

    The requirement of Caustic Soda for conversion of any particular oil fat mixture to soap can be
    computed with the help of the following table :
    Oil fat

    Caustic soda requirement ( % by weight)

    Tallow

    13.7 14.4

    Mahua fat

    13.4 14.0

    Palm oil

    14.0 14.4

    Hardened vegetable oil

    14.4 14.6

    Coconut oil

    17.5 17.7

    Palm Kernel oil

    17.3 18.0

    Groundnut oil

    13.2 14.0

    Cotton seed oil

    13.9 14.0

    Neem oil

    13.9 14.0

    Castor oil

    13.1 13.4

    Karanja oil

    13.2 13.3

    Process Outline
    There are three main conventional methods of producing Laundry soap, namely

    Cold Process

    Suitable for manufacturers having small capital outlay


    Semi Boiled Process
    Fully Boiled Process
    P.S. (Cold process requires good quality of oils and fats having higher sponification value.)
    SEMI BOILED PROCESS
    Oil is taken in a pan which is heated by fire wood or coal slowly to melt fat
    Caustic Soda solution of required concentration is then added in small quantities at a time
    A moderate heat is maintained and each addition of caustic soda solution is allowed to react with
    the oils, before the next addition is made
    (a hasty addition of caustic soda solution may result in graining)
    If the mass shows signs of separating or graining, then further water should be added to bring the
    oil charge to a homogeneous state
    During this process some kind of a fatty layer emerges on top of the charge some amount of
    this soapy scrap should be added to the next lot on the pan to that the saponification proceeds
    smoothly
    ( it takes about half an hour before the saponification takes a visible shape depending on the type
    of oils and fats used.)
    The soap charge is boiled under controlled conditions that is, ensuring a good boiling to
    complete the saponification process and at the same time preventing an over-boiling
    The mass thickens, gets increasingly transparent and finally assumes a peculiar shiny translucent
    surface free from froth
    If any colours are to be added to the soap these should be incorporated before closing the boiling
    operation.
    Perfumes, if any, may be added after the soap charge in the pan has become a bit cool
    After the builders and fillers are added and thoroughly crutched in, the soap is transferred to
    frames for subsequent cooling and cutting.

    Equipment and Machinery


    Bottle kettles, hemispherical mild steel or cast iron plates having thickness 1.8", 6.5 diameter and
    2.5 depth (5 Nos.)
    Cylindrical pans with circular plates at the bottom ( 4 Nos.)

    Stirring Ladles ( 6 Nos.)


    Soap cooling frames made of thick iron sheets (10 Nos.)
    Soap cutting machine complete with an adjustable device to vary length size (3 Nos.)
    Soap stamping machines ( 2 Nos.)

    COST ANALYSIS (Basis : 300 kgs. Of Laundry Soap per day)

    Covered area required

    150 sq.m.(in RS.)

    Land and building

    1,00,000

    Plant and machinery

    75,000

    Fixed capital

    1,75,000

    Working capital for one month

    25,000

    Working capital for 3 months

    75,000

    Total capital investment

    2,50,000

    Cost of production per annum

    3,50,000

    Receipt per annum

    4,72,000

    10 Break Even point

    78%

    11 Profit per annum

    62,500

    12 Rate of return

    25%

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