WHAT
DO I NEED TO KNOW?
Soaps are essential commodities in every household. We all have
reasons to use soaps everyday; be it bar soap, detergent, or liquid soaps.
Irrespective of your categories or state or status, you are bound to use soap
for lavations, for floors, plates and various domestic chores.
The good thing about the soap production is that it is a viable
business since there are immediate users and also long term consumers are
certain, durable and long wearing.
One could start it as a small business, it
can also be a big business, just as big as anyone can imagine as long as you
have the capital and a good quality product to market. Starting laundry soap
production as a small business can commence from a small room in your
apartment.
Today, governments of some developing and underdeveloped nations
of the world place ban on the importation of some certain products in order to
encourage the growth of infant industries within their country of residence.
This can be a blessing in disguise for those who can reason and
see it as an opportunity and fill the gaps caused by the lack of certain
imported goods and services. Such is the case with laundry soap making
production.
This might therefore be the opportunity you are waiting for to make
money handsomely by filling the needs of your immediate environment and the
larger society when the time comes to grow big in laundry soap production.
The demand for laundry soap and its production is increasing by
the day. You could learn soap making production within a day or more. You can
learn by reading and following simple lay down procedural rules from scholars
and professionals.
Laundry soap production can commence from a small room in your
apartment or if you so prefer, it can start from your kitchen.
With a start of capital of about N 30,000 to N 50,000($300
and above) for a small cottage industry,
Between N 50,000 and N 150,000
($300 and $1000) for small scale,
And N1 50,000 to N250, 000 ($1000 and
$1500) for medium scale laundry soap production
For large scale production or if you are thinking of starting
big, consider this
MINIMUM COST OF INVESTMENT IN NIGERIA NAIRA VALUE AND DOLLAR
APPROXIMATION
Equipment and Fittings
|
15000
|
Raw materials
|
15000
|
Other expenses
|
15000
|
Total
|
45000
|
$
|
|
Equipment and Fittings
|
100
|
Raw materials
|
100
|
Other expenses
|
100
|
Total
|
30
|
WHAT
MATERIALS DO I NEED?
The ingredients for laundry soap production can be sourced locally or online if it is proves difficult to get it locally.
The ingredients for laundry soap production can be sourced locally or online if it is proves difficult to get it locally.
They include;
- Palmkernel oil,
- · Fatty acid,
- · Tab oil,
- · Shearbutter,
- · Causticsoda,
- · soda ash,
- · Sodiumsulphate,
- · Kaolin,
- · Silicate,
- · Perfume
- · Andcolorant.
- Mold
