Recent content by dennisn

I shaved with the soap this morning. I really couldn't believe how good it was. I will play around with the suggestions here like moving away from castor oil, however I believe the increased stearic acid and KOH percentage made a HUGE difference. I have used many different soaps including...

I just did a quick hand lather (yeah, couldn't wait) and WOW! I'm really surprised at just how good the lather actually is. The scent is pretty killer too. I have paid for many soaps which are of less quality. Yep. I'm hooked. :)

Thanks again everyone! I'm blown away with the amount of input. I'll have to pay it forward once I know what I'm doing. :) I made another small batch today with the modified recipe below. I haven't lathered the soap yet, but it looks a whole lot more like the soap I am used to buying from...

Tada! The light bulb just went off. The lye calculator essentially puts in enough lye to react with 95% of the oils if SF set at 5%. I'm racing to the crockpot to give it another run. :)

Wow! I wasn't sure I'd get a response as this was my first post here. All of these were extremely helpful! Thank you all very much! :) Clarifying question about superfat: when using the hot process, when someone says "superfat at 8%" does that mean I add 1.28oz (8% of 16oz of oils) at the end...

Not good. Functional in a pinch, but the lather was thin and it was very dry in post shave. I could literally hear the bubbles popping on my face. It's one redeeming quality was the slickness. It was very slick. I would love some advice on the next batch. Here's what it looked like: Here's...