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Hi, my question is can I use 90% KOH And 10% NaOH and Oils to make liquid soap? Running the recipe through Summerbee's it says 12.15 oz. KOH and 1.35 NaOH but I won't be using alcohol, glycerin or Potassium Carbonate. My concern is will this cook to a paste and will I be able to dilute the paste...

Hi everyone, my question is what colorants do I use for coloring liquid soap? I have used food grade liquid colors before with no fading or staining the wash cloth but someone told me I'm not supposed to use food colors. So what safe colorants can I use? Any help would be appreciated, Thanks

Hello, I'm making about a gallon of liquid soap and wanted to know if I need to use a preservative? Any help would be much appreciated, Thanks

Hi everyone, this is my first attempt at making LS and I have some questions and would very much appreciate help from experienced LS soapers. I have my oils measured out and was trying to get the right lye amount and water calculated but I'm coming up with different amounts from Soap Calc and...

Hi all, Ok I'm the one who made the mistake of adding lye amount for water. I finally was able to fix that mistake and now trying to use the soap, but it is not a deodorizing bar. I stopped buying antiperspirant deodorants so without using store bought bar soap that contain detergents and...

Hi everyone, just wanted to know if I can use vanilla extract to scent my HP soap batch after it has cooked and cooled?

Hi everyone, I'm new here and to soaping. Last night I attempted my 2nd batch of HP soap it was a simple recipe with only 8oz. each of 2 oils so I don't know how I messed it up but I think I added the same amount of lye as water which was 6 oz. I cooked the soap 6 hours and it would not gel and...