Search results

Wicked! Easy peasy. Got flying bubbles and paste in an hour or so. This is just a fantastic technique. Thank you for this thread. My soap is nice and clear....but a little drying. Looking over my recipe I realised I entered fractionated coconut oil not 76 into soapcalc. Can I do anything to...

Thanks to everyone contributing in this thread. I feel like I have my own set of soap tutors! I made the recipie I outlined...but swapped out the shea for olive oil. When I went to cut it (as I used a slab mould) it was really hot so I waited another hour (4 in total) It was still warm when I...

Wow an interesting read. Motivation for todays soaping adventure. Here is what I will try: CO at 90% Shea at 10% Superfat 15% After I run the above through soapcalc proceed as per normal CP and at medium trace at 25% table salt. Mould and cut a couple of hours later. Wait 4 weeks to cure...

Lots of soybean, sesame, and canola oils here. Not much else and certainly no reasonably priced milks other than standard brrakfast milk. I have used powdered coconut milk before. I can get many oils off the web....but they are somewhat expensive. I am going to try your suggestion of adding...

Obsidian....I have been assured the scents were for soap by one of the suppliers. The supplier of the jasmine hasn't answered. However the Jasmine that I have left over has separated into two layers. Your opinion on that would be appreciated. Not_ally.... Possibly. I am looking at reducing the...

@ newbie.....thats awesome! I will have to spend a bit of time studying it. @Obsidian thanks. They are some good general rules to think about @Coffeetime. Its a supplier here in Korea called Koreasimilac. I havent ordered anything from outside of korea. Its a freight cost/time thing really...

Hi Obsidian. Thanks for your comments. The beeswax I ran through the lye calc and melted in with the oils before adding the lye water. The Jasmine FO was from a supplier that may have been a bit dodgey. Is there a good guide to EO/FO's easy of use? Do you add the scents drop by drop or dump...

Hi Seawolfe / Hazel. The castile soap didnt lather or bubble very well. I probably should have waited more than 4 weeks tho. It also became quite slimy. I still have a couple of bars from that batch that I will dig out today and check out. Thanks for the inspiration!

When adding EO or FO I get super fast trace, sometimes almost instant, then glop. I dont need to use a stick blender, and I have become well aquainted with re-batching. Here is what I have done: I came up with a recipe that worked fine. This is easy I thought ( :roll: ) and went for the mother...

Thanks for the welcomes.

Hi all, I'm an Aussie living in korea looking for tips/advice/info on my quest for the perfect soap. I have been lurking for a couple of weeks. Really enjoying the info here and especially loved the thread on addiction to soap. I got into soap making because of a lack of sleep. My wife of 10...