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I am making "Soap Bait" for a catfish fishing trip this weekend, and i want the soap to be soft and mold-able, without using KOH, i want to do Sodium Hydroxide. How would i go about that? Up the water amount? Lower the lye? do a Very High Superfat around 25-50%? I want it to be about the...

Anyone have a SAP Value for Buffalo tallow? I may have acess to a local source for Buffalo tallow.

Anyone know a good source for making your own shampoo and conditioner? I mean from scratch by the way, just like we make soap only to end with a liquid shampoo and liquid conditioner. I have tried googling it and i am just not finding much.

Ok now that i have actually got CPOP to work without bubbling all over the place, i am considering doing it more often. But i do have a couple of questions. I have read that after doing CPOP the soap is often no zap. I did a test on the batch i just made that actually worked, and the pH was...

I decided to try CPOP today for the first time on a batch of GV Shortening,lard, and castor Oil soap. I Melted the oils, Mixed up the Lye, Added Silkworm Silk to the Lye dissolved it, mixed up the soap, got a nice fast thick trace, Poured it into a glass baking pan and put in it my oven on warm...

I did a big order today, and well, i ordered silk to use in my soap and i got to thinking, there has GOT to be a cheaper way to get silk worm silk. So after some checking around on the web, i found a place that sells silkworm Eggs, so i thought what the heck i have a spare 10g fish tank with a...

I have someone that wants me to make Pure Olive Oil Soap, which is great i love me some Olive Oil Soap, But i got to thinking he is gonna pay me to do it which is also fine by me, But the one problem i have always had with Olive Oil Soap is the bar is just so soft and never lasts long enough...

When using Beer in soap, be ready for a near instant trace! Literally 45 seconds to trace. Also, Mental note to self, Mix lye in water NOT beer it doesn't dissolve well in Home brewed beer. I got a bad feeling this batch is gonna be a total flop...

If you read my introduction section post, you know i am a home brewer. I am also an author of a Home brewing recipe book call Bizarre brews 101. One of my favorite parts of my first Book is the tip section from Other home brewers from the brewing forums i am on. So i thought, Since i have a...

Im not noob by any means but i have seen something that i have personally never done in a lot of posts and i gotta ask why. I have seen a lot of post with people saying they put their soap in the oven for an hour Why is that? All i have ever done is put plastic wrap over the top, wrapped...

I was at the Town and country store a few days ago and i noticed that they Have Liquid Lye, Its the same brand as i am using now, Rooto, it also says 100% Lye just like the rooto Crystals i am using now. So my question's are these, since it is 100% Lye just in liquid form, is it usable in...

Well it was bound to happen sooner or later, and it finally did, i had a batch that i just have no clue what happened lol. It is a pure Olive Oil soap and i used Turmeric as a colorant. All numbers were ran through soap calc, all measurements were spot on, and I have a soap that is Sticky and...

Hey all, just wondering what everyone's favorite Base oil or Base oil Blend is? I have a few favs depending on the soap, but my most fav is Olive oil/coconut oil 50/50 blend.

For those who read my introduction, you know i am in the process of starting my own home soap making business, i was wondering if anyone has found a good cheap site for bulk oils? I have found a few, but at this rate ill have to order from 20 different sites just to get the best deal on all the...

Hi all, Fellow soap maker here. I do cold process. I have been working pretty much with only stuff bought locally as of now, but i am in the process of gathering funds to start a home soap making business. I have a widget up on the chip in website. Ill share a link for those who wanna check it...