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Hello! Been a while! I"m just curious if any of you could shed some light on if PKF, Palm Kernel Flakes, are not a good idea for liquid soap in any certain percenages? I made a batch and with around 35% PKF and it didn't even gel properly. it was pretty bad. I think I may have bad Glycerine...

I'm curious if anyone can provide me some good information on extracts in conjunction with Liquids Soap. I'm seeing products made with extracts instead of essential oils and i'm guessing because they contain alcohol which allows them to emulsify without any other ingredients. What percentage...

Curious to know anyone's input on if they think that Dr. Bronner's Liquid soap uses Hemp and jojoba as a part of the saponified oils, or do you think it is just used as a superfat? Considering their emolliency, I was just wondering if anyone has used them as such in their recipes or their best...

I'm using the Glycerine method to make my liquid soap. I purchased a huge amount of it in March 2013 (about 8 gallons). I also bought a lot of KOH from Essential Depot. I made liquid soap with this a little less than 2 years ago. I made a lot of soap. I heat up the Glycerine to about 230...

Someone said you could formulate a recipie using both types of lye, but i'm curious what for? To add thickness to a liquid soap recipie? What uses would it have and has anyone done this in any of their recipes?

Hey all! I'm asking this question because I know you have to let bar soap sit, and I have seen that you should let liquid soap sequester for a week or so also, or am I wrong on this? I guess, I have been assuming that liquid soap sequestering is really only for clarity.. until today. I had...

http://www.mcleancentre.org I can't find anyone on the internet saying anything about them. I made a purchase for polysorbate 20 and a few other items for my soap and i'm hoping my credit card doesn't end up somewhere fraudulent. The security certificate is expired, they didnt' respond to an...

I'm seeing info that because of the high PH of soap, preservatives are not necessary. I'm also hearing liquid soap can go rancid. I'm not sure what to belive. I know DOS with bar soap is common. If a preservative is needed for certain liquid soap recipies, what do you suggest? I've heard...

Superfatted liquid soap skin cleansing compositions I found this patent on google while doing research on superfatting liquid soap and found the process by which they make soap to be very interesting. They actuallly put the oil into the water/koh mixture ALREADY diluted. I wonder if following...

Hello all! This is my first post, thanks for the great info on here! Here is my problem: I've been making liquid soap and have no desire to make bar soap. My first few batches were competely botched because I didn't have the right ingredients and didn't read enough (I actually tried...