Okay, so I bought some dog food at our local Tractor & Supply Co. this morning, and discovered that they carry little cans of pine tar in horse section. I've seen many posts on here and elsewhere about making pine tar soap and it's benefits, and my oldest stepson does have periodical trouble with eczema. I've performed searches on this site about pine tar, and I've gleaned a lot of info from that, but I still have some questions.
*My typical soap recipes include coconut oil, which I like for the cleansing/hardness factor...but I'm seeing that many people are using a high percentage of olive and lard, with little else in the way of oils. I've been tinkering with various lye calculators for pine tar soap, and using such a high lard and/or olive oil %, I come up with a very conditioning soap, but little in the way of cleansing and bubbliness, even with a bit of castor added. Would there be something wrong with using coconut oil in a pine tar recipe? I guess I have a hard time giving up any of the cleansing/bubbles when I use a soap.
*I know that pine tar needs to be soaped cool...would an ice bath like I use for my GM soaps be recommended for my lye water in this case?
*It's best to add the pine tar to my melted oils, stick blend just the oils together, and then add my lye water...after that, I stir by hand to avoid soap on a stick? I also know to have my melted oils just warm, as the object is to soap cool...
*Once it's in the mold, would it be recommended to pop my mold into the freezer? I always use a 3# wooden log mold. I'm sort of used to doing this when I make my GM soaps...but is it recommended or helpful in pine tar soap?
*The recipe I'd like to try is as follows...any feedback would be most helpful:
24 oz. lard
14.4 oz. coconut oil (not sure about this one...again, coconut oil doesn't seem to be too popular in PT soap, but I hate to sacrifice it in my recipe, if at all possible)
9.6 oz. pine tar
6.43 oz lye
18 oz distilled water
I've run it through soapcalc, and I'm fairly happy with the numbers...thanks for reading my long ramblings!!!
*My typical soap recipes include coconut oil, which I like for the cleansing/hardness factor...but I'm seeing that many people are using a high percentage of olive and lard, with little else in the way of oils. I've been tinkering with various lye calculators for pine tar soap, and using such a high lard and/or olive oil %, I come up with a very conditioning soap, but little in the way of cleansing and bubbliness, even with a bit of castor added. Would there be something wrong with using coconut oil in a pine tar recipe? I guess I have a hard time giving up any of the cleansing/bubbles when I use a soap.
*I know that pine tar needs to be soaped cool...would an ice bath like I use for my GM soaps be recommended for my lye water in this case?
*It's best to add the pine tar to my melted oils, stick blend just the oils together, and then add my lye water...after that, I stir by hand to avoid soap on a stick? I also know to have my melted oils just warm, as the object is to soap cool...
*Once it's in the mold, would it be recommended to pop my mold into the freezer? I always use a 3# wooden log mold. I'm sort of used to doing this when I make my GM soaps...but is it recommended or helpful in pine tar soap?
*The recipe I'd like to try is as follows...any feedback would be most helpful:
24 oz. lard
14.4 oz. coconut oil (not sure about this one...again, coconut oil doesn't seem to be too popular in PT soap, but I hate to sacrifice it in my recipe, if at all possible)
9.6 oz. pine tar
6.43 oz lye
18 oz distilled water
I've run it through soapcalc, and I'm fairly happy with the numbers...thanks for reading my long ramblings!!!