I have several pounds of soap I want to rebatch, is there any power way to do this? I was thinking a food processor, but before I attempt anything I'm curious if anyone has tried it before.
Please let me know if you have any ideas.
I have let some of my bars cure for 6+ months, and they are still somewhat soft compared to mass-produced soap.
I primarily use this recipe:
12oz coconut oil
12oz olive oil
9.5oz soybean oil
8oz palm oil
12.5oz distilled water
6oz lye
heat oils to 100f
mix lye and water, let it cool to 100f...
She claimed to be making the soap herself.
Would it make a difference if were to rebatch a soap 3 times versus just doing it once? Does it get harder every time you rebatch?
I definitely don't have an industrial setting with high-pressure steel rollers - so anything I would be doing to make my...
Hi guys,
I have been making CP soap with fairly consistent success. I have only heard positive things about my soap, but nobody raves about it.
To me, my soap feels soft and does not last as long as I would like.
Not too long ago I went to a craft fair and saw a CP soaper. She told me that...
I ended up going with bramble berry (because I have learned from her YouTube videos and didn't realize she had a website).
Now I also want to get a nice mold, any suggestions for a site that has very nice but affordable molds?
I am talking about 3lb+ batch molds.
I was just doubling whatever it had said on the bottle / web site. The oils are supposed to be very concentrated - I don't remember my exact ratio - but I know that is was double what the site/bottle recommended for CP.
Is HP soap fragrance much better?
Hi everyone, I am looking to make a few batchs of CP soap in January - and am making my christmas list of fragrances/colors.
I found this list: http://candleandsoap.about.com/od/soapm ... colors.htm
of natural colorants, but the ingredients tend to be pricey on amazon.com ($10-25 per...
I often use the same recipe with different amounts of water. Depending upon how fast I want thick trace to form, I subtract or add water to my recipe.
The most water I will use is 2.5x the amount of lye used. The least I will use it 1.5x the lye used.
I have never had a problem with this...
I made a video tutorial on how I make CP soap - Please feel free to comment / criticize / rate it.
Check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=7EA3543F30A7E7C2
Thank you!
I plan to make more of these in the future
That is exactly what I have been looking for, thank you very much!
Any additional information on the following ingredients would make my day:
Peanut Oil
Beeswax
Sugar
Salt
Milk
Oatmeal
I have found that my soap often smells funny out of the mold, but then the smell goes away after a week or two.
The only time it has persisted was when I didn't add any fragrance to my lard soap.
My oatmeal soap smelled especially bad out of the mold, but now it smells great. Very weird.
I have searched and searched for descriptions of what different oils can instill in soap. The most comprehesive information I have found was at http://www.soap-making-resource.com/fatty-acids-soap-making.html
But that only shows what the different acids do.
Does anyone have a list of...