Recent content by Benjifrazer

Try a coconut only dual lye hot process soap then sub in etehelene glycol for 25% of the water amount after cook - keep super fat at 0 - it will be a cleansing bar which should remove acrylic residue - synthetic brushes will be fine, but you would need to wash natural brushes after they are...

Sodium hydroxide and aluminum is highly exothermic and causes Hydrogen gas release which is explosive - dont use aluminum with NaoH!!!

You would need to be able to distill or extract fragrances - you can steam distill things like rosemary or lavender using a still setup - however you would't be able to sell this soap as you could not be certain of the purity pof the essential oils you produce. - be careful too as essential oils...

I will soap at between 32-45°C (90-107.5°F) - but i will also keep the batter fluid enough to fill the gaps and wait fir the layer to set up enough to scrape.

Yes this is multiple batches - you need to soap cool however as this is scraped layers you do need it to set up to be able to scrape each layer

Essential oils wont react with the lye as they are not fatty acid oils - so you would essentially consume your superfat

My mount fuji scraped layer soap

Adding supertight angles is great if you have one mould - but i have multiples so i try not to add really sharp corners as they are more likely to snap the wire

This is my latest design with a video up on YouTube. https://youtube.com/@QueerBullSoap?si=lDdzXiKMUpbJAP29

Heres my idea for a mint chocolate (After Dinner) Soap - it uses real white chocolate melted into the oils and cocoa powder for the chocolate part (and offers a mild exfoliant)

If you have your CSPR - you will need a Product information file. This is where you will list every batch you make. This will include the batch numbers of each ingredient. Date of manufacture etc. you will then need to add your soap to the government online portal and you also need a pair of...

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Please And there is always a gate keeper... how rude you are.

a rule of thumb. i use is harder oils for harder band softer oils for softer bar - i usually aim for a 50/50 split but within 10% either way.

This is a soap bar cage. this is designed to hold a bar of soap and allows you to swish it around in water for dish washing. Depending on your soap. it may be good to wash dishes but you might find fragrance oil sits on them and you dont want to eat it really. I also use my bar soap to wash the...