Recent content by BigJimmyW13

So, I am going to backtrack from liquid soap, for now, since it is supposedly more difficult than bar soap to produce. Apparently, I've been trying to drive a car before crawling. :mrgreen: Any suggestions on a simple, gentle and moisturizing bar soap recipes that I should begin with/attempt?

I'm sure you're right! I definitely plan on giving Irish Lass's recipe a go. It'll be a good learning experience and I'll be able to see the process the liquid takes to saponify.

I was actually just remaking it so you could see the before and after, not necessarily trying to make this formula work. I also am not using the preservative Euxyl PE 9010. That is the one difference from the recipe.

Alright, so I went ahead and attempted to make it again.. Don't judge me on my hotplate's appearance. The first picture is right after adding Phase B to Phase A. The 2nd picture is after cutting the heat and adding Phase C to Phase AB. There is definitely a difference in color and it is...

I thought about that as well. Although I seemingly can't find my rubbing alcohol. So when I go to town tomorrow I will pick some up and maybe try the recipe again. I should also add that I did a taste test and it definitely tasted like soap.

It's been sitting all day, but the foam really is thick, thick. That spoon doesn't move when I turn it on it's side. It's not solid, but very thick.

I don't have a before picture as I figured it a complete failure, but the whole thing is just the foam. All the way through. This is a picture of the bottom.

Here's a picture of the result after I added some water and blended it again. The foam is very, very thick.

I planned on making the soap myself all along, I hired a chemist to give me a starting block on reproducing the other product. It was never an intention to have someone else produce the soap. Which as almost all of you have said, the original product ingredient's list doesn't really make sense...

Any suggestions on KOH brands? I was going to buy this KOH, but after reading some reviews I realized there is a slight consistency issue on purity. Any thoughts? If you read the first 4 star review I believe that is the one that talks about the purity.

I know that they clearly are hiding whether the used NaOH or KOH by listing the oils as saponified, so anything is possible. I know that there are plenty of companies that don't list their ingredients list 100% as well. If it seems like I'm looking for a spoon feeding here, I'm sorry if I...

Of course one of the other issues that I run into is lack of experience. I don't know what this should look like when it's ready. I know the old zap test from my grandma, but that doesn't tell me what I did wrong on the basis of looks. I will likely try to contact him and propose the changes...

The first attempt resulted in an oily glop, yes. I assumed I overcooked it so I re-attempted it and ended up with a mixture that separated almost immediately. Those are the 2 results I have achieved with this recipe. One way or the other. Usually resulting in a mixture that separates. I have...

I sent him a sample of the original product and that's what he decided "based on what it looks like and feels like". Definitely not going the detergent based route. The book I started reading recently was talking about making a paste first and then diluting it down. I will have to read a bit...

I know why the product contains each ingredient. It's a matter of when I attempt to recreate it, it doesn't go so smoothly.. I'm new to soap making, not new to most of the ingredients that go into it. On the vagueness, once again. I am cautious of naming it, but as doriettefarm stated, "you'd...