Recent content by Bigun

So I'm used to making hot process soap: 925 G Lard 250 G Coconut Oil 250 G Olive Oil 75 G Castor Oil 570 G Goats Milk 208.9 G Lye 46.5 G Fragrance Dump all oils into crock pot to melt. Mix milk and lye to get the reaction going and start cooling off. After, mix together until reaction...

The topic has derailed, but I've gotten my answer and this new topic is worthy of discussion. Bottom line, it depends on the person. So the real argument is, which one is the majority? People who try things one time and base future trials on the product based on that experience. Or those...

I have no desire to rush into anything. I just think it's odd for people to try to rush someone else into it is all. I'll put it this way. I'm a network administrator by trade, and no one has ever suggested I go into business for myself when I fix a friend's/family member's computer...

I don't know if this has happened to any of you, but I started this whole soap making thing as a curious little hobby, something I saw on a YouTube video that I wanted to try (this video to be exact: https://youtu.be/4_c4HjVGk3I). I kept improving on the methods and the recipe, a few examples...

When I first started, I was buying from Brambleberry (scents and lye). But after making several batches I found the amount of lye I was buying (at their cost) was far too high. I've recently switched to using Bulk Apothecary. I bought a 50 lbs drum of lye that should last me quite a...

Always, I'm just saying 100% really has no benefits unto itself that I can see. I'll try motor oil if it would make good soap.

Alright, it's cured. Did my first wash and first impression was, soooo much better than 100% lard. Will not go back if experiences beyond first wash are like this or better. Lathers up easily and quickly, bubbles hold really well, scent seems to hold better, I really am not seeing a...

You know, I started this as a hobby, and after doing it for a while, I'm starting to wonder what kind of process is involved with store bought soap. You know there isn't a 6 week curing process involved there.

Thank you, I was wondering if the only think happening during curing was water related.

I'm curing some sandlewood scented soap, I may try that, a smokey smell wouldn't hurt them.

Tis' the time of year to start using my fireplace/wood furnace. When I use it, it dries out the air in the house to near extreme levels. Gave me a thought, can curing soap cure better/faster in really dry air (on the mantle for instance)?

I've always used store bought lard and it turn out great.

I'm not discounting the atrocities that people went through and that the actions of Germany, the holocaust, and the SS were indeed near approaching unforgivable. I've seen the videos in my youth of bodies, by the hundreds, being tossed into open holes. I've watched several documentaries of...

The video of the guy who actually did it, had to render his own fat, getting the blood out and whatnot.

Imagine rendering that crap... :sick::sick::sick::sick: