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I make a cloudy OO 85: CO 15 liquid soap with 5% SF that is much more dying than Dr. B. Is there any way to make Liquid or Bar soap not drying without upping the SF? Upping the SF is a real pain because it gives that "hard to wash off" feeling that turns people completely off, especially with...

They all seem pretty good and have their own advantages. I use soapcalc 95% of the time, primarily because it has every kind of oil I use. It does the job, though it has several big limitations and it's interface feels outdated.

I should have called it handwash; its not soap at all, its SLS probably brought from China and mixed locallly. I'd still like to know where to get some of those discount perfume/colors that they use since I believe its the same ones used in commercial soap bars that are mainly sodium palmate.

My family uses a $1.5 dollar liquid handsoap that, while not the most exotic, does have nice scents. I cannot imagine they use the high quality FOs, let alone the EOs that we do. My bars cost as follows: 65% FOs 25% Oils & lye 10% Color and other additives I would like to use some of...

When a batch of mine goes bad, I either rebatch (like you just did) or turn it into liquid soap. Liquid soap is easy to neutralize with citric acid. I don't have any ph strips so I do this: Once your soap is a free flowing liquid, dilute 5g in as little water as possible, add it and stir for a...

I've gone back to check and you're right, no-one states the purity and corrected my previous post. This is somewhat confusing now as I thought my biggest problem was low purity stearic. If a recipe calls for 30g stearic then do I add 30g of my powder (65% stearic 33% Palmitic) or do I increase...

Lee, that's quite interesting. Do you know what purity the stearic used in our soapmaking usually is? I see brambleberry sells in small quantities, (correction:) which I thought were 99% but their purity is not stated.

Wow guys thanks for the advice. I was expecting the problem to be much more dire! I've been making variations of the 33/33/33 coconut/palm/olive recipe for personal use and picked up both the 1/3 coconut and the 5% sf from there. I've done 8% sf before and not sure what to think of it. There...

The Stearic I found is 65% pure with 35% palmitic. Better than nothing I guess. (Img not working so I uploaded it.) I HPed the soap and it turned out really quite nice, bubbly and creamy, but now I have 2 major problems. 1. After 2-3 uses it feels drying. I really don't want to up the...

Seven, Aline : At this point I don't think there is a viable market. Due to many issues, some of which I have overcome, some of which you are all helping me with, the prices of the bars are very high. A 110-145g unscented castile bar goes for about $10 so the few people that would be interested...

Worst case I would shave off the exposed parts and turn the bars into liquid soap which I'd boil for a while. Don't forget to litter the area with mouse traps. Or a cat.

You're right Susie, I should have mentioned more. The post was getting long and I wanted to submit before timing out (timed out anyway). Didn't expect replies so soon :wave: Thank you! I live in the middle east where rendered animal fats are not commercially available. Animals are imported and...

Added more details like region, editing for typos and clarity. Quick Intro: I've been making soaps for fun & home use for over a year. I still read all about soaping and can't stop browsing people's creations and videos. I feeling very much like this is my long lost hobby. The kids have fun...

Unfortunately I live in a remote area that does not have an arts and crafts community. I'm unable to get any arts & craft supplies for my soap making, however the chemicals suppliers have offered to supply the following Glycols but I have no idea which one to use to make a MP soap base. Mono...

Hey guys, Most of the week, and especially when I have some free time, I'm limited by the oils that my local store has available. That's: Sunflower Cornoil Canola Coconut Oil (76) Olive pommace Gingelly Glycerine & Borax No Safflower, No castor & NO palm ! ( but they have palm olein) I've...