Recent content by dbailey14

I will be sure to read some of the beginner forums. I kind of jumped right in before, thinking there was not much to know. Clearly I was mistaken.

Okay so not for laundry soap. I'll give them to my boyfriend who is a blacksmith. He's always in need of a decently strong soap for his hands.

Thank you all for your suggestions. I just used only coconut oil for simplicity since it was my first attempt. After it cures I'll use it for my laundry since I do normally make my own with grated soap. I'll try a different recipe for a general body/face soap. I was mostly worried I had not...

I used 16.5 oz coconut oil, 2.72 oz of lye, 6.27 oz of water. If these proportions seem reasonable then perhaps I do just need to let it cure. I guess I just got a little too excited to use it, haha.

I made my first batch of hot process soap on Saturday using just coconut oil, water, and lye to keep it simple. I used a tried and true recipe by an experienced soapmaker and ran it through a calculator so I know my proportions were correct. I had no problems blending to trace, I cooked it in...