Recent content by deafsoaper

Really?! Never heard of this... interesting

I don't use mica... only natural colorants I just use 4g per 410g of oils/butters ... I just melt the oils/butters and then use the charcoal and kaolin clay then add my lye solution ... that it I'm sure you can add the charcoal after u mix oil and lye together or add it at trace.. i assumed...

Good idea but ain't buying one Gonna just MacGyver it and use a food blowtorch that i already have and heat up a nail or screw and make holes with it

Lol thanks I just keep it simple with the top... I wait til it like medium trace and use the spoon from the side to the middle and turn it around and do it again to overlap it ... the other design is just a toothpick and do circle motion from the front to the back, only like 1/4" deep ..that it...

Just use heat and something metal rod to melt through the plastic Making soaps since early summer last year... made designs simple, nothing crazy lol

After I cured my soaps for 4-6 weeks Can I use dollar store plastic container for each scent to store them? I assumed I have to put a few holes on each side or don't have to?

Yeah I'm using distilled water for sure.. lol good to know on the smell... do you freeze your coffee water? I found a coffee that said extra fine grind... most of them are coarse or fine grind... hopefully it good enough that I dont have to grind it lol alright thanks for the tips... do you...

I want to do a coffee soap but I wasn't sure on the strength of the coffee to use. I assumed to make brew coffee and replace the water amount of the recipe. Do i follow what the instruction said to make coffee. it said 2 tablespoon (15g) and 250ml of water or should I increase or decrease the...

thanks for the information and reccommendation look like liquid soap is a bit more fussy than I thought lol

Hi, I been making cold process soap since summer last year and been going good. I want to try and get into liquid soap my cold process recipe is 85.6g water 57.07g NaOH 410g Oils superfat 7% water: lye ratio is 1.5: 1 additional to the recipe with 4.1g citric acid and 2.33g NaOH I convert...

Hi My basic soap recipe is Water - 84.60g Lye - 57.07g Oils - 410g Additive 4.1g citric acid and additional 2.3g Lye Superfat 7% Water/lye ratio 1.5:1 I want to add 30g of seamoss gel .. so roughly it 2.5g dried seamoss itself and 27.5g Distilled water and probably add it to the oils...

Yeah it my first salt bar... thank God it only 1lb sample lol Make sense that it still caustic

It said 61.36g My recipe use 59.4g... should be ok

Hey I forgot to add my citric acid to my soap. I just notice my measured out citric acid sitting on my counter Is it still usable? Or is it too lye heavy that it will make the skin itch? Smh disappointed in myself... 1st time this happen to me lol

Yeah ...don't want to do cavity molds Will look off shape wise comparing to the non-salt soaps I make in a loaf mold.. will try it again another time