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All y'all are wonderful. Thanks so much. I really appreciate all the great information. I just made my second batch of soap a couple days ago. (Actually my wife made the first batch without me.) The first batch was nothing but mixed tallow-lard, water, and lye. On the second batch we used...

Thanks so much for the tips and encouragement, Lindy. I'm getting more and more fascinated in the whole world of soap making. I kind of made my first batch of soap yesterday, and it seems to have worked great. (I say "kind of" because my wife actually made the batch with a friend while I was...

I have yet to make my first batch of soap, so I can't give you any firsthand advice, but I can tell you that a soap making book I have, Soap: Making it, Enjoying It by Ann Bramson lists butter in a short table of fats/oils. Describing the characteristics of soap made with butter the table says...

Hi, Thanks for the welcomes. I'm sure I'll find herbs and additives to spruce things up with over time, but for starters I'm wanting to work more on the fundamentals. I'd like to correct/counterbalance whatever the weaknesses of tallow would be. Lindy, you mentioned using coconut oil and...

Hi everyone, My interest in soap making is to make soap with homegrown ingredients. I know I can make soap with just beef tallow, lye, and water, but it sounds like that might not be the nicest soap. So my question for you all is which of the following ingredients would improve tallow soap...