Oops I didn't even look at the video before I posted...it suggested the same thing I just did :oops: only with a more concentrated lye/water solution. Sorry!
If you didn't want to make an all goatsmilk batch, you can dissolve the lye in water and add cold condensed goatsmilk after adding the lye water to the oils or at very early trace. My go to recipe calls for 14 oz of total liquid and I dissolve the lye in 8 oz of water and then add 6 oz of cold...
I do enjoy candles, but especially love my oil burners. Does anyone know why certain fragrance oils put out hardly any scent while others have a great throw??? Is is related to flashpoint of the fragrance oil? What is really weird is that I have made candles with a fo that has an excellent...
I'm sorry everything went so bad. I have made lots of goatsmilk soap with fresh, frozen, and evaporated goatsmilk but prefer the evaporated. Love that it is shelf stable so I can make it whenever the mood hits. To avoid burning the goatsmilk, I mix my lye with water and add the cold condensed...
Hey all! Thanks for the responses. I was asking about using Borax in bar soap. I found some info about using it in liquid soap by doing a search of the CP forum (mostly about Borax and neutrality in liquid soap) but couldn't find out much about the effect in bar soap. I have never tried to...
I found a hot process soap recipe online and it calls for 1 TBS of Borax to be stirred into the water before adding lye. Does anyone know what Borax would add to the soap? I made the soap with the Borax and it turned out really nice with very fluid pour. Just wondered about the Borax-it seems...
Hey SueSoap, does the Agave add the same properties (boosting bubbliness) if added to HP soap after cook. I was asking because I do both CP and HP but mainly CP. It would be great to be able to add Agave after HP cook and reduce the chances of the soap overheating and discoloring. :D
Has anyone ever used agave nectar in soap? I have used honey many times (and liked the results) and wondered if agave might provide similar qualities without causing overheating or excessive browning. I have a friend that loves agave and I thought it might make a unique gift to create a soap...
Does Brambleberry offer any Phtalate Free fragrance oils? I cannot seem to find any information about that on the website and am thinking that they may not. Thanks!
I make both HP and CP soap and prefer CP. I started making HP after a batch of my CP turned up with a lye pocket. Concerned about the risk of lye making its way into a bar of finished CP soap I started to HP (cook to neutrality and have no danger of active lye in the finished soap). There...
Be careful not to let raw soap go down your drains when you are cleaning up after making a batch of soap. I used to wipe everything down with paper towels and then wash the equipment in the sink. After a few months, the tiny bit of raw soap left on the equipment (after wiping nearly all off...