Recent content by Joeloks

Sure, definitely ! I stay in a humid tropical climate. As I get my hands used to soap making I am realizing that the weather and water do have impact on curing and the way soap works. I am a big fan of bar soap for dishes. It doesn't get very mushy.

I shall cold process next time. Thank you for that quick reply :-)

Thanks a lot for sharing that tip Alioop !! My empty cream jars found a new purpose :-) I will try this out next time. I made a 100% coconut oil with HP. I am not having issue with the lather, but its quite hard. Maybe i overcooked it, as i just used very little quantity. Thanks again !

Thank you for sharing that article Nona. I think adding them seoerately makes more sense though. God bless ! Hope you all have a great week ahead.

Thank you artemis ! I did find a few on laundry bar but not much on dish-wash bars. Still looking. Hopefully i find some. Especially, hot process.

Hi Nona. Thank you for sharing that recipe. You grate it ? I did not get you. Should we add something after grating ? Please explain..

Hi, did anyone here try making a dish-wash bar ? Along with a shower soap n toothpaste, guess I have to deal with dishwashing and laundry for the rest of my life and thought of checking out if I can do something sustainable and affordable about it. Did anyone try to make a dishwashing bar ? If...

Thank you all !! This forum is such a blessing. I shall try making small batches n experiment. That makes more sense. And also the zap test.. I should try that next time :-)

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. It helps a lot to hear from your experiences. What uoi said is very true.. I started off with melting the saop base and quickly shifted to hot process. As you advised, I shall stick to this and try out things in small batches. Thank you for all the support:-)

I did try soapcalc, but I am also looking into the the calculator that is there on this forum. And yes, it does help a lot in understanding what is what. Sometimes I couldn't stop my temptation of adding without measuring as I do it when I cook food :-) I anyways learnt my lesson :-)

Thank you for a reply Linne ! I Rebatched it and added some more lye water and coconut oil and kokum butter. It turned out amazing !! The bars are hard and lovely by morning. The only problem is, I now don't know what are the measurements for the earlier one, so i cant use the same formula again...

Honestly, i have no clue. I calculated something in the soapcalc, but my weighing scale had different goals., and i ended up with something else :-) Even before i got a reply on this thread i decided to rebatch it and tried that as well. i added 40gm of lye, 170 gm coconut oil and 5 gm of kokum...

Thank you for that reply !! I shall try this calculator. And now that i landed on this amazing forum, i will go through all those hot soap threads for sure :-)

Thanks a lot for that detailed reply. I should have started cold process first, before getting myself into hot process soap making. I will surely have that scale changed/ tested. i somehow felt its because of the castor oil. Read somewhere that too much of it makes the bars sticky. Thanks...

Hi, thanks a lot for the reply. Its more like small droplets of water, but when i touch it feels more like oil. I use 62g to 170gm lye to water ratio. I added one teaspoon of salt. I cooked for an hour and stopped and poured into molds when saw that its glistening and leaves the spatula...