Recent content by kbuska

Thanks everyone!

2nd attempt, cold process liquid soap. BB lab color, black rasp vanilla. Im going to let it rest and I want to thicken it. It's the consistency of thin dish soap.

Thank you everyone for your thoughts. I'm going to toss it. I added 4 oz of Olive Oil and 3 oz of Castor oil and heated it back up again. Well then I fell asleep and when I woke up this morning, most of it was on my counter and floor. YAY! Going to spend some time reading through the forum here...

I touched it to my tongue. sorry if I left that part out.

Thanks, I have made cold process soap since 2011 (I used to frequent the board quite a bit) but am a bit rusty. LS is foreign to me. I guess I should toss the book and read the forum. -Ken

Thanks all. I know better then to not run it through, just neglected to think, I suppose. The book does call for a borax neutralizer and I added the glycerin to speed trace but yes, I should have substituted the water. It's a honor to live my life as warning to others. ;)

Drops indicated high Ph but I put some on my finger and not really any zap. That may be because its so diluted with water. Here are updated pictures

So the soapcalc indicated way to much water and too much lye. Should I cook the water out and add more oil or should I add more oil and lye to equal the amount of water. I would need to change to cooking vessel. I will post a picture of what it looks like this morning.

Recipe from book. Making Natural Liquid Soaps: Herbal Shower Gels, Conditioning Shampoos, Moisturizing Hand Soaps, Luxurious Bubble Baths, and more https://www.amazon.com/dp/1580172431/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

Cold process guy here trying his hand at liquid soap (shampoo). As a first attempt I tried the following. 39 oz Olive Oil 8 oz Castor Oil 13 oz Pot Hydr 39 oz Distilled water I combined them at 160 degrees and after 10 minutes of stick blending, I added 8 oz of glycerin. I then stick blended...

Happy Easter everyone. For those of you who make lip balm for summer use, what percentage do you use that passes your pocket test? My current recipe calls for 30%. Thanks, Ken

I've cut my last slanted bar of soap peeps. I need help in determining whether the Tank is still the best option or if the Multi-bar cutter is a great alternative. -Ken

Purchased a KD-8000, should be here early next week! YAY! Cheers, Ken

I bought a nice jewelers scale when I first started but I'm finding it doesn't work well if i'm making large batches. What do you use when making 20 - 60 bars at a time? ie. ~300 oz of soap. BTW. Hello again to my old friends!

Thank you all for your kind advice. I think I will play nice and just try not to let it bother me as much. Hazel, from your awesome tag lines "The last thing I want to do is hurt you...but it's still on my list." you have always appeared to me as a true bad a$$ but perhaps you are a softy who...