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BIG TIME ENABLER!!! LOL Sent from my SGH-T679 using Soap Making mobile app

Nothing is wrong with citric acid. I use borax because I have it. Just go easy with that and yes, the diluting. :) Sent from my SGH-T679 using Soap Making mobile app

Try the longer cook and going light on the neutalizing...that may help. Sent from my SGH-T679 using Soap Making mobile app

No I haven't. But you can use warmed glycerin to make your lye water. Soaping101 on youtube has an excellent tutorial on this method. Sent from my SGH-T679 using Soap Making mobile app

I use it for hands too...its a little harsh though. You could always drop the CO to 20% and up the soy to 70% and recalculate the lye. You can also use lard if you dont mind the cloudiness. Sent from my SGH-T679 using Soap Making mobile app

It is easy. 70% soybean, 30% coconut and KOH for zero superfat according to either the Brambleberry or Summerbee Meadow calculator (both calculate for impurities in KOH). Weigh everything and get your oils in the crockpot on high. When the CO is melted...add the weighed KOH to weighed water...

I will share a couple of tips. Stick blend until you get soap on a stick. Cover the pot and place in a 170F oven. Check every half an hour for the first hour or two and stir if it separates. Then just leave it covered in the 170F oven overnight. LEAVE THE OVEN ON. Next morning just weigh and...

No. You can pour it into the mold at trace and insulate or not. It will become soap. Just give it an extra couple of days to cut if you do not insulate. :-) Sent from my SGH-T679 using Soap Making mobile app

Very pretty. Sent from my SGH-T679 using Soap Making mobile app

LOL...wish it was the only spatter...I need to deep clean. I like soybean oil in liquid soap...it has a nice skin feel and makes very clear soap for cheap. I don't care for it in bar soap because I get DOS if I use much more than 10-15%. Sent from my SGH-T679 using Soap Making mobile app

Cute babies...upside down or not. :p I have five little ones...two Pomeranians...two chihuahuas...a rat terrier (and a patridge in a pear tree). Sent from my SGH-T679 using Soap Making mobile app

I agree...if you are a cheapskate like me you can use part lard or Great Value shortening (beef tallow and palm) along with the coconut oil and it will still work well. No worries on it prematurely wearing out clothing. Even lye heavy is not a problem for anything except wool or silk. Excess...

Hand wash only...this is not suitable for an automatic dishwasher....you would have a suds overflow, film, or both. Personally, I like the tried and true borax neutralising b/c it is far less likely to cloud the soap. Sent from my SGH-T679 using Soap Making mobile app

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This was one of the reasons that liquid laundry detergent is a relative newcomer to the scene. Manufacturers had the same problems trying to formulate a liquid detergent that cleaned well and didn't congeal, separate, etc... They really didn't get it completely right until the mid 80s and...