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I did run it thru soapcalc but left it at 5% superfat without realizing it. I added a small amount of more lye to this cooked it for another hour, then added 1 cup of lemon juice to neutralize and 1 bottle of beer. To my suprise it gelled up nicely and looks and feels wonderful. I tried the...

second try I just did this one and when I diluted it, it came out nice but 3 days later it is separating and there is thin liquid soap below the opaque soap. How do you keep it from doing this? here is the recipe 3oz castor oil 3oz coconut oil 9oz cottonseed oil 12oz olive oil 3oz...

soap fiasco yes, I did use palmolein but I used it in soap calc which recognizes it and did not list it as palm oil. I have used palmolein before and it seems to work well as an added soft oil. I will make another batch using a much lower ratio of castor oil. soapcalc can be confusing that...

Can someone help me figure out what happened here? :problem: According to soapcalc this liquid soap should have had a bubbly ratio of 56 but the actual soap was a total unsudsy flop... 22 oz h20 12.20 oz koh lye 14 oz coconut oil 27 oz castor oil 14 oz palmolein 5 oz soybean oil...