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And to "clarify" I did NOT state to put "straight vinegar" on a lye splash. You are the third person to not clearly read what i wrote. Let's do this simpler: Have ready THIS mixture: 1 cup of cold water + small squirt of dish soap + ⅛ c. vinegar This BUFFERS and NEUTRALIZES the lye...

Lin, If you are sure you measred correctly you do not need to test for lye in HP soap. As for the vinegar --- read what I wrote to coffee time. I stand behind the advice I gave. :smile:

BEFORE YOUR BEGIN: My comment is without malicious intent, I am merely presenting facts in a calm manner from my end. Your assumption is incorrect. As with chemists who have tunnel vision and only beleive what they THINK they read, you failed to comprehend the entire message. It is a...

Thank you for these two. They are a start. I am attempting to find an article, or link to an article, in a medical or dental journal itself - with no luck. I tried to request the information from the the first link, but it did not go through. Then I noticed that they said one might also...

Lye is not anything to be fearful of if you respect it. It is merely a little stronger than bleach. Both are alkaline. If you should splash lye on you it will not eat away at you like an acid would. The first think that will happen is it will feel like a rash you want to scratch. It itches...

My understanding was she did not want to make CP soap due to tongue testing. In HP there is no need test it and even if you wonder about it being "heavy" the heat processing will turn the majority of the lye resulting in much less tingling on the tongue. :)

fear of lye? why? Lye is used in food preparation for pretzels, certain kinds of Cool Whip and many other things people eat every day. If you don't want to tongue test your soap for active lye (it really is nothing more than a little wiggly zap), then just make your soap by hot...

I never said it was a bad recipe. I said I would not waste an expensive oil it and use EO's for my anti-germ causing protection.

There can be many reasons a recipe may have been off. Doubt research or more preparation is needed if you scale lost its calibration, for example. Unless it is medical equipment there can be a pretty high error rate to pass it to sell to the public. And many soap makers have been distracted by...

Incorrect. There can be lye in cold processed soap in three instances: 1. if you fail to wait until full saponification has taken place, and 2. if you made a error in calculations, and 3. if your water evaporated before the saponification process were complete. Without adequate water, the...

If you made cold procress soap do you really want lye in your mouth? I have to wonder why you added cocoa butter. I would not use an expensive oil for this since you can't soften or moisturize teeth. For tooth purposes soap is soap is soap. I would think the EO's would make the...

Adding oatmeal to HP soap. Depends on what you the oatmeal to do. If it is dryness and ground to a powder, you want to add it before the cook. If you want it to have a bit of a scuba ability, you dampen it with a tiny bit of light weight oil (or glycerin) and add after the cook. It will...

The soap is lovely even if it has no scent. In times like this (when you lose a scent, or it disappears) you have made the perfect soap for people who are sensitive to fragrances. :wink:

Even FO's of cinnamon and many others can be skin irritants. I found that I like Allspice berry EO for that warm, sweet herbal smell and that saves money also.