Recent content by RDak

This and yes, way too expensive. You can buy 5lb here for roughly $19 (including shipping): Ebay

Just a head's up.........this company sells 50lb cubes and the company is fairly close to you for maybe not too high shipping costs. Link

Hope it works for you!!

ROwl: I gotta tell you I was surprised that the 100 percent laurel berry oil made that nice of a bar. (I thought it might be too strong but it isn't at all.) Yup on the rice wash water.......it does add lather anecdotally for me when using it like potato water and bean water does.

Now that would be interesting!!! Off topic but I buy my laurel berry oil from a Turkish vendor and emailed him one time asking what percentage he likes best in his personal soap. He said he uses laurel berry oil at 100 percent in the soap he makes and loves it. He also told me to try it. So...

It is the sugar + ginger that gives it the extra boost beyond sugar IMHO. I have no idea why but the blog author was correct; for some reason the ginger tea increases lather beyond just the sugar. I've used sugar a buzillion times and it doesn't boost lather like that mysterious combo. LOL!!

I'm telling you...I WAS surprised at the lather benefit.

Following this recipe for ginger tea as part of the liquid (1 can of condensed coconut milk usually the balance of the liquid). Gave a big boost to lather that she talked about in the attached link to her blog. Link Quote: ................Each variety of soap which somehow lathered easier...

You can freeze it.

DeeAnna cetyl alcohol is a non humectant that I add a bit of to my soaps. Would that make the soap bars less able to absorb water from the air? ETA: Oh, I add it mainly for increasing lather a bit, "slip" and moisturizing. Not sure if it decreases the tendency of sweating for people in high...

Before you go the dehydration method you might want to try this simple fan method first. I have one and turn it on for a couple of hours a day. I set it on the floor and point it at the open metal shelving I have the soap stored in in large cardboard boxes. It works in my basement but it is...

Thanks earlene!! Looks like it might be better if I stay away from hybrid lye in LS. Not much benefit and in Suzie's case it was "a waste of time". Thanks again!

Thanks DeAnna!! I was hoping with NaOH lather would be less affected than with regular salt or even add lather. (BTW, you were the member who explained the hybrid lye mixture with bar soap to me a few years ago.)

Yes, I could be wrong but what I too think she meant is she creates her 5% SF recipe but waits to the end to add the amount of MCT Oil listed in her recipe. Whether that gives her a 0% SF, negative SF or positive SF while cooking I don't know.

Off topic but have you ever used a hybrid way to make liquid soap by combining a little bit of NaOH with the KOH to increase the viscosity of the finished liquid soap? I know we'd have to adjust the water but is there a basic "formula" where a certain amount of NaOH will increase the end...