I plan on making some olive oil soap. I also have palm oil. If I just use olive oil is there any need to add castor oil to increase the amount of bubbles? Would I be better off to use some palm oil with the olive oil. I've been using canola oil and it is just too soft and I'm tired of it. That's...
Hey Phil, do you make HP. I started making HP and got one of those stick blenders and it sure saves me time and my arms don't get as sore nor do I get as bored.
Try this web site. They have a lye calculator, fragrance oils, colorants etc.
http://www.thesage.com/ You might have to cut and past that into your browser.
Thanks a lot Paul. As soon as I get my fragrance oils I'll cook up some soap. I just make the soap for myself and I ran out and have been using store bought for the last three months. Arrrrrg.
In the past I have used stearic acid to harden the bars of soap. It has been a while since I used it and alas I didn't write down how much I used. I used canola oil and it made a fairly soft soap and I never got the hard soap I wanted. I will be making more soap soon but have change the...
Guess I haven't experienced that yet. I look at the pieces I made for David (my artist friends son) I think "Holy cow I sure made that wrong". But then I guess for a first time piece it is OK.
Jim