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  1. Shahtura

    Soaping 101 liquid soapmaking video?

    May I dilute in the crockpot? May I boil the dilution water and pour it over my paste in the crockpot instead of using a double boiler with a canning jar?
  2. Shahtura

    My Creamy Cocoa/Shea GLS Tutorial

    Thanks DeeAnna and IrishLass. I will skip the SL and EDTA for this time. I think that sweet almond oil is the most accessible for me.
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    My Creamy Cocoa/Shea GLS Tutorial

    Will this work? I am going to try making IL recipe from beginning of this thread but I have a few ingridiants that I don't have and can not easily get so I have a few questions: 1. I have no tetra sodium EDTA but I have citric acid. DeeAnna mentions that EDTA can be substituted by Citric...
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    Soaping 101 liquid soapmaking video?

    Bad news and good news I will start with the bad news. I have tried to fix my diluted soap paste by adding the missing KOH (6 grams) and waited 3 days while stirring few times. It passed the zap test but didn't clear at all. I added 5 more grams and waited 3 more days. Still same results...
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    Soaping 101 liquid soapmaking video?

    Thanks DeeAnna, Susie and IrishLass. This is such a good news. In my book , throwing oils away is a big crime. I gave myself hard time, thinking that because I proceeded to dilute my paste, it was not possible to save it. Since it was my first time, I wasn't sure something went wrong until...
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    Soaping 101 liquid soapmaking video?

    With my very limited experience I thought to try to make this GLS soap. I only made CP soap twice and one time HP transparent soap prior to this experiment. To make the long story short I don't like my finished product so here is what I did: I was trying to replicate the recipe from the...
  7. Shahtura

    Dish washing liquid soap

    Thanks Susie. Now I get it. If it doesn't dry your hands , it doesn't clean the oils from the dishes either. Using supermarket stuff, I don't need gloves. What is its secret? I keep asking because knowing myself, I am just not going to wear gloves anytime I need to wash a few dishes...
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    Dish washing liquid soap

    I thank both of you very much. A dish washing soap that doesn't require wearing gloves would be preferable to me. Any suggestions?
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    Dish washing liquid soap

    I am ready to make my first liquid soap and I am running out of the poisonous supermarket liquid dish washing soap so I thought to start by making a simple liquid dish washing soap. Can somebody, please share their recipe ? Thanks in advance.
  10. Shahtura

    My first transparent soap- the good the bad and the ugly

    Thanks again. I will try it next time!
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    My first transparent soap- the good the bad and the ugly

    Thanks for your detailed and full of good tips reply. I will definitely use it next time I try to make such a soap. My alcohol was 95% and I used distilled water. Next time I will use less soft oils. In fact I will use your suggested recipe. I take to heart your advice to reduce sugar and...
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    My first transparent soap- the good the bad and the ugly

    After experimenting a couple of times with making CP soap successfully, I have decided to up the stakes and try making HP transparent soap with a little purple color. The recipe was as follows: Palm oil 250 gram Coconut oil 300 gram Castor oil 250 gram olive oil 200 gram Lye 142 gram...
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    New soapmaker is born

    Thanks for all welcome notes. Attached is a picture of two soaps from my first batch.
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    Making transparent soap

    I am about to make my first transparent soap. My proposed recipe is: Palm oil 250 gram Coconut oil 300 gram Castor oil 250 gram olive oil 200 gram Lye 142 gram (5% discount) Water 380 gram Lavender essential oil 31 gram For solvents : Alcohol 360 gram Glycerin 195 gram Sugar...
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    New soapmaker is born

    Hi everybody, I am from Israel. Recently I was introduced to soap making and I am all excited about my newly acquired hobby. So far I have made two batches of CP with OO+CO+PO. They came out great and I have got many compliments on them. For my next projects , i want to make transparent soaps...
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