Lol, I don't know. I've just rendered the tallow as of last night. Putting it in the lye calculator without the coconut oil and lard just made it not look like it would harden much
I haven't made it yet. It looked super soft to me just using bear tallow. I thought it looked super soft just using bear tallow so I'm throwing my questions out there to figure it out
I received quite a lot of ground fat from Mangalista hogs from my butcher as well as bear fat. It is all rendered. Mangalitsa hogs have pure white fat everywhere not just kidney area. No using titanium dioxide on this lard! I have been asked by the local art co-op to feature my soaps in their...
with lard soap I superfat at 5%
with tallow superfatting it that low makes my skin feel like it is stretched so I go to six
does anyone have a suggestion for superfatting bear tallow soap besides making a bar and trying it?
oops, sorry DeeAnna, I am making cold process. I started off mixing the pigments into a tbsp of oil but even using a frother couldn't get them to mix all the way. I would have streaks of color so I started mixing it with the immersion blender and it helped a lot. I was just wondering if anyone...
Does anyone else mix their colorant that is hard to blend in the batter when you add the lye? I have been having a hard time getting pigment to mix thoroughly even using a frother, so I added it to the lye water and oil mix before I even got emulsion. It is working really well for me and I no...