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Hi All, I ordered sodium citrate it looks like this weekend I will get it. I checked it I have tallow not lard. can I replace lard with tallow? I will recalculate to get correct lye amount. so that's 50% tallow 30% olive 15% coconut 5% calstor I never used lard or tallow. thanks...

Susie, you asked about animal fats? do you have any suggestions to try ? thanks Andre This weekend I am going to try less then 15% coconut as suggested also I have to buy sodium citrate to test. to make correct soap the way I am seeing it is not that simple. thank you all for...

Thank you for your replay. now i have more questions. 1. how much sodium citrate to add I assume at trace? 2. I can use animal fat no problem. does this mean adding animal fat it will help ? if yes how much to add ? Andre

thank you for replay. good information. Can I use salt instead of sodium citrate ?

Sure, Palm 27.43 % coconut 27.43 % olive oil 27.43 % cocoa butter 8.85 % caster oil 8.85 % also 100% coconut

Hi All, I noticed after bathing my skin becomes dry and white residue. I tried 5% then 20% super fat. it looks like 20% is better. I know the water in Glendale is too hard. every time i shower after i apply coconut oil to solve the problem. is this quality of oil i use. any idea ? thanks...

Since the sugar is acidic does this mean by adding sugar it reduces PH. I have PH tester I can check it.

what about adding salt ?

I have the recipe at home. I will send it later today. what I remember it was similar to this: 1 Avocado Oil 9.60 2 Castor Oil 3.20 3 Olive Oil 12.80 4 Shea Butter 3.20 I remember olive oil was highest number

Hi All, so far I made 2 different shampoo bars. 1. basic ingredient 0 cleansing and honey added 2. basic ingredient 0 cleansing and egg yoke added 5 people tried both of them and only one of them said #2 is good and 2 of them said #1 is good and the rest said hairs stick together they...

thanks for your replay. I put your recipe in calculator can we increase bubbly and creamy? our water is very hard doesn't want to bubble. for that reason I always try to make more bubbly. one way I do is by adding honey. what do you think?

Hi all, so far I made a few different soaps and it looks like all of them are good quality. today I ordered potassium lye to make liquid version soaps and I ordered tallow without knowing what is it good for. I didn't do my home work to understand the purpose first. so far i used coconut...

To make good shampoo bar you need to set cleansing to 0. check oils with 0 cleansing. for example olive oil. Based on my last test I found out by adding egg yoke it makes it very good shampoo bar. so far no one complained about it. the recipe doesn't matter pick any oil with highest...

thank you very much.

thank you for your replay. I have electronic PH tester that does very good job. first i take a piece of soap mix with distiled water then shake it well. i calibrate the ph tester then check it. I know for sure my soap ph is 9.