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skater girl. how long do you cook it?

I'm a newbie and the same thing has happened to me. I'm pretty sure I over cooked it but id love to hear from someone with experience.

I do. how does it work. How much milk do you use and how

I believe this will be my next recipe. I'll get the lye figures from soapcalc. Its simple and high % of cheap lard. If anyone is willing to guess, about how long until trace on low in a crock pot? Would a half hour be about right?

my wife believes I'm not getting a tangible answer because I'm asking the wrong question. so she will rephrase it. how much lard would you use in the recipe listed above. please don't go on about soapcalc.

Yes I use soapcalc. my water is 11.84oz lye 4.29oz sfd 9.% water/oil ratio weight 37% So the answer to my question is, up to 100% of lard is optimal with the recipe listed above

My recipe is just something I concocted off the top of my head. I've made it 3 times with success however I've over cooked it twice. It seems to trace at about 27 min in my crock pot. It is to expensive and soft that's why I'm looking into lard. almond oil 10% castor oil 5%...

I just started making soap and realized I need to use lard to bring down my cost and harden my soap. What percent of lard is optimal? I throw in the usual oils at around 5% -25% Ow my base oil was olive oil at 40%. What should I bring that down to, to balance out the lard? Any response or...

Chicklet thanks so much. As soon as my cocobutter arrives I can start now I know my recipe is ok. My soap will be on the soft side but it should work.

I went to a soap calculator and readjusted. I put in 10% super fats, which I think should be good but it asked "Water as percent of oil weight 1-40" I didn't know the answer so I left it where it was at 38. Will this work or is it way off.

Thanks so much for helping everyone! I was probably thinking large batch because I brew beer so I'm always doing the largest batches possible. Good advice in this situation since its experimental. I'll start with a 2 gal. batch I had a high castor % because I suspected the soap might be soft...

I'm going to do my first batch soon. please tell me if this will make a usable bar soap olive oil 20% 12.8oz sunflower oil 20% 12.8oz castor oil 10% 6.4oz coconut oil 25% 16oz almond oil 10% 6.4 grape seed oil 5% 3.2oz cocoa butter 10% 6.4oz...