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Yes it work as soap. But by all the cooking it lost the nice light green color it went to light brown and I lost the scent which the olive oil gave to my previous water base LS

Yesterday I made my batch Castile soap with Glycerin. See recipe on picture. As my KOH was 1 year old I tested it for purity (thank you AnnaDee for link on your website) purity was 85%. Swapped the water for Glycerin. Heated oil to 100 C = 212F Added KOH to glycerin (room temperature) and...

Dear all. Took a while to come back. It took my soap about THREE month!!! to pass the zap test. This batch will soon be finished and I'm preparing my self now to make a new batch of LS 80% olive oil-20% coconut oil

Hi Soapmaker 145 Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Yes making my own LS insecticidal soap is a lot cheaper £2,00 versus £10.00 What I forgot to tell that the early aphid attacks come early in the season. The trees have very little developing leaves and very tender in this stage. The early...

Thanks Susie for sharing your experience. I've put several oils through the Soapcalc calculator and conclude for myself all oils with long chain fatty acids are very conditioning and little cleansing. Coconut is a tough cleanser and nice bubly. Wat I'm gonna do is make different batches of oils...

Thanks I'll put the paste in the airing cupboard 37-40 Celsius for while and will check once in a while.

Failed the zap test, Question about insecticidal soap Followed this recipe. Paste has been standing now for about 48 hours and has failed the zap test now twice. It defenatly tastes after 9 volt battery, maybe even a higher voltage! A possible problem could be I'm using a scale from 0-100...

update on wrong lye Just finished mixing the new lye in the existing mix. Went really fine. Took about ten minutes though a bit hard work. It mixed nicely into a creamy custard with a nice golden\greenish color. No need for extra heat. mixture was about 30C while mixing. mix is now standing in...

Thanks again. :oops: your absolute right with the 140gr KOH. Thanks for being that sharp. Thanks for the Castile soap explanation. I will tweak a little with the KOH to make a 0% superfat as Susie pointed out cheers Nic

Hi DeeAnna and others Thanks for your support Just another question I did use NaOH 140gr while you write KOH 140 gr. Will this make difference?? I defenatly will give at go tonight to see if i can rescue my soap. And jump in the pool of liquid soap making. What i could find online is that...

Thanks for the quick replies. see a pict of the KOH tub. I guess it is 85% pure???? Quote " KOH weight = NaOH weight X 1.403" would i need KOH weight = NaOH weight X 1.403 :85*100 Yes it definitely smells like soft groene zeep as sold in Holland. But i serious doubt if they realy use hemp oil...

Hi all I’m a complete newbie in soap making. Had prepared myself for a batch of Castile soap in the cold proces. After mixing oils and lye i discovered my supplier had sent potassium hydroxide instead of Sodium hydroxide. It was my daughter who pointer this out when my mixture did not go in...