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Hello everyone. I will be making liquid soap soon and I was wondering if someone could clarify something. I have Catherine Failor's Making Liquid Soaps book. In the book, she specifies that all her recipes have a lye excess to make it clear and then you have to neutralize the soap with borax...

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I search the forums but couldn't find one. Does anyone have a Pine Tar CP soap recipe they would like to share? Thanks!

I have been working with oils and numbers on the soap calc and I have some ideas but I wanted opinions, suggestions and inspiration from others that have made harder bars. The soap calc doesn't give me that. It doesn't matter what I have on hand because if someone is nice enough to post a...

I'm looking for more inspriation on a soap recipe. I would like to make a harder bar. Like 41 - 48 on the hardness scale but I don't want it to be too cleansing because I have dry skin. Does anyone have a favorite recipe they would like to share? Thanks!

Re: soap film Yes, I used distilled water and not milk. But I'm thinking of doing goats milk so I'll look into the borax idea.

Okay, yes, I'm using that one and that's what I did then. So I guess if you want to super fat more, you just increase the %.

Well, I'm still a newbie. I've only made two batches of CP. I'm just now learning about superfatting. Is there supposed to be a minimum? I used the Soap Calc 9 that is so popular to figure my recipe. How exactly do you super fat a recipe?

Oh, and actually, this recipe wasn't superfatted at all. But I'm thinking I might do that with the next batch. Just a little tho.

Thanks for the all the useful info everyone!! I don't know if I'll want to use the tetrasodium in my soap but I'll look into it. I went back to the soap I made that I was unhappy with because it's been cureing for almost 2 months now. I used it after a couple weeks and it gave me that waxy...

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I can't for the life of me find my recipe but from memory, it was something very similar to this: Coconut oil: 30% jojoba oil: 3% olive oil: 60% shea butter: 7%

This company has lots of info on liquid soap. I plan on using them when I go to make some. http://www.snowdriftfarm.com/ They have potassium hydroxide here: http://www.snowdriftfarm.com/dry.html And here is the how to on liquid soap: http://www.snowdriftfarm.com/form_liquidsoap.html

Okay, so I usually would buy Dove soap if I buy store soap. Even the bars of their soap are great. The reason is because when I use their soap, there isn't a "waxy" feeling left on my skin after I use it. I have dry skin and very hard water. Dove liquid shower soap and bar soap all lathers good...

I found a great site just now that gives you the opportunity to do this: http://www.anysoldier.com/

I read a post about donating soap to certain charities. This is something I'm going to start doing with some of my soap. There is a Women's Charity in my area that I'm going to donate to as well as another more local one. But I just read the post about sending soap and care packages to...

In case anyone is wondering where to find washing soda, you can get the Arm and Hammer brand washing soda in the Laundry aisle at Schnucks and Shop and Save. You could also probably find it at Dierbergs or any large Grocery store. Not a department store like Walmart. It will be right next to...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl8VYLtP4_w I found a how to on youtube. I made this recipe like they did in the video and it turned out great! Moisturizing but light and non-greasy. For a preservative, you can use any 10% or above grain alcohol. Cheap vodka will work.

Homemade laundry detergent: Laundry Soap (Gel) Bar of soap, grated ***Great soap: Fels Naptha*** ½ cup washing soda ½ cup Borax powder You will also need a small bucket, about 2 gallon size Grate the soap and put it in a sauce pan. Add 6 cups water and heat it until the soap melts...