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  1. Miha Engblom

    Favourite Superfat?

    My favourite SF for bars is 4%-5% for 30%CO and in liquid castille 2.5 %. I have been trying higher % before, but they gave me problems with the drain. I do not know if somebody would like to buy soap that stucks their drain and makes the sink dirty fast. For soap with a lot of butter I...
  2. Miha Engblom

    Love making soaps but hate cleaning up

    I have been putting some times my stuff straight in the dishwasher but it has been foaming like crazy. It is not suppose to foam in the dishwasher because then it will not splash the water properly around.
  3. Miha Engblom

    Please, be prepared for the stupidest question you ever heard

    I am in no way any soap expert but I think that if you will cure it for some months it will be fine to use... 0-1% is ok to use for example as laundry soap. The extra lye will disappear with time... if you let it cure long enough. I think there was somebody here making castille soap with 40%...
  4. Miha Engblom

    You know you're a crazy soap person when...

    one makes fancy brownies.....and the next thing is to post the picture :D
  5. Miha Engblom

    You know you're a crazy soap person when...

    when you have to dump 10 pounds + of experiments in the trash....
  6. Miha Engblom

    Brown marks in my CP soap

    I have some similar spots, mine are reddish- orange... I was thinking they are DOS, they came up on some bars that belong to a batch that starts to get small dark orange spots here and there...
  7. Miha Engblom

    You know you're a crazy soap person when...

    When you have soap to use for 100 years forward....
  8. Miha Engblom

    Vegetarian or carnivore?

    I am vegan !!! My husband became pretty much healed from ulcerative colitis by eating vegan food... Our kids get some dairy and eggs when they visit their grand parents...
  9. Miha Engblom

    how to make conditioner

    a nice video from one of my favourite youtube channels https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXpvTuIcXy0
  10. Miha Engblom

    Handmadeology product photo contest

    Let's vote for the cutest soap! https://www.facebook.com/Handmadeology/photos/a.478055790835.260679.80241060835/10152046522205836/?type=1&comment_id=10152051552510836&reply_comment_id=10152056295155836&offset=0&total_comments=1293&notif_t=photo_reply
  11. Miha Engblom

    soap getting mushy soft in the bathroom

    I am using something like this soap dish, and myself never had a problem with mushy soap...
  12. Miha Engblom

    soap getting mushy soft in the bathroom

    Thank you for the encouraging words! I have for me and my family hard bars for many years in advance... they will get so cured that I do not think we will have any problem , but I do not know if I will dare to sell in the future hard bars... , One lady that has a shop where one can buy all kind...
  13. Miha Engblom

    soap getting mushy soft in the bathroom

    thank you!! Both persons have been using in the past commercial hard bars and they never behaved like that... it just happened with my soaps... maybe because of the glycerin... this takes away all my confidence... (in my soaps)
  14. Miha Engblom

    soap getting mushy soft in the bathroom

    I have been giving some soaps to my mother in law and to my sister in law and they became soft mushy on the side that was against the soap dish. That never happened to any of my soaps that i have been using at home. (But i have a proper soap dish that allows the soap to really dry) This soaps...
  15. Miha Engblom

    Recommended Suppliers for the UK

    Hello! I am from Finland, but I have been buying from the soapmakers store and the costumer service is great, and at the moment they have very cheap cocnut oil... something like 3,6 £ per kg or something... i like also their FG cocoa butter... Another great uk shop is fresholi, i think that the...
  16. Miha Engblom

    Single oil soaps

    Ok thank you!
  17. Miha Engblom

    Single oil soaps

    what are you talking about ? what link? as far as I know I do not link anywhere? please help me understand!!
  18. Miha Engblom

    Shampoo Bar

    One of my suppliers has something that is called camelina oil... I might get it next time I order something from them... You said that you use an acidic rise after your shampoo , I was just wondering how you do so that it would not smell ? My husband has been using an solution of water and...
  19. Miha Engblom

    Shampoo Bar

    Hello DeliaRana! Thank you for sharing your shampoo recipe! That sounds like an awesome bar of soap! I normally use lots of butters in my soap, but now I get intrigued to try the Camellia seed oil....
  20. Miha Engblom

    Prices much too low.

    My husband has been selling at his workplace liquid castille that is more then 2 thirds water for 5 Euro 250 ml bottle. the bottles price was like 1eur. He scented his liquid castille with lavender. In Europe everybody is using liquid soap and very little hard bars. In our little town there...
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