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I made some homemade powdered laundry soap. Wondering how much fragrance oil to add per lb of powder? I have a store named buff city soap near me and they add it after the fact but I don't know how much they use and it sticks through the laundry cycle.

So there is a place near me called buff city soap. They make your laundry soap on site and add whatever fragrance you like. I have been making my own laundry soap(Heavy lye coconut oil only soap), borax, washing soda, citric acid, oxiclean. But I never add any fragrance because to me the...

I am having issues with a face trace, like less than 2 minutes of mixing, I have trace. Here is my recipe. I also add three tablespoons of rolled oats and one table spoon of activated charcoal. Recipe attached

Has anyone come up with a way other than stick blending? I was wanting something a little less hands on. I was thinking like a tumbler with something in the middle to agitate it?

So i have a farm and we burn quite a bit of fire wood. I was wondering how to measure the concentration of the potash if i made it. I understand the boiling down of it to concentrate it, but how do you plug it into a recipe?

I was reading around and saw some people dilute with all vegetable glycerin. Has anyone tried this?

When is the best time to add scent. I made a fir/orange castille soap and that worked out fine adding during dilution. I had a fragrance oil that warped its smell when putting it in during dilution. Does the heat make a difference? I always thought it should be when its a little warmer than...

I was in hiatus from soap making for awhile! Back into now and started with a new formula. 45% tallow 30% olive oil 15% coconut oil 10% castor 5% super fat 1 oz FO from indigo frangrance as it was just a one pound test..well 500 grams. Everything seemed to turn out well. I was...

I don't really like the smell of coffee or taste for that matter but I have loads of caffeine powder left over from all the pre workout drinks I make. Does anyone have experience adding it to a CP batch of soap? If so how much is recommended per lb of soap? I know 200 mg is a strong dose of...

So i saw soaping 101s video on liquid Castile soap and figured I take one of my HP soap recipes and try and alter it to make liquid Castile. Basically it would be olive, castor and coconut. My main concern is when I use soap calc and cook it. Is the result of the numbers of soap calc the...

I figured that instead of using water I would use milk. Maybe make it more conditioning and get a creamy texture. But I was wondering in soaps like Castile that have to age for a long time, would there be any spoilage due to the longer time it needs to sit on a shelf and cure? I have...

I have some wild mint and other mint that I plant every year growing in my garden. I was wondering if anyone has ever crushed this or blended it to release the fragrance and added to soap as the sole fragrance? I mean just getting within a foot of the plant it is very pungent smell that I...

I keep seeing people saying they use a 50/50 solution of lye and water. Are they talking about for instance 1 oz of water to 1 oz of lye. If so what would be the point other than less water, maybe a harder bar?

So I have made some batches of soap. Around 20 or so now. I wanted to make an easy recipe that could be a go to soap. I want a bar that is hard, cleansing, and moisturizing. I have been playing around with palm, coconut, and castor oil but have got a drying bar. Palm I picked out for...

I know this may be an odd question, but has anyone ever added lotion to a soap recipe to give it more conditioning properties? I always wondered if adding lotion would do anything weird like seize, discolor, separate?

I was wondering if anyone knew of a good dilution rate for essential oils in a carrier oil. Say for instance if I have my EOs of lemon, sweet orange, and patchouli, what rate would I dilute it at to make it any easier to handle FO so to speak. I got a lot of inspiration from a woman here...

So for the past four or so years I have always bought my cologne oils from thecommonscents.com Well I was wondering if anyone had specific use with their FO in their soaps? I know I could test them but I ran out of lye. I emailed them and while I always will continue business, it was one of...

Hello again, I was wondering about sources for activated charcoal. I was searching around and most sites were selling 1 oz for $3.00. I feel like that is ridiculous but that is the common selling point unless buying in extreme bulk. I remember years ago as a kid using activated carbon for...

So I am going to make a mold and landed on a 15X4X4 mold. I was looking at this because it is perfect for what I need. When I figure out the oil capacity... L x W x H times .4 that gives me the maximum oil for this mold. This is 96 or 6 pounds of oil. Now when I figure my batches should I...

So I wanted to try my hand at soap making because I am never fully satisfied until I have one hobby after the next. I made my first soap today with just shortening(vegetable aldi brand), water, lye, and peppermint/Eucalyptus EO. The amounts were Shortening 31 oz Lye 4 oz...