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I will look into that :) I'm just experimenting. So far I've diluted some of it in water and watched the blue disappear and added some NaOH and watched it turn blue again so it looks promising from where I stand. I have a lot more testing to do though. I'm already optimistic but anything can...

I still plan on zap testing my soaps. Zap testing tells you if there's free lye. The reason why it's like zapping your tongue on a battery is because alkaline batteries use KOH to carry the current. A soap can have a relatively high pH and still be safe (for people without sensitive skin) what...

So, I was pH testing my liquid soap with pH strips. I have never usedPhenolphthalein and was thinking about ordering some. I know you can find it in some pool stores but in rural IL there aren't a whole lot around so, I started looking online for pricing. Some how I ended up reading about...

Thank you for all of your suggestions with the oils and butters. I'll also try to break up the posts more :)

Try away, it came out fluffy and stiffened slightly. I covered the beaters, spatula and bowl and just used that for a day or two after putting into jars. Why waste any? lol. I did not know that about cocoa butter. I'll tell my cousin. I don't think it will do harm to the baby since Johnson has...

A few weeks ago I made some hard skin/lip balms that my mom and dad loved. My dad especially because he works at CAT and his hands get a little dry from the machinery and gloves and what not. I love it because my eczema is hard to treat and those balms do great things especially at school since...

First I would like to thank all of the wonderful posts on the forum. Even before I became a member google searches would often lead me here and I made the plunge to join yesterday. This might get long winded but I'm a talkative person. Sorry... First, yesterday I had a problem regarding...

Thank you. I ended up just picking one and hoping for the best. I'm actually making liquid soap now and apparently I had bigger problems than the Almond oil. I used a lye calculator, plugged in my recipe, went and weighed my Olive Oil because I knew I might not have 11 oz which I only had 7.5...

The difference in lye seems minimal but I'm sure if you want to make a huge batch of soap with a lot of Almond Oil the differences will be more significant. I am just so confused.

I'm new here and I'm so confused. I have a bottle of oil and it says "Almond Sweet Oil" I don't know what exactly that means. Using a lye calculator the "Almond oil, sweet" has a different SAP value than "Sweet Almond Oil". What is the difference? I want to make sure I'm using the right...