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I tried a new recipe with 65% sunflower oil, CO, Castor and Soybean Oil. The paste took a much longer time to trace, went very slowly though all the stages, stayed very light as far as color and smelled... just like roasted sunflower seeds LOOOL. The paste is now diluting, the liquid soap has...

I am finally out of my bastile soap (85% OO, 10% CO, 5% Castor) so I try to tweak my recipe in hopes of getting more bubbles. I go a bit lower on the OO, up the Castor, the CO, I introduce Soy and Canola oil into the formula (I don't have it on hand, but I shall post it later on if needed). My...

It finally happened to me! I never had a batch turn bad on me but a few days ago I started noticing something very strange happen to some of the bottles sitting on a shelf for a few months. The perfectly clear soap started fuzzing up from the bottom of the bottle, until all the soap turned...

I read so much on the subject of neutralizing LS and I am still confused. Confused enough that I want to start a new thread. :confused: I read right here, on the forums, that today's calculators take into account the 90% purity of KOH and soaping at 0% SF requires no neutralization. I did...