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Thanks for the advice, I'll give palm a try.

I currently have a batch of rosemary cold infusing. Wasn't sure what I was doing but I had some trimmings from the garden so I stripped the fresh leaves from the stalk and put them in a mason jar with olive oil. A quick shake and it immediately picked up some of the color. Sitting on my shelf...

I have some lard and I'm going to try a modified recipe with it but this recipe is more for those people who don't want any animal fat in their soap.

I want to be able to give soaps as gifts. So I need to take other peoples skin types into account as well. So I'll have to have a few different people test it and give me some feed back.

I have not tried the new batch yet. Letting it cure. I didn't find the 5% to be too drying. Now that I know more I may adjust the coconut down a few %.

Okay home now. Actual Recipe was Almond 28% Coconut 30% Shea 15% Olive 20% Beewax 7% I probably just need to let it cure longer. If I remove the bees wax what would you recommend replacing it with? A mix of Shea and Olive oil? Unfortunately I dont have any left from that first batch but I...

I wish i had my recipe on hand. But i'm at work and I don't. First batch i did was something like this. Super fated 5% Almond Oil, sweet - 13% Beeswax - 7% Coconut Oil, 76 deg - 30% Olive Oil - 20% Shea Butter - 30% Think I used it after two weeks. Dissolved really fast. Have a few...

So it would speed up the trace?

Currently doing HP. Haven't tried CP yet.

my current recipe has 7% bees wax, So probably that or less. Since its harder than bees wax.

I was looking for something to harden up a bar other than bees wax. Soap calc lists Stearic Acid as one of the hardest. If I buy it from here. it looks like it's cheaper than the bees wax I was using. Has anyone used straight Stearic Acid before in their recipes and have any feed back on it?

Thanks for the tips. Due to the bureaucracy of my work it may be a while before I get the oil if I get it at all. If I do I'll definitely post once I've made a batch with it.

The brining process supposedly helps remove the rancid smell by cleansing out things like keytones. But doesn't affect the actual oils. On a chemistry level a rancid oil is apparently an oil where the fatty acids have separated from the glycerin molecule that used to bind them together. It was...

So first time posting, only done two batches of hot process soap so far. Thankfully both have been successful. But this is a question about oils. I work for a winery and we have olive oils that we sell that are past their sell by date. Usually they just go into the trash but I'm trying to get...