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    Crusty thin layer on top of diluted ls

    So after reading and watching and reading and watching I tried liquid soap. I did 16 oz coconut 4.3 oz koh 13 so h2o distilled Made yesterday, no zap today. Clarity test looked good, so I took 3 oz paste and added 1.5 oz distilled h2o. Placed in water bath for about 3 ish hours and all looked...
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    Vanilla Test Project

    I also tried MO vanilla milk last month which oob smelled so good. But I now have soap with brown bubbles and the scent morphed into something cinnominy. Ugh. One thing I hate is fake cinnomin smell. It makes my throat close up. Needless to say that one went into a closet to cure. Strange, first...
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    So...I tried my 100% CO bar

    Thank you for the explanation not ally. Somewhere along my soaping road I believe I read that aloe as a full sub for water, in any soap I understood, can not be done. I can't tell you all the specifics only that I remember it having to do with the lye not being able to disolve because it can't...
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    So...I tried my 100% CO bar

    Can someone help me understand this? I thought you could not sub water fully for aloe as the lye can not dissolve or attach to it properly? Anyone? Something I misunderstood?
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    What soapy thing have you done today?

    And mojito salt bars
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    What soapy thing have you done today?

    I cut my calendula castille
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    The chemist who came to town

    You can also make a "lotion" by just adding a little bit of Shea. Butter to your oil. I have been making this for 15+ years and never had an issue. Just like body butter recipes but lighter on butters. Has a nice creamy concistanvecy and you can use in a pump bottle. No water, no preservative
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    Inspire Me - Soap Making Game

    Ooh, this looks like fun and I'm dying to make some soap. And all the pics look amazing. I need to be inspired too!
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    Do clay colorants reduce lather?

    I have used red and green clays in about 8 batches and I don't notice any decrease in lather. You can also use alkanet root 1t on water before adding lye. Gives a nice lavender color, just have to strain when pouring
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    Laundry sauce

    Thank you seawolfie and EG. I think I knew that but I was impatient and I wanted to make the sauce now! Bad I dea I know, I had a feeling. Loving the 0sf for a stain stick too!
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    A Cream Soap Tutorial

    Thank you both! I just didn't want to make a ton and find out its limited to shaving. I will have to get some koh and put this on the to do list. Wonderful, and simple tutorial by the way. I saw something like this explained to make cp soap and that's when I thought I can do that! I think I...
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    A Cream Soap Tutorial

    Oops forgot one question, how do I rework properly to sub almond for avocado. I think autocorrect hates me,
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    A Cream Soap Tutorial

    I think I may need to try this soon but first I have 2 questions. 1 where do you find koh? 2 what do you use it for again? Just shaving or scrub? Is this used like a soap for body in the shower also? It sounds interesting and would be great to make and let sit and then have in time for...
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    Laundry sauce

    Also the soap I used for the sauce was 80 lard 20 co with 7sf. Plus I added a dollop of Shea after cook, my first hp. I'm sure it's not the best to use extra oils for laundry
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    Laundry sauce

    I thought about just dis loving per use to use it up but then tried my coffee grinder and it worked better than the blender. I used an old one, can't bear to use my vitamix on soap. The coffee grinder got it to a super fine powder and I'm loving it! I used 1 cup soap, I made co soap with 0 sf...
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    Laundry sauce

    So I am trying the powder. 1 cup co soap, 1/2 cup each borax and washing soda. I have a feeling it will not disolve very well. I did a test in the sink with cold and hot water and some did not disolve even with hot. But also neither did the sauce. . I wonder if I use the soap only and make a...
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    What soapy thing have you done today?

    I made laundry/stain sticks
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    Winston the wonder weenie

    So adorable! We are in a condo and can not have dogs but this is my fur baby, Little Tedi Bruschi,
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    Laundry sauce

    I thought the math through myself seawolfie. But I have no desire to make the liquid 50 gallon sludge recipies that I keep seeing everywhere and this has much less water so in reality it is more concentrated than the 50 gal bucket stuff ( I'm sure it's not 50 gallons but it's more than I care to...
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    Different use for Madder root

    Hi obsidian. I love the color and would love to try it. You mentioned mixing with conditioner to make a gloss. Do you just mix the powder and condition as normal or like you did the color?
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