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I want to try making a 100% olive oil soap using sodium carbonate as the "lye". Can anyone give me a rough estimate (or better yet a specific amount) of how much to use per unit EVOO? I'll be salting this out, so some excess is ok. I just have no idea how much to use and don't want to go too...

I stopped by a local international food shop the other day and was surprised to find an assortment of MIddle Eastern soaps. I bought a bar of Nablus soap, and a bar of Turkish olive and laurel oil soap. The first bar pictured is Nablus soap, which is made in the city of Nablus, in Palestine...

I made this liquid castile on Feb 24 of this year. I've been aging it in a closed plastic container because it really dried my hands when new. After 4 months the color has changed quite a bit. Is this just the normal oxidation, or is it DOS (dreaded orange slime)?

EVOO 16.0 oz Water 6.08 oz KOH 3.04 oz It's been cooking an hour or so. It looks to me like it has gelled, but it doesn't pass the water dilution test. Should be clear, right?. Do I just keep cooking?

I'm going to make a batch of liquid soap today and this will be the first time using KOH. Does it get hot and make fumes like NaOH when added to water?

Not sure where to put this post, but didn't see any better forum. These soaps are lye-based so here goes... I'm wondering where the smell in Papoutsanis and Kiss My Face olive oil soaps comes from. Both have a very strong scent, almost an "industrial" type of smell. Both are similar enough...

My wife gave me a bottle of laurel berry oil for Christmas, so yesterday I couldn't wait to make my first batch of Aleppo style soap. I've been making soap for a couple of months, using the crock pot hot process method, so I did the same for this. The recipes I've found on the internet seem to...

I'm wondering if anyone here is has some thoughts about what goes into making savon de Marseille soap. First, I'm wondering what gives it the green color. When making 100% OO soap at home, it does not have the same dark green color as the Marseille soap. I've read that some French soaps...

My goal is to make a simple, unscented soap that will not dry my skin. I made these using the CPHP method, and would appreciate some input on the recipes... 1. 100% coconut oil, superfatted 20%. This made a really nice white, lathery soap, but I'm wondering if I can up the superfat to 25% and...