Search results

Soapmaking Forum

Help Support Soapmaking Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
  1. U

    Making green soap

    Update Just wanted to send a quick update since the soap has had a little time to start curing. Boy-o-boy does it stink! I used WAY to much spirulina and I think once I use it it's going to leave an "after odor" so while I am going to let it go the full 2 months to cure, I'm pretty sure I can...
  2. U

    Making green soap

    Great insight! Thank you so much, all of you really, for your feedback!!! It is so great to get on here and get some hands on knowledge via experience. So I was able to easily turn the tube over and tap the cylinder of soap down. I got it a quarter of the way out and stopped, it seems to soft...
  3. U

    Making green soap

    So I got impatient and went with Spirulina (45g powder) and mixed it at trace, and I mean AT trace. It quickly globbed up on me and I was afraid to mix further since everything was starting to really get thick. I went ahead and poured into the mold and we'll just have to wait and see. On...
  4. U

    Making green soap

    What are your thoughts on using the Kale juice in lieu of some of the water? Will it negatively impact the reaction later on?
  5. U

    Making green soap

    So I am totally lost on how to go about making soap that is green. I wanted to go the natural route and not use dyes or micas so I was thinking of using either alfalfa, kale, chlorophyll, or kelp powder. But how in the world do I go about this, how do I know how much to use and when? For...
  6. U

    Soap #5

    24 Hours later Thanks for the feedback. I unmolded this today (24 hours later) and it came out without to much of any trouble. Used cookie cutters to do the shapes, otherwise I am experimenting with how the thickness affects curing. These are for home use so I could careless if they look...
  7. U

    Soap #5

    Today I took someone advice, switched around some of the recipe ratios and made "Shea Butter" soap: Castor Oil: 68g Canola Oil: 272g Coconut Oil: 340g Lard: 408g Shea Butter: 272g Water: 516g Lye: 189g The soapcalc.net site is AMAZING! I just google around for recipe ideas now...
  8. U

    Update

    Smart smart people You all are so insightful and so clever! I love going back through and reading everyone's input. I wish I could (or someone) take all the knowledge on here and document it! A book perhaps!?? I always wonder if there are folks on here that ever decide to get together and...
  9. U

    Update

    Man thank you so much, these are some great tips and just what I was looking for. God Bless!!
  10. U

    Update

    I will dig up the rest of the recipes and get back to you all on that, but just to answer a couple of questions. I let the TTO soap cure for 6 weeks and the others for 4- to 5 weeks. Where I live the humidity is around 70-80% constantly, it sucks but that's life. Below are the "traditional...
  11. U

    Update

    So a while back I posted in regards to how some of my soap making was going. Well I'm here to say that I am quite pleased with all the results. I made four different kinds of soap: Tea Tree Oil, Old-Fashioned Lard, Shea Butter, and "Baby Soap". The only issue I have with what I've made is...
  12. U

    Rounds 2 & 3!

    Amen! That sounds like a plan (albeit a pretty odd and funny one)!
  13. U

    Rounds 2 & 3!

    Lesson Learned Oh, forgot to mention. I went with smaller batch sizes too. I used the two baby wipe bins in the background as my molds (holds 3lbs. each). They worked out pretty well to, and I didn't even line them with anything. (By the way the mead will be ready in about 3 months too)
  14. U

    Rounds 2 & 3!

    So I made my second and third batches of soap (ever) and I think they came out pretty well. I took some of the advice given to me on here and went with a smaller batch size, used a plain lard recipe, used a simple avocado recipe, and just paid more attention all around. By the way in the...
  15. U

    Newbie - feedback welcome

    Weather here So the humidity is anywhere from 60-80% with temperatures ranging from high 60s (winter lows) to high 90s in the summer. Right now it feels nice (so long as there is a breeze, which there usually is) and is only getting up to low-mid 80s with high 70s humidity with a nice constant...
  16. U

    Newbie - feedback welcome

    Good Feedback Thanks for the feedback. I will certainly start making smaller batches, and I plan on keeping a log/journal of each try. I am going to err on the side of caution and wait a full 6 weeks before I try this soap out. Also I was wondering if it would stay the same color or lighten...
  17. U

    Newbie - feedback welcome

    Had to figure out how to upload pics. Sorry for the wait. By the way I was concerned about the initial leak I had so I purposefully didn't level the mold (thinking I didn't want it all to leak out) which in hind sight was pretty illogical. Anyway, for a very first try I'm fairly pleased.
  18. U

    Newbie - feedback welcome

    Thank you Thank you! You guys are awesome! Thank you all so much for all the feedback! So a quick update... I cut my soap this morning (after 36 hours of setting). It turned out better than I expected. I thought it might have been a little soft (easy to cut) but I've read that it's supposed...
  19. U

    Newbie - feedback welcome

    Good point I guess I didn't think of that. I thought about using a cup cake mold to get started!? Plus I really want to get good enough so I can make myself a shaving soap (I'm old fashioned like that). Anyway, you're right I guess I better calm down before I end up with 25lbs of soap 6 weeks...
  20. U

    Newbie - feedback welcome

    Great feedback! Thank you so much for the feedback! That was a good deal of great information, I will definitely be checking out the resources you mentioned. I peaked at the mix about an hour ago and there wasn't anymore leaking, just the little bit from before, so that was good to see. I am...
Back
Top