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I wonder if you could cast your eyes over this recipe for a high Tallow soap for me because it is not behaving as I expected from reading the forum. It seems very much more soluble in my soft water than I had been led to believe. High Tallow, Dual Lye, Cold Process Tallow (beef) : 75% Coconut...

Hello folks - I have a batch of unscented tallow soap coming off my curing shelf at the end of this week that I originally forgot to add the EO and I wondered what was the usual practice for adding essential oils to a cured soap? The soap in question is a small batch (300g of oils) of 75%...

I was wondering if you could advise on a suitable soap recipe for cleaning windows without leaving streaks? I am needing to clean the equivalent of about 30 standard external windows. The dirt is country dust rather than city/vehicle grease. I asked the window cleaning suppliers what was the...

I just killed a perfectly good Bamix making household soap! I had no idea but my specific Bamix had an aluminium cutterguard. A few seconds into blending a small batch of Coconut/KOH household soap I saw the grey streaks appearing in the soap. I took it out and the cutterguard went black before...

Heh - I had a bit of a surprise when I tried to use a brand new set of high-temperature silicone spatulas to stir a crockpot of raw shaving soap... the dye in the spatula came out into the soap! I had just added the lye and was slowly stirring to a soft paste when I needed to put the spatulas...

I have been trying to find a non-business source of Tetrasodium EDTA in the UK without success. All I can find are the wholesalers who clearly state they are for commercial customers only. Any pointers for small quantities (c. 100g) of EDTA in the UK?

Hello folks - another new guy here looking forward to making soap for myself soon. Although I have been lucky enough to have a local Farmer's Market with a soap seller in it (CP, vegan, non-palm), they have recently stopped selling one of my favourites - Bog Myrtle (myrica gale). In addition I...