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I have a question that has excited me for some time. Is there a way for household washing powder to have lower consumption than commercial dust. How much of your house dust do you use? Have you investigated this?

Does anyone knows what might mean that 3% SF in potassium soap is equal to 10% SF in sodium soap? Is it correct?

Hallo guys! One topic is bothering me since I started adding honey to soap. What is happening to honey when we put it into the soap. Soap is everything else but not a gentle media for honey. I found many sources that say fructose and glucose are degraded in strong alkaline media (which is the...

Hallo guys. Recently I made Bastile soap - 70% OO with 40% lye solution. I have made it before also but with 5-6 % SF instead of 8-9 % SF now. Soaps from my new batch are soft even after 2 weeks of curing and made with that strong lye solution. I also added SL at 1,0-1,5%. Also I read some...

Sure I can. I added 15 g Horsetail and 15 g Nettle to 1 kg of oils. I blended the herbs before that so they become into fine powder. Add them when you wish - to oils or after emulsion. In my case there was slight overheating in the mold. I suppose it was from the herbs. I got little cracks only...

Hallo. I was searching about solution of a problem I got recently. I am making some recipes for maybe 10 times but this time got new problem. I don't really know how to handle with it. Maybe the best description is DeeAnna's post: I changed two things in my procedure - I lowered the water I...

Hallo guys, I saw a lovely soap in pinterest. I thought what could be the technique of making it but after several attempts I gave up. I tried spin swirl, pot swirl and clyde side. I think clyde side is the right technique but I did too thin layers in the pot. I am attaching the photo I found...

Finally I did my Geranium/Citronella/Lavender soap. I am inspired by the video of Soapish in youtube - Roses and Thorns. I do not pretend to be the best but at least I learned a lot from that soap. It's a good challenge. I hope you like it.

Hi guys, I have big problem with my not so new project. I am working with the following recipe: Olive oil VIRGIN - 45% Coconut butter 76 deg - 20 % Palm oil (solid) - 20 % Almond oil - 5 % Mango butter - 5% Castor oil - 5 % 8% SUPERFAT Water - 33 % Lye solution - 1:2.48 Fragrance - 41g/kg oils...