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This will probably be a silly question coming from someone who's been soaping for as long as I have but I'm in a bit of a crossroad. I badly need space, and it's because I'd been setting up to make soap. So I have EVERYTHING I need to make a pretty good batch of soaps. Yes, plural. This was at...

This is my cold process solid soap recipe. "Unapologetically Palm " https://wwww.soapmakingfriend.com/recipes/edit/76361#:~:text=Unapologetically Palm I'm not sure if this is how to link to my recipe but if not, I'll try another way, if I can. I've never made such a mostly single oil soap...

I just wanted to share this with the forum because it seems just so apropos. BBC News - Breakthrough over potentially harmful chemicals found in most homes https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-62561756

I'm asking for a critique of this recipe because I've made it at least twice before without issue except this time I want to add citric acid. Not because it leaves soap scum as is but because I'm now making it in part for taking some of the bars to San Antonio where the water is very hard (heavy...

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If it ain't one thing... I searched, I really did, but all I could find were posts on folks using the wrong lye and getting soft soaps by mistake. I'm feeling like my brain is getting soft instead. So here goes. My Mexican soap-making workshop went like a fire sale! Everyone was very interested...

I'm in México, in a relatively small town, and staying with a Jewish family for a another week or so. I'd offered to give their community a budget friendly workshop on soap making because I really love doing it. I know they don't consume pork, but I didn't think they'd object to having soaps...

I have my lye and most of all my other oils measured out. There's LuAnn CO in the house (I can steal it from my son! 😉) but is it equivalent to the CO76F? I don't care that it's not organic or virgin, I just want to finish making this batch of soap. It's not for selling or friends. It's strictly...

I feel absolutely gobsmacked at how well this recipe worked. Ok, I haven't shaved with it, and I only have a used toothbrush to sub for a real shaving brush, but I used my hands to make some lather, and just wow. The photos are in sequence (I hope) and taken over the course of 3 HOURS. The last...

No, really! 🐁🐀 The mention of the cultured rats on someone else's post caught my attention! And reminded me of the nibbled bar. Here at my younger son's house there's not much space for curing my soap, so I decided to put it in the garage on a wooden chest that no one likes. There's nothing...

Earlier this week, I created a modified version of a recipe I've already made before. A lard/OO/CO76/Castor (%: 50/30/15/5). I include a photo of my printed recipe with notes, because it illustrates the glaring mistake I made that I didn't see until just now. My oil percentages (amounts) are ALL...

I'm asking now, before I have a possible mess on my hands. I have a working table in my garage and shortly before hell froze over I had made a 3kg batch of lard heavy soap. Mostly fragranced with eo's. It had only been about 4 days and they were still sticky in their molds so I hadn't removed...

I'm in a pickle. I've read through a lot of posts and I can't seem to find a clear answer to my question/problem. I want to make a brine soap, not a salt one, and about the only information that I've found is: 1) I shouldn't use more than 25% salt in my water or it'll precipitate out, and in my...

I'm feeling stuck. I have a recipe in mind but it includes an oil blend. I don't HAVE to use it, but it's getting old and I don't want to waste it. Also it's been infused with paprika and annato for almost 3 months! The oil blend is 70:30 palm and soy. The recipe I've run through Soapee: SF 6%...

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I'm looking for advice on how to incorporate the cocoa powder and the cinnamon I'm planning to use in this recipe. Also, why partially thaw the milk? I understood that it's better to add the lye to the frozen cubes. I'm confused . 350g batch Castor 5%, 17.5g CO76 10% 35 OO 30% 105 Palm 19%...

I'm closing in to a good soap recipe but I'm now having an issue. Here's what I'm wanting to try: OO 50% Palm/soy oil 20% CO76 10% Palm, hydro 20% SF: 5% Water: lye 2:1 Maybe some honey for added suds. Here's my issue: The palm/soy combo is a local veg oil that's 70/30 palm and soy. The...

I wanted to share the last 5 batches of soap I've made. I'm still trying to figure out how to create colors without micas or oxides because I can't get them. So far they all seem to work out, except for one batch that seems to be drying, even though it has little CO. A possible error in choosing...

Hello, Soaping geniuses! My name is Jessie and I've been lurking and posting (a bit) and though I read through the pinned posts, I'd never introduced myself. That's just rude and inexcusable, right? :rolleyes: So here are my bonafides: I'm originally from San Francisco, but in a very...

I previously made a soap recipe that had mostly palm & soy oils in the form of a veg oil. I added some olive oil, CO 76F, and castor oil. I had used Palm Kernel oil when I ran it through SoapCalc.net but that turned out to be a big mistake, as it was pointed out by more experienced soapers. So...