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... Wow! Visiting the forum after ages! Your response is so detailed and informative. Thank you! You’re right about tropical/ subtropical climate playing havoc with soap. And I’ll try salt for thickening with my next dilution. I’ve tried three more batches of CPLS with full success. I've...

... India does not produce significant quantity of palm. About 95% palm oil from India is actually the imported version from Malaysia, plus none of it is RSPO certified. so please avoid it. P.S. I’m from India and have done considerable research over my 5 years of soaping.

Wow! Thanks, Lankan. Yes your tips seem to be nice. I'll definitely be trying that method for the next batch. But what is the clarity at the end of 24hours? I've left mine for almost a week now, and it looked perfectly fine clarity wise,but when I tried to dilute a bit last night it turned a...

Thank you Andrew. I've done a batch since, using glycerine, and have kept it aside. The problem with slow cookers is that they are rated 110V, and here we get 220V supply. I bought a cooker about 2 years back and have tried three step down transformers since, with zero success. Oddly, in India...

Dear soapers If left uncooked, how long will liquid soap take to saponify? I'm planning on using bastille recipe with glycerine for dissolving KOH Please advise. I've seen numerous tutorials for liquid soap making, and have successfully made three small batches with the advised cook times, over...

Hmmm. Food for thought. that may very well have been the case. Thank you! Thank you! That's very insightful! Aside to all who took time out to read and reply... as a community, you are very helpful and generous I'm so grateful to have a support group such as you! And I give deepest thanks and...

I'm posting the screenshot of my recipe, please do consider it. I used brambleberry's lye calculator. Thanks Thanks! Have attached a screenshot of the recipe... I used brambleberry's lye calculator. Thank you! That's very detailed indeed. The soap was 24 hours into the making. Unfortunately...

Thank you @ dixiedragon! @shunt2011, I used brambleberry lye calculator. I'm appending the recipe screenshot. @jcandleattic its quite dry here... Humid months are july-october. Well, sadly, I'm not a patient person and on all occasions I simply washed the soap slabs a couple of times, let it...

I Don't know the difference between zap and burn. When I put a little bit of the droplet on my tongue using an SS spoon, it stung immediately and my tongue feels burnt ( like with hot food), afterwards. Oh, I forgot... I don't scent my soaps. And thanks for your compliment ♥

Hi friends. I'm an amateur soaper and am facing one particular problem. I love making clay soaps. Usually I add about one tablespoon per kilo of oils, and superfat at 7%. My usual recipe is as below: Castor oil 15% Coconut oil 15% Shea butter 6% Cocoa butter 6% Tamanu oil 20% Olive pomace 38%...