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Yeah, I definitely don't want more of the same scent soap. I guess I'll just let it dry in the open in the hopes its mellows significantly or the scent grows on me. Either that or I'll just dump it and make a new batch.

So I made another batch of the soap but ended up with waaaaaaay to much fragrance which has become an assault on the senses. So much that the soap feels oily to the touch and I don't even like the scent. Short of throwing it away or leaving it to dry in open for several months, is there a way I...

If you happen to have some pH paper, check if the pH is 9-10. Can't think of anything else. I'm sure the experts here can sort it out for you. Whatever it is, I'm certain its not Lee's formula that is the issue. And it's probably not the glycerin either. Oils on saponification will produce...

Are you sure you got the KOH quantity right? I had a similar issue with my first batch as well where I hadn't used enough KOH and the saponification didn't occur at all. Do a palm lather. If your hand feels oily after you wash it off, the oils may not have saponified to produce a rich lather...

Got drunk and ordered $3000 worth of supplies. Luckily, it maxed out on my credit card and the order didn't go through... phew!

I was thinking exactly the same about the longivity. At the going rate, my first batch which was only 100 gm oils, is going to last me a lifetime. I'm thinking in future I should probably divide bigger batches into 100 gm containers with different scents or other minor variations such as...

Just 5 swirls of the brush on the soap and this is the amount of lather it produced in under a minute. Photo taken about 15 minutes after making the lather. The bowl is approximately 5.5 inches (140 mm) at the top. It probably would have made more lather if I kept going, but I just gave up after...

@psfred But in this case, my lye is KOH based. The closest I've got to making Tetrasodium myself is this: 372.24 g Disodium EDTA + 80.0 g NaOH gives 380.17g Tetrasodium EDTA (plus some extra water) Saw this on chemistcorner website but I'm avoiding putting a direct link as I'm a newbie here...

Possibly me. I had made a post but its held up in moderation probably because I am new here and it had a link to DeeAnna's website. Hoping the mods get a chance to approve it soon. Just to release some suspense, I made the soap and it lives up to its reputation every bit - I did a fun experiment...

So after several misses, I managed to create my first shaving soap based on Songwind's formula. I did modify the original formula a bit by adding unrefined Shae butter to the mix. I also added a bit of Potassium citrate to deal with the extreme hard water in my area. The end result was awesome...

Nothing really. I ever only used commercial shaving creams from tubes and canned foams in my life. Hence the (possibly unwarranted) inclination to stick to the familiar. I have nothing against the hard soap per se. Thanks for the links, looks like exactly the thing I was looking for - especially...

Thanks everyone for your help! Sorry for a follow up noob question, but I'm assuming you mean achieve 25% lye concentration by increasing the amount of water and not by reducing the amount of KOH which would otherwise leave un-saponified fat in the mixture? While don't have tubes, I can...

Hi Everyone! I'm a total noob here and a total noob at soap making as well. In fact, I've never made soap in my life before, so pardon me for asking what might be a really really silly question. I'd like to try the @LBussy recipe but I'd like the final product to have a cream/toothpaste like...