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The soap factory in my home town has a virtual tour, which is quite interesting. I'm in no way affiliated, I just think it's fascinating to have a look behind the scenes of these places, which are so often off-limits. https://droyt.com/virtual-factory-tour/ https://droyt.com/soap-facts/ Quite...

I was reading this article , which states: Can someone please explain what this means and are we CP/HPers producing one or two step, and if it's the former, how can we try to create the latter? Thanks!

Have you, by design or serendipity, arrived upon a recipe that works despite it breaking a few rules? 100% Coconut Oil, ~20% superfat is a well-known one. My lucky combo runs fairly well through Soapcalc but does break a couple of rules. Had litres of Sweet Almond to use as it was on the...

So I have ordered and received sustainable RSPO Palm Oil from Livemoor. Now I have it, I am thinking.... Is it? I mean, is it sustainable? https://www.livemoor.co.uk/products/palm-carrier-oil-1-kg-100-pure-100-rspo-certified-sustainable-palm-oil?variant=2264856068117 I have no reason to...

I made a batch of CPHP recently and panicked, ending up with lumps in the end. It was 30% coconut oil, 30% palm, 20% olive oil and 10% castor oil superfatted to 3%. My first mistake was putting both hard and soft oils in the crock pot which then took an age to melt. Later, whilst I knew that...

Hi I am making another batch of CPHP and here's the recipe: 1000g coconut oil 380g water 153g lye 63g Dragons Blood FO 1/4tsp ponceau/tartrazine blend dispersed in 3/4tsp almond oil Handful poppy seeds Plan is to add last 3 ingredients at completion of saponification eg. Still hot in crock pot...

Hi. I understand that grapeseed oil isn't great in the main soap, however I know that is a popular base for aromatherapy. I am thinking of making a batch of soap at 0-1percent superfat and cooking to gel, then adding in 2 to 3percent grapeseed along with scent oils. Thoughts appreciated as...

I am trying to create a heady exotic scent, for a HP scrub soap. I am thinking palmarosa, lavender, rosemary, myrrh and patchouli. Would this work or how would you alter this? Thanks.

Hi, first post and first batch made. So, I took it real slow, and ordered a copy of Melinda Coss's excellent Natural Soap. I studied the sections on oils, fats and butters, the equipment list, the saponification chart, superfatting theort section and of course the recipes. I then bought the...