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I am asking you experienced soapers to evaluate this Pine Tar Bar for me. I want it to be usable both on skin and hair. Being so completely new to soaping I am not quite sure which oils/fats are acceptable for shampoo bars but am suspecting you do not want animal fats. This recipe is from...

So I live in a small town in Texas. It's not particularly an artsy community but more ranching and such. I didn't have a huge problem finding lye, although if I start buying a lot of small jars of it the law may come visit me, I guess. There is a health food store which has a decent selection...

This was a 50% olive oil bar with lard and coconut to balance out some of the OO properties. I used a cold process but then popped the mold into a warm oven (heated to 170º F and then turned off) for an hour and a half, hoping for a complete gel, mainly so that maybe it would cure a tad faster...

If you are doing Cold Process, what would be the maximum temperature you would have for mixing the lye and oils?

... and why should I be interested in it? What are its advantages or disadvantages?

Last evening I made a very small batch of cold process soap. Everything went quite well: it traced beautifully and I got it into the mold and wrapped cozily under blankets for the night. But then I took a look at all the pitchers and utensils I had used, coated in raw soap or perhaps a bit of...

We have a clearwater system and my husband has nixed the borax in the washing machine because he has read that it will kill the grass. Are there any other good recipes for laundry detergent which do not use borax? Please?

What does it mean to "discount water", please.

This is, no doubt, a total "newbie" question but I would like to know. I have been reading about crock pot processing and other processing using common kitchen equipment. Does using your crock pot (or spoons or whatever) for soap contaminate it forever for food use? I have a book on soap...

Soap making has interested me for a long time but I failed my one and only attempt at it. I suspect this forum might be able to fill in my vast ignorance on the subject and even help me be successful at last.