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with lard soap I superfat at 5% with tallow superfatting it that low makes my skin feel like it is stretched so I go to six does anyone have a suggestion for superfatting bear tallow soap besides making a bar and trying it?

Does anyone else mix their colorant that is hard to blend in the batter when you add the lye? I have been having a hard time getting pigment to mix thoroughly even using a frother, so I added it to the lye water and oil mix before I even got emulsion. It is working really well for me and I no...

The first one that is pretty is the successful batch of 9 lbs, the second one that is ugly is my first batch of 18 lbs. :(. A lot of soap went to waste on that lesson! You can see the clumps of lye that didn't dissolve. You all told me about the split method. I have never had trouble before...

but at least I hadn't added it to my oils yet. They are patiently waiting for my new lye solution. When I realized that once again I had managed to measure out all of the liquid as frozen goat milk and was slowly adding lye. It started sticking to the pan really bad when I realized what I had...

This is my second large batch and it is very hard but I'm afraid to take it out of the mold because it is still warm and I guess I'm worried about it being soft on the bottom

to make my huckleberry goat milk soap. I cannot keep it on my shelves! I have tried the huckleberry from natures garden. Not a fan. I am making 18 lb batches and could just eat it (not) I can't wait to unmold it tomorrow and cut into it to smell it!

My butcher has a batch of bear fat he is going to grind for me. He said his mom used to render it to cook with and it renders out pure white. If that's the case I'd like to give it a go to make soap however, I don't know if it is stripping like beef tallow or more like lard. So I'm not sure how...

I finally got to use my camp soap or floap, because it floats. I thought I would not be impressed because upon cutting several bars broke so the broken ones I just squished up into hand molded balls. It is one of the creamiest silkiest lathers I have had in a while. I am thoroughly happy with...

My husband has been really, really sick as he is an alcoholic and busy drinking himself to death. Doc says he needs more protein so for the last week I have been making meals for him and protein shakes ( the good kind, ice cream, raw eggs, muscle milk, and milk) in the morning. He swells really...

for the first time and forget to turn off the oven? I am just sick over this. My ovens lowest temp is 170

Good morning everyone! I just received a large variety of mica from dibbledabblediy.com and am wondering what everyone does to keep the color vibrant during cp soap making. I have seen quite a few posts on google about the color morphing. I have used midnight blue from bramble berry that turned...

This is my recipe calculated on majestic mountain sage 250 g castor oil 1000 g coconut oil (which I forgot) 1700 g olive oil 1200 g lard 1500 g tallow 774 g sodium hydroxide 1800 ml distilled water 5 tbsp colloidal oatmeal using brambleberry fragrance calculator I put in 135 g milk and honey fo...

Hello everyone, I need some feedback on liquid soap paste. I made mine strictly for cleaning the house and laundry NOT skin. I made it from 50% lard, 30% coconut oil and 20 %olive oil. Its in my crock pot. I just got it hot again because it cooked from 4 pm to 8 pm and totally stopped changing...