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Does anyone make laundry soap? I have a customer who would like me to make some for her. I'm going to do a batch of 100% lard, but she has customers who are muslim and jewish and would have a problem with lard. What other oils would you use?

I made a beautiful batch of Goats milk, oatmeal and honey Tuesday. I cut it last night and found dark little spots that were a bit runny. When I did the zap test they were caustic. :cry: I was thinking about rebatching this and adding extra oils so the leftover lye can saponify. Will...

If I'm going to rebatch a base soap, how much fragrance/essential oil should I use per pound of base?

I've tried to rebatch soooo many time and it just hasn't worked out. I haven't given up though! I was wondering if anyone out there has a good basic recipe that you use for rebatching? I would appreciate it :)

between French clays and Australian clays? My supplier in town has Australian green, pink and red clays. I have tried the green and love it. She also has Bentonite blue clay. What should I expect if I use that?

Yesterday I made the coolest soap. The bottom layer has coffee with coffee and biscotti fragrances. I also imbeded light brown biscotti looking sticks. The second layer I used titanium dioxide and sprinkled cinamon on top to make it look like the whipped cream on top of my favorite starbucks...

Does lard take longer to come to trace? I just made a batch with 50% lard and it took FOREVER!!!!!

So, I decided I wanted to make an authentic wine soap. I boiled off the alchohol earlier today and got everything ready. Here is my recipe: Lard 50% Coconut 25% Soybean 20% Castor 5% I do the heat transfer method so I don't have to wait for everything to heat up/cool down and get into...

I have a friend interested in making soap who lives in the adirondacks. She wants to know the best way to find supplies and I know that she has a tight budget. Does anyone know of suppliers in the NY area who carry base oils for a reasonable price? Thanks! Heidi

I tried making my first lotion bar yesterday. It was 1 oz. beeswax, 1 oz. castor oil and 1 oz. shea butter with a teaspoon of eo. It is so hard and waxy I could melt it down and use it to wax my legs...as far as using it as a lotion, not happening. Every lotion bar recipe I find online has...

I made a batch of soap this afternoon with 2 things in mind. 1. Laundry soap 2. Another rebatching effort (my others have failed miserably, but I think I had misguided expectations :roll: ) So anyway this was my recipe: 29 oz. coconut oil 3 oz. castor oil 5.8 oz. lye 11.4 oz...

After reading about salt bars here, I decided to give it a try this afternoon. I finished making a small batch (around 2 lbs.) and just checked it. It is really hot and seems to be getting mildly hard. I've read a few times that I should cut it an hour and a half after I make it because...

Hi there everyone, this is my first time posting and I'm hoping someone can help me :? A little history. I started soaping 6 years ago but stopped when my kids got to the age of getting into everything. I've picked it back up again and tried to run my favorite recipe through SoapCalc9...