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Tried to add some coconut milk to my soap (several different oil). I tried to wait until trace and after it had cooled down some. But see below for the results. The smell is not bad, but a definite "cooked" smell. So I'm pretty sure the coconut oil cooked and turned brown. I'm assuming the...

Sorry, not sure what the right forum is for this, apologies if I got it wrong. But I was just curious if anyone has any thoughts on "Zote" soap? Made in Mexico for many years, apparently quite popular. Its mainly a laundry soap, but its hard, I believe they make it using lye and various oils...

I keep reading/hearing that water is only really used to "introduce" the lye to the oils, its not needed for saponification to take place. So I am curious, what if you pour the dry lye into the oil directly, although at a very, very slow rate, while stirring/mixing the whole time? Thanks!

Happy new year everyone!!! Just curious - can you use whole milk for the oil? Lots of fat in whole milk, but maybe its not an "oil" so that won't work. If you cannot, can you substitute out whole milk for 100% of the water in the recipe? How will that turn out? Thanks!!!

Just made some soap last night, 100% flax oil (I know not ideal for soap, just testing I had it sitting around from years ago). In a crock pot. 0% superfat. No fragrances or coloration or anything. 38% water to oil or whatever. I did add a little water when it looked like it was drying out...

I made waaaaaaay too much soap. Thoughts on how to get rid of it (in a meaningful way) in a hurry? Obviously sell it or give it away. Can I use it as a dish detergent in my sink? Guess I would have to turn it into a liquid - soak it in water? Can I use it in the dishwasher? Can I use it as...

I was just watching soaping videos and I saw this one: So, isn't banking soda fundamentally different from lye? Can it really make soap like that? If so, any thoughts on that type of soap? Side question: why can soap from Turkey and China be made SO much less than they can make it? Big...

I was not trying to make anything creative here, just wanted to try 100% flax oil soap to see how it came out. See picture below. I mixed oil and lye solution in the glass, then set the glass in a big pot of water on the stove and turned the stove to the lowest setting possible. Water never...

The first batch of soap I ever made I used the brambleberry calculator. I thought it came out very darned good (it was just a simple pure canola oil soap). Then I switched to using soapcalc and others. My soap always seems to get "dry", really "thick" is the right word, before the lye...

I have made a couple batches of soap that turned out pretty good. I always made hot (well, really warm lol) process. But I want to do a cold one and try and make a cool design. I have the soap mold below, and have some soap pour funnels. I want to make some cold process soap this weekend and...

I made a few batches, promptly forgot almost everything after getting busy at work and having to take time off from the hobby, then started watching youtube videos again on hot process soap making. But they all seem to leave some fine details uncovered. Lots of miscellaneous questions, both...

I've been doing some reading about this. It seems there are at least a couple differences between homemade soaps that we all make and commercial/industrial ones you guy at the grocery store: 1. The ones at the store have had most (all?) of their glycerine emoved. This I think helps make the...

Looks like slime from Ghostbusters LOL.

We all know making soap from different oils will produce soap with different properties. But so far as I know every oil is a mix of different triglycerides containing different mixes of fatty acids. Is there any place that sells oil that are only one type of triglyceride, e.g., an oil that is...

I've seem tons of people say you need to cure your soap, for a few days if its hot processed or like 3 weeks if its cold processed. What actually happens during that curing period? I see people say it gets "milder". But I watched a youtube video the other day where the lady filming it said...

I think in hot soap making, the chemical reaction is basically supposed to be done before you stop the cooking process. But in cold soap making, I think even after the soap dries the chemical reactions making it soap are still going on. How long after you mix it up before the chemical...

For me: Green Irish Tweed For my bottom: Yves Sait Laurent Cinema Chanel Chance Chanel Cocco I googled green irish tweed, and found plenty, but I was just wondering if anyone on here has tried some and have particular ones they recommend over others. Thanks!!!

I used pure canola oil as just a cheap first attempt. I used the calculator here: Lye Calculator and Fragrance Calculator Which for 16 ounces canola oil gave me 2.07 oz lye and 4.63 ounces of distilled water. I translated those to ml, which were 473 ml of canola oil, 61 ml lye and 137 ml...