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I've never done this before. How do you calculate the amount of lye solution into total oil?

I just soaped Black Raspberrry Vanilla from BB last Sunday and it behave nicely. It doesn't discolor soap at all and the smell is sweet ripen Raspberry with little trace of Vanilla. I had two color tones, one with deep red and the other is no color at all. the non coloring came out with creamy...

That's the thing! I always put lye discount for only 5% as the mentor in my soapmaking course told me to do so. silly me.. I should have played more in that discount and superfat to get more variation to my soap.. so if I keep my cleansing point to 17, and add SF for 7-8%, the chance to get soap...

Wow, thank you all. I perhaps need to do my homework and read more materials about this matter. The thing is, I like sort of learning by doing. I have studied about this soapmaking before I made my first batch only about a month. I did join a basic soapmaking course for a short day, and I just...

from soapcalc, I usually add 5% of superfat without really knowing what it mean, or how to superfat. will that be the same with lye discount then? if I already had 5% lye discount, is that mean, I already had superfat for 5% without needing to add another 5% of oil at trace? CMIIW thanks...

Thanks for the responses. I really need to ask this stupid question so please mercy me. About adding superfat. When do you actually adding superfat? is it added at trace? what is superfat? what kind of superfat do you usually have? if you have lye discount let say 7%, will that mean, we need...

This has been my problem on and on. Today I showered with lemongrass peppermint soap that had been cured for 4 weeks. I was expecting my skin would be softer and milder after shower but it doesn't. I have Palm Oil for 30%, Oil Oil Pomace 30%, Coconut Oil 25% and Cocoa Butter 15%. The Lye is 71...

Hi all, I made a batch of soap last night and turn out it was a disaster. After 24 hrs, the batch kinda separate between hard batch and oil! I disposed the oil part and cut the hard one. It was solid but there is some kinda white soft grainy stuff on top of the soap which I don't know what it...

Hi yoenoess, we live in the same country, and I had that problem too! I still dont know what had happened to my soap. but I saved my soap by rebatching again and it came out beautifully. The fragrance still preserve (I had Rose EO). Perhaps we can share our experience of soap making and how...

Thanks soapbuddy, I actually has added shea butter I forgot to mention. 2 tsp.. but it still dry on my skin.. :( That came into my thought too... I shall ask the ingredient to my supplier.. thanks I got it as a sample from a distributor here in Jakarta. They supplies small and big cosmetic...

Could anyone explain to me please, what the zap test is? Thank you

Hi All, I am new in soap making and need many advices from all of you.. has anyone here from Indonesia? It's hard to find soap making supply here. You need to order from Australia and it cost me a fortune to get them. Clear soap based is rarely to find. I had my clear based soap given by one...

(newbie Quest) Help! My first M&P leaves my skin really Hi all, I am newbie in soap making and really need some advice. I tried my first M&P with clear based soap last night. I melted about 200 gram of Clear Based Soap, added about 5 ml honey, and 2 ml Lavender Essential Oil and 2 drop of...