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sheep tallow I am just soaping about 3 kg of sheep tallow. It depends on how much you use. One recipe I make with 50% sheep tallow, does smell a little. Its not really a sheepsmell but its not neutral, I use chocolade, vanilla or other warm FOs to cover it. Works fine. Today I used...

Deionised water http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purified_water Deionised water will be fine as well. The same water you use in steam irons and car batteries.

Recipe http://millersoap.com/soapanimal.html#MissNonya There is a recipe using spices. I have used this spice mix and it was really nice and had a warm smell, without using any other scents. Be careful some spices like nutmeg and cinnamon, they may cause allergy.

I am from Austria and had never problems with ordering and paying with both shop.

It is a difference between dried and cured. If you make CP soap it takes about 4 weeks till the ph gets down to 8-9. It starts with 14 and every week it goes down one or two points. Debending on temperature, gelling etc. it might be less than that. In case of HP it sure would help...

German stores I ordered from both shops and the service, quality and prices are very good. http://www.gisellamanske.com Castor oil (Rizinusöl) 1 Liter 8,90 www.behawe.com has the fastest delivery within Europe. I have the treasures :D in 3 days. If there are problems with...

The soap I made for a friends baby girl Olive 80% Babassu 15% Castor 5% sf 6% and time to cure almost 6 month. No color no FO. I poured it in MWM pony etc. molds. Besides it took weeks to get them out of the molds, the soap turned out nice and my friend and her daughter are still...

Our dog "organizes" blanchets from the couch! He loves soft beds and needs a cover, as soon as the roomtemperature is below 25° C. It takes quite a time to find all his blanchets suitable for him, untill he finally finds the most comfortable sleeping position. The prince and the Pea!

Our Franz - such a character!!!!!!!! :D

off topic ilovedoxies Is this a Wiener dog on your picture? I think most FOs for soap/lotion making should work in candles etc, depending on their flashpoint. I would not test one with a low one :D (blow up)

No, no problems. Even adding a milk product in the finished hp soap never caused a problem. Pateurizing only kills most bacteria, the milk is not steril. Using NaOH denaturates every substance in the milk, I have not tested it, but I am sure its steril!

pasteurizing Hi! Not only the head, also the quite letal ph around 14 kills every bacteria (either good or bad) in your milk! :D You can really cut out pasteurizing your milk for soapmaking.

Hard water The reason is, that the Calcium and Magnesium in hard water also react with the fatty acids during the saponification. Its soap too, but they have other properties than the soaps we use, made with Sodium (NaOH) or Potassium (KOH) hydroxide. Thats the reason why dead sea salt...

rose pedals Even on my whipped soap - no gelphase - the dried rose pedals that touched the soap turned brown. It took same days, but they did. Hot process might work. Adding the infusion befor or after the lye, did never make a difference. My rosepedalteasoap has a nice nonroselike dark...

transparent soap Transparent soap is "wet" after unmolding and needs to dry for a couple of days. But after that it can be used. After drying it should be wrapped quite air tight, so it can`t dry out to much (it shrinks). Basicly you could use a HOT PROCESS soap immediatly, but it does...

Sorry it will turn brown, like most plants do. Even if you put the rose pedals on top of a CP they turn dark as well. You could bet your finished rose soap an your rose pedals.

Transparent soap Hi! http://www.bearchele.com/soap/Tutorial.html Here is a nice tutorial with pics. http://millersoap.com/glycerinsoap.html One with recipes and useful hints. I make transparent soap sometimes. Basicly its a hot process soap, and you add at the end of the...

GM in HP Soap25, if I add the milk after sap, will that affect how long I can keep the soap No, not that I know :D My oldest HPs are about 2 years old, I add about 150 gr. milk product (yoghurt, creamcheese) or 100 ml milk / 1 kg oils . If I use milkpowder I disolve 4 -5 tsp in about 100...

Goats milk If you add GM into the soap before saponification, the soap turns light brown and gets a fine warm smell like caramel. This might influence the smell of your Fragrance oil. I use "warm" FOs (Lavender, Pine, Schokolade, Milk etc.) in this case. If you pour it in after sapon. -...

Dragonblood Hi! The soap looks great! I hope your FO "Dragonblood" doesn´t turn your soap dark brown, after a few days, like mine did. :cry: