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    Goat Milk Lard Soap question with pics

    Hi all, I've been on the goat milk / lard kick for a bit and the wife and I really like it. I originally made some smaller batches and they looked fine. I also made regular goat milk NO lard and they look fine... As WELL As straight up lard and they look fine. I then made a larger...
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    Weird lard issue between buckets...

    Good morning, So lately I've been on a 50% lard kick and really enjoying the bars. My wife who was hesitant at first because of "the lard" has now come to really appreciate it. Here's the issue. I made a 50% lard batch with my regularly purchased Armour lard from Walmart. Usually all of...
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    Can you rebatch a lye solution HEAVY mistake?

    Ok.. So... Long story short... I made a lye solution master batch (have done a few of these already without issue) but instead of pouring into the laundry jug (like i have done quite a few times) and only use what I need for my recipe... I accidentally / mistakenly / stupidly used it in my...
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    Brambleberry - Total Batch Weight instead of PPO question...

    HI All, I made a batch last night of Oatmeal Milk and Honey from Brambleberry and calculated the amount used for PPO (like most other FO companies) instead of Total Batch Weight which Brambleberry recommends. The max usage is 1.95%. My question is, with other companies like Nurture Soap...
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    Adding sorbitol to ZNSC?

    Hi all, So I made a couple of bars of ZNSC on 12/26/22 and tried one out the other day. This really is a nice bar. My wife really really likes it. Keeps her hands / skin soft etc. I was thinking of adding some sorbitol for help with bubbles / lather. Wondering if that would affect the...
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    Which is better at scent retention... Animal fat or plant based? Or does it not make a difference?

    I know a lot of it comes down to the quality of the oils, percentages used, FO vs EO as well as the recipe itself... But does one (lard or plant based) "bind" to the FO/EO better than the other to have a longer lasting scent?
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    What is the difference (in layman's terms) between IFRA48 and IFRA50?

    These screenshots are from Nurture Soap for the FO Awaken. I received a sample bottle and it says to use 2.66 percent. But in screenshot 1, it shows 6% for IFRA 48 and 2.66% for IFRA 50. However, screenshot 2, when I ran it through their FO Calculator, it gave me a usage rate of 4% PPO...
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    80% Lard recipe breaks up like chocolate when cutting after 2 days...

    Hi all, So I assume waiting 2 days to cut an 80% lard, 15% CO, 5% castor oil recipe was too long. It reminded me of cutting into a block of chocolate that way it broke apart. I made another batch at 60% lard, OO, CO, castor oil (same time as the 80% batch) and cut that one at the 2 day...
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    Brambleberry scents that I have are very light in scent. Is that the norm?

    Sooo... I purchased some masculine and floral scents from Brambleberry in the trial sizes. None of these OOB are super strong. The majority of these are very light in scent to me. Will these light scents stick around in soaps or even last? I have looked at the SMF Fragrance Oil Review...
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    Kaolin Clay with Lard? Sorbitol... liquid or powder?

    Hi All, I have been reading countless threads about lard and went out a bought a little 1lb tub of it while my other soaps cure. In the threads I've seen different recommended ratios... 50% to 80%. However, I don't recall seeing anything about koalin clay being used. Would a lard soap...
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    Would cocoa butter be considered as drying to the skin?

    The couple of batches that I had made seem to be drying as opposed to other batches without cocoa butter. Is there a max % recommended to use cocoa butter?
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    Recipe assistance

    I was hoping someone can explain to me why these 2 different recipes, even though the longevity is different, lasted the same amount of time. I got 10 showers out of each one. These are 4oz bars and they both cured a little over 4 weeks. I was hoping that cocoa butter would have increased the...
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    How do these look / what would you tweak?

    Hi all, I have been making small (500g) batches, whilst tweaking here and there. I have attached a couple of recipes to see what woulda / coulda / shoulda been tweaked. The batches that I've made with the stearic + palmitic combined to about 30 - 31 have a 10 day shower life on a soap...
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    Soap has not lost anymore weight. It has been less than 4 weeks.

    Hi All, I made a bunch of 500gram batches about 3 1/2 weeks ago. I have been weighing the bars every few days by grams. One batch has not changed in weight in about 10 days. When I press on it in the center, there is an ever so slight softness to it... It's not stiff like some other bars...
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    What's the worse thing that can happen if I scorched my goat milk?

    Hi all, So.... I made quite a few of CP batches here and there... all in the 500 grams per batch range to get my feet wet and get the feel of it. I then thought I would give it a try with goat milk that I picked up from a nearby farm. They are sold frozen in quart sized plastic milk jugs...
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    Hi there...

    Hi all, Steve here from Massachusetts. I joined this forum about 2 months ago and have been perusing this site even before that trying to soak up (little pun there) as much as I can. I have made some CP in the past as well as a little bit of M&P. I am just a hobbyist trying to impress...
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