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I would be concerned about oxidation. Oils that have been heated to a high temperature often are oxidized which leads to faster spoiling. I would be concerned that using recycled oil would lead to DOS. I think a a better option would be making biodiesel. Biodiesel is made with vegetable oils...

Apparently the chemical thymol can by used at a rate of .5% and it acts as a catalyst of sopanification. Thymol is found in Thyme Essential Oil. Has anyone used Thyme EO or Thymol crystals in soap making? I would love to here your experiences.

I was hoping the wine would impart a nice red color but it was a deep brown color. The advantages of wine is the color and the sugars increase the lather of the bar. If you use wine make sure you boil it and cool it down possibly even freeze it. Alcohol won't behave nicely with lye and soap. It...

I haven't had any problems using tap water, I have also used aloe juice, tea made with tap water, beer, wine, cows milk, coconut milk, and cucumber puree

Butter is high in butyric acid and it stinks real bad when you soap with it.

Honestly, I would compost the oils.

I am interested in what other things cold process soap can be used as an ingredient in. For example, cold process laundry soap. I made some the other day and I quite enjoyed making it. I then realized I could probably use it as a scouring powder as well. Then I read somewhere you can use castle...

I have some cooling racks I use. I put them on the shelf in my coat closet and leave them for a month or so. Even with my bathroom being next to the closet they still seem to cute.

I have never melted it completely and stirred it before taking some out. Its soft enough to scoop out so I just scoop, weigh, then melt. Haven't had any problems with this, I also superfat a little bit higher typically. I like 6-7% because anything below that dries my skin out regardless of the...

I'm suspecting the citric acid may neutralize the washing soda and may lower the efficiency. However, I have no scientific evidence to back that up. Let us know how it works.

Wal-mart here doesn't seem to carry coconut oil. The only place that I have found it charges 18 dollars a pound for it so I use it very sparingly. The reason I want to use it in laundry soap is the exact reasons you mention, the cleansing factor. I recently ordered 10lbs of palm online and I...

I made laundry soap the other day for the first time as well, I have used it a few times and it seems to do okay with general cleaning. I made a batch of lard soap (100% lard 0% SF) Then I used a cup of lard soap shredded 1 cup borax 1 cup Calgon Water Softner (similar to washing soda, I am...

I had taken some sleeping pills before bed and they give me terrible dreams. I had a dream about making soap and I couldn't ever shake the feeling after that and just had to do it.

I have used aloe vera juice in my soaps. I can't really say if it added anything to the soap. I think its more for label appeal than anything. I have used coconut milk in soaps before and I can say that the soap has a more creamy texture to it. I have goat milks powder I am dying to try out.

I have dealt with Randi at CoE before and she is amazing. She goes above and beyond to satisfy her customers.

Thanks guys! Now that I have done a succesful one color swirl and am confident that I have reached light trace and not a false trace I am going to try the swirl with black and blue. When I do it with the two colors I am going to use the fragrance!

Fresh Outdoors by Candlepro. I don't have many fragrances. I have only picked up fragrances from the classifieds on SMF I have never bought at from a supplier.

I made this soap using blue ultramarine. I was so worried about doing my swirl that I forgot to add the fragrance! Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us

It isn't reccmended to use anything that dilates blood vessels in the skin of the face because it can cause capillaries to burst.