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Welcome to the forum Pai, that makes at least two of us from (South) India:)

Is the value 0.296? or is it 296?. I any case all you need to do is divide the saponification value of KOH by 1.403 Here is a link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saponification_value

Thank you all for sharing your experiences with Sodium Lactate. So far I have learned that sodium lactate does help the soap turn harder (especially when working with soft soaps or soaps with high% soft oils) and hence easy to unmould, cut into pieces but doesn't reduce the cure time ( I could...

I have not used sodium lactate in my formulations. My question was does adding sodium lactate to CP/HP soap help increase the life of a soap in shower? Does addition of Sodium lactate cause soap to 'sweat' as it is a humectant? I let my soaps cure for 6 weeks, and have noticed that my aged...

So far, I have been soaping with only lye, oils, botanicals and EO's. The only drawback of my soap is that it turns soggy very soon (even if placed in a well drained tray, outside the shower). The constant rains and humidity for the past 2 months has me worried (We do not use a dehumidifier or...

This comes just as I was wondering if you are from Konkan :) You guessed absolutely right! We live in adjascent states :)

That is wonderful chicklet! Since I have run out of my salt bars, I will reformulate with salt and comeback with the results. Thankyou all!

Recently I formulated a shampoo bar( high conditioning). It worked extremely well on my hair. We have soft water. My sister when on a visit tried the shampoo bar and loved it. But sadly, 2 days later when she tried the same bar at her place she had powdery buildup and tangled up hair the very...

I have used coconut oil, coconut milk, coconut fiber, and activated coconut shell charcoal in a soap. Coconut fiber( obtained when milk is freshly extracted from coconut) acts as a scrub and the soap came through fine. So have fun with your project!

Did you use refined castor oil? I am asking because I once tried making soap using castor oil 45 percent and the rest coconut, waited 3 days but didn't harden, well, actually looked hard from outside, but was soft and creamy inside.Finally, I rebatched with salt and got a hard bar of soap. I...

Louiet, How about coating the fibres/ thread with melted beeswax?

My first batch of soap was with dried and powdered peel of oranges. It was my sister's favourite!

Congratulations on your successful shampoo bar! So did you HP the batch? and is it a hard bar( I know it has to cure but still curious:smile)

Thank you for the info! Once again, the soaps look great!

The labels are very beautiful, but I loved the lush and juicy appearance of soap. It is exactly the 'look' I was looking for!! Could you please share what oils bring about the translucent look and I guess it has gelled?

Personally, I feel this is a good opportunity for you to get over the apprehension of cooking soap. Try it, initially I too hesitated to cook. But once I did that, could identify the different stages during the cook process and became extremely confident wrt soapmaking. If you have a crockpot...

I think you can save the batch as you know exactly how much is in excess, don't worry. I did the same mistake once with a layered swirl(my first swirl), and a few minutes after I poured, realised had added excess oil :( for all the time spent on carefully layering and swirling) so I know...

I guess gelled soaps with certain oil combinations would make it look that way :)

I am hoping someone would be able to help too:)

Well I think I had to put it as opalescent :oops:.I did not mean melt and pour soap nor glycerine/transparent soaps, but cold process soaps. I recall having read that certain oils produce beautiful soaps (Cold processed) which are almost opaque but faintly allow light to pass through. Any ideas?