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Can use Sodium carbonate ( washing soda) in heavy duty hand cleaner( industrial hand soap) ? thank you

I have this problem, it really bothers me - the feeling of leftover soap (or anything else than water) on my body when I shower. It's started to become a problem because I need to shower for a longer time to feel that all the soap is gone, and so I'm asking this forum for help since a lot of...

Hi all. New to soap making. I’ve recently tried making my own liquid foam soap, with castile soap and oils. But it has to be shaken every time we use it, seems like castile soap doesn’t keep combined. So here’s my question: is there a way of combining it all, without it getting seperated?

I am facing the issue of Cracking in soap bar. My recipe is, soap noodles 250kg Talcum powder 25kg silicate 5kg Glycerin 3kg Titanium 250 g water 10-15 kg

Hello everyone, I recently made a batch of soap and I noticed some of my lye had harden at the bottom of my container causing a lye shortage. The soap did saponify but it is really oily and soft because there wasn’t enough lye for all of the oil. I took it out of the mold and cut it and I am...

Hi, I'm new to soap making and while I really enjoy the whole process and I'm very excited about soap making, I did a lot of research about how effective and healthy soap is. My question was, is it really that good on your skin? Does it worth the money and the time? Because if there are better...

It's a slippery slope to say the least. I started watching my wife create these beautiful works of art that led me to follow suit. Now.... I can't stop! I rush home from work everyday to see if my loaf is ready to be removed from my mold just so I could pour another lol. Anyhow, excited to be...

Dear all, I try to find myself in the soapCalc ( it's a bit of rocket science for beginners :oops:). I stick to the rules that are explained on the website however I couldn't find any information about at what temperature I should mix lye and oils. I'm testing lots of recipes at this moment...

I would like to start printing labels for my soap instead of handwriting labels. In which direction I should look ? Of course I would like to have my labels in colour . I don't mind regular paper however I would like to have possibilities to print on the sticker paper. I tried to look at it in...

Hello Everyone, Newbie here, I'm hoping someone could help me solve what this is (and excuse my naivety!): I've been making MP soap and love the process. I usually do base + fragrance oil + dye and leave them in the mould overnight before taking them out. Then it's packaged in a plastic...