Nibiru2020
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This is from my first test batch of this soap. The dual lye was: 40% NaOH & 60% KOH. This recipe halved made 4 - 1" x 3" shaving pucks.
Oils were: Stearic Acid 60%, Shea Butter 15%, Coconut Oil 15% & Castor Oil 5%. 10% Glycerin by total oil weight was added after trace and saponification.
The attached PDF is my modified version which I will be trying out in the next few weeks.
Attached graph is showing the new characteristics of the modded version. In addition, the NaOH and KOH are both at 50% now to make a slightly firmer soap, or at least that's the idea.
I actually got this recipe from a YouTube Video entitled: Making Dual Lye Shaving Soap | Modified Cold Process Method
(Although I believe it's more of a modified hot process method... 6 of one, half a dozen of the other...
)
The channel is: Holly's Soapmaking - Kapia Mera
The original recipe makes a semi-soft soap, even after setting up in the mold and then removed 24 hours later and sitting for several day before cutting. The photos show little dents and indentations from my fingers denting the soap during the cutting process plus the mold liner was a little askew inside the mold. The attached recipe I upped the coconut oil by 5% and decreased the stearic acid by 5% hoping to improve the bubbliness of it. Although it's the stearic acid and the butters which impart the creaminess to it, which is important in a men's shaving soap, and yes...
ladies can use this also.
Here is a couple of photos from that first batch.
Oils were: Stearic Acid 60%, Shea Butter 15%, Coconut Oil 15% & Castor Oil 5%. 10% Glycerin by total oil weight was added after trace and saponification.
The attached PDF is my modified version which I will be trying out in the next few weeks.
Attached graph is showing the new characteristics of the modded version. In addition, the NaOH and KOH are both at 50% now to make a slightly firmer soap, or at least that's the idea.
I actually got this recipe from a YouTube Video entitled: Making Dual Lye Shaving Soap | Modified Cold Process Method
(Although I believe it's more of a modified hot process method... 6 of one, half a dozen of the other...
)The channel is: Holly's Soapmaking - Kapia Mera
The original recipe makes a semi-soft soap, even after setting up in the mold and then removed 24 hours later and sitting for several day before cutting. The photos show little dents and indentations from my fingers denting the soap during the cutting process plus the mold liner was a little askew inside the mold. The attached recipe I upped the coconut oil by 5% and decreased the stearic acid by 5% hoping to improve the bubbliness of it. Although it's the stearic acid and the butters which impart the creaminess to it, which is important in a men's shaving soap, and yes...
ladies can use this also.
Here is a couple of photos from that first batch.
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