Hi folks,
I had been making soap along the lines of 35 palm, 20 coconut, 25 olive, 10 soybean, 5 shea and 5 castor for a while with reasonable success... but I was findings that it moved pretty fast, making it hard to do fancy designs.
Last week I had a go at the following, with the theory that upping the olive oil would slow everything down:
However, it didn't really seem that much slower, even when I soaped at 30C (86F).
I also noticed a slight oily residue after a week which I didn't love, it does seem nice an hard even after a week but I haven't tested it yet.
Does anyone have any suggestions for a recipe that allows time for nice designs but still ends up with a nice hard, long-lived bar?
I had been making soap along the lines of 35 palm, 20 coconut, 25 olive, 10 soybean, 5 shea and 5 castor for a while with reasonable success... but I was findings that it moved pretty fast, making it hard to do fancy designs.
Last week I had a go at the following, with the theory that upping the olive oil would slow everything down:
![slowrecipe.png slowrecipe.png](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/soapmakingforum/data/attach/71/71793-slowrecipe.png)
However, it didn't really seem that much slower, even when I soaped at 30C (86F).
I also noticed a slight oily residue after a week which I didn't love, it does seem nice an hard even after a week but I haven't tested it yet.
Does anyone have any suggestions for a recipe that allows time for nice designs but still ends up with a nice hard, long-lived bar?