Rusti
Well-Known Member
Newbie soap maker. I've made all of one batch and I used the Soap Queen's basic soap recipe from her blog and some fragrance oil from Brambleberry and we are hooked. We were able to start using it this week since it'd been a month and we love it, so I thought I'd make more.
One question I have is I've seen some videos where people mixed their lye into ice water to lower the temperature faster than standing around waiting for it to cool. Is that a pretty simple thing to do? Make a third to half your water weight ice instead? Or is it better to just make an ice bath to lower your measuring cup into?
Plus, a recipe question.
This is the one I used:
Basic Cold Process Recipe (Super fat 5%):
8 oz. Coconut Oil (24%)
15 oz. Olive Oil (44%)
11 oz. Palm Oil (32%)
4.8 oz. Lye
11.2 oz. Distilled Water
Could I replace maybe 2% of the Olive oil and 3% of the coconut oil with shea butter so it's
21% coconut oil
42% Olive oil
32% palm oil
5% shea
and have it work out all right?
One question I have is I've seen some videos where people mixed their lye into ice water to lower the temperature faster than standing around waiting for it to cool. Is that a pretty simple thing to do? Make a third to half your water weight ice instead? Or is it better to just make an ice bath to lower your measuring cup into?
Plus, a recipe question.
This is the one I used:
Basic Cold Process Recipe (Super fat 5%):
8 oz. Coconut Oil (24%)
15 oz. Olive Oil (44%)
11 oz. Palm Oil (32%)
4.8 oz. Lye
11.2 oz. Distilled Water
Could I replace maybe 2% of the Olive oil and 3% of the coconut oil with shea butter so it's
21% coconut oil
42% Olive oil
32% palm oil
5% shea
and have it work out all right?
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