The questions I have asked are because the posts I have read give portions but are not clear enough for me to just mix a bunch of liquids together and call it good. I want to understand what is happening when I add the Milk and when to add it properly so not to end up in a mess.
Why do you seem to have an issue with me it seems no matter what I do here on this forum you seem to find a way to insult me or put me down in a public manner. I am not in any way selling anything at this point I am trying to learn the proper way of crafting soap that will be safe and eventually lead to a business in the future. You seem to have me pegged as a low life person who is only out to steal a buck.
Let me inform you I am not I happen to be a very professional person and very reasonable but I have come to a point where I am not going to get pushed around like the new school kid on the block.
I hope I have been clear enough so there will be no further issues with being called out when there is no reason to do so.
Todd
All recipes should only be given in proportions, as you should always use a
lye calculator even if the lye amount is given. Often people find that there are printing mistakes or, as is the case on the forum, typing errors, which is why you will hardly ever see someone give a recipe in anything other than proportions so that the part that can be dangerous is less so.
I'll say the same thing that I always say - if you want a firm foundation, read back at least 10 pages in the Beginner, CP, Recipe Feedback, and Soap Making Recipes sections. Or even 20 pages. THAT is research. There you would see that the methods for adding milks and so on, and countless instances of the recipes above in varying guises.
I do hold you to a higher standard. Whether or not you agree with that is by-the-by. You are not learning to soap for the joy of soaping alone, for the hobby aspect. Your goal is to sell and you want free help from people to allow you to get to the stage where you can sell. All questions that you ask are couched in that - you are not asking about milk soap because you want to make a milk soap. You want to make a milk soap
that you could one day sell. So I do expect more from people who sell or who plan on selling than I do from those who started out just as people wanting to make soap and who may or may not at some point sell.
I know many people don't agree with me, but there it is. It's not because you're new at all, rather that I dislike the fact that if there was no money to be made from soap, if it was illegal for small operations to sell soap, you would not be looking at making soap.
If you decide not to post, just because of me, that would be a shame for you. As you say, you are a professional and have had many successful businesses and so on, so I imagine that you have a thicker skin than that.