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Well, since then, I made very small batch of goats milk liquid soap on my own. And guess what? I mixed the milk with Potassium Hydroxide and kept it at 70 degrees. I very slowly added the milk lye solution to the HOT oil. But the oil was not boiling. It was 160 degrees. I kept it off...

She was surprised that it turned brown, I was not. I believe that she should have reduced the heat to keep the temperature even while bringing it to trace. That would have prevented the sugars in the milk from caramelizing. (I had carefully explained that chemical reaction to her before...

I was helping someone make liquid goats milk soap. I added the lye to the milk and kept it nice and creamy colored by keeping the milk very cold. It was 80 degrees when we added it to the oil very slowly. It stayed nice and golden. I was done adding the milk to the oil. It stayed nice...

We tried it today and it got really hot all of a sudden and went through a bunch of stages in about 3 seconds. WOW! Then we went to the cooking stage and it just sat there ... doing nothing so we let it sit for a while cooking and cooking and cooking. We took it off the heat and all of a...

I need to find a good source for bottles. 8 ounce and 2 ounce for my lotions and liquid soaps

Thanks. That was great! I've been reading all day!

Thanks. I never thought about the PH thing. But it based on the size of the batch, I was hoping to make it last and give it away as gifts and such.

Awesome, thanks so much! That is the perfect recipe for me, being all new and shiny at this whole thing. But being a chemist by training and having not done any chemistry for about 35 years except for cooking and cleaning and working on a farm and working in medicine, I need to know when to...

I've googled and searched. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but I can't find a simple recipe for liquid soap that doesn't take three days of boiling. Anyone?

I am new to soap making and I make goats milk soap. I am trying to find out what preservatives to use in my lotions and liquid soaps so that my friends don't have to put them in the fridge. Anyone?