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Thanks for your reply i have attached the recipe.I will add 1 tea spoon of sodium lactate.This is the recipe of The Gecko where i dint use kaolin clay as iam a beginner let me try simple with wild turmeric for colouring.ofcourse kaolin clay is not for the purpose of colouring.Let me try a simple...

Many thanks for your reply. let me try the recipe for a luzurious soap by TheGecko

many thanks for spending ur valuable time. Let me try your recipe . Thank you

you ask me to use virgin olive oil or pomace olive oil and by 1 Tea do you mean tea spoon as iam a beginner could you please let me know what do you mean by PPO instead of kaolin clay may i use turmeric for colouring thanks for your explanation may i try a revised recipe as below palm oil-15%...

Thank you very much for spending ur valuable time As iam from india and in particular south india the weather is hot for nearly 7 months and palm oil will be in liquid phase.if it is semi soild in winters can i melt the same usiing double boiling or in microwave oven and use thank you

hi friends Iam from India.Many friends in this forum advised me to go for a simple soap with the following recipe. Palm oil 50% Pomace olive oil 25% Coconut oil 20% Castor oil 5% I chose 40 percent lye concentration and used 5% superfat and used sandalwood fragrance oil.I cured the soap for...

Thanks for your reply.I used to test the soap with ph strips.

Thanks for your reply and sorry for my late response as i was a bit busy.I in South India.I dont use in shower.Actually i happended to watch a youtube video where they say that the presenter dont recommend hard oils more than 40 percent.That is the reason I chose olive oil greater.Let me try...

hi i use 40 pecernt lye concentration my recipe is sesame oil-10 percent palm oil-15% pomace olive oil-50% coconut oil 20 percent castor oil 5 percent. Earlier my soap was not holding shape and it was gelly like. with the above recipe i had a comapritively solid soap but as time passed by the...

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many thanks for your reply and sorry for replying late as i was occupied for the past two days

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I have seen many soap making videos in which it is told to maintain the PH of the soap to be between 8 and 9.But one of my friend who is a dermatologist says that the ph of skin is 5.5 and any top grade soap needs to have a PH of somewhere 7.If we cure the soap for a longer time will the PH get...

i have attached a soap recipe .can someone let me know if i can proceed with this recipe.Also i have confusion in using water and lye crystals.from the pdf it is shown to use 103.15gm water and 68.77gm NAOH.can some one say if iam correct.I go for a 40 % lye concentration.

Many thanks for your reply. Do you mean to revise my recipe to 50% olive oil,15%palm oil,20%coconut oil,5%sesame oil,5% castor oil. Many thanks for your reply.May i replace 20% sesame oil in my recipe with 20%peanut oil.

Thanks for your reply.How about replacing sesame oil with ground nut oil(Peanut oil).will that be fine

I have formulated a recipe using sesame oil and other oils as iam a beginner.earlier i made soap and it was too soft and not holding shape.hence i revised the recipe to see if i could get a firmer bar.I have attached the soap calc sheet.I would be happy if someone could comment on my recipe so...

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Thanks for you reply.I can understand english but the issue is in the soap calculator there is an option enter water:lye ratio.In that default it is 2:1.I have a confusion as if we have to change it to 2.7:1.That is my confusion