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No first time using the heating pad. I wanted to cpop but it was a wood glued mold and was advised not to. The temp inside mold remained a constant 110-120*F. I also used sugar and salt but always have with this recipe. I'm wondering if the different type ingredients....EVOO instead of pumice...

Took on a second job and just today had my first chance to try using citric acid for the first time. Did a 32 oz oil recipe, with 1% CA. Also I subbed 8% of the olive oil with cocoa butter this time. Also I used EVOO INSTEAD OF PURE OR POMACE. Question: "Would any if these changes cause my...

I 2nd the motion! I too use co oil in my tooth soap, but I make it 15%castor,30%co and 55%oo(like a basic shampoo bar). When its cured and gated I mix in baking soda and add many drops of thieves oil blend. Tastes and smells great and is VERY effective. :)

Wonderful! Thanks DeeAnna!

Lol! K, thanks anyway. I appreciate it all the same :)

So do you think my math is accurate?

So when people are saying they are adding citric acid (but not adjusting lye to counteract it), they are really just upping their superfat which is why the are believing it is a more mild soap and why BB says that shampoo bar in their tutorial is so soft?

That thread was helpful. Thank you. I tried to figure the math for my recipe on my own, can you tell me if I am right? If I am doing a 16 oz. oil recipe and 1% of that would be 4.53 grams of citric acid. Then I multiply that number by 0.624 grams(extra NaOH to neutralize citric acid)=2.82 grams...

Thank you, I'll have a look.

If I do a 3% superfat, would 1/4 tsp of citric acid dissolved in a little dist.water per pound of oils be good amount? I don't want separation or too soft of soap.I don't want to use too much. I know it can be added to lye water, but I don't want to do it that way. I want to add it at trace. I...

WOW! I had no idea there was so much to do with scraps. I guess there really is no excuse for waste? Thanks everyone.

I have contemplated this. It seems only logical to think,"you're using a soap to break up or dissolve body oil and dirt to rinse it away, how is it that all this super fatting is an effective moisturizer for your skin. Isn't it just rinsing away and putting your soap at that much more risk for...

Ooh that's a pretty soap. Yeah mine got much darker than that.

I don't know what the official name of it is, but the shavings you get from beveling or mitering your soap....What do you guys do with yours? I don't want to throw it out because it is still good soap. I have just been wadding them up really tightly into balls and using them as normal soap. And...

Yes CaraBou, Babassu is more costly than I mind paying. But on my small scale and with the results that work for me, I find it worth it.I only do 1-2 pound (oil weight) batches a month for personal use and for the few friends and family who dare be brave. They think I'm full of doody when I tell...

I've been using the 2:1 lye:water ratio -30% water And 1.5 tsp salt(I also use silk fiber and 1 Tbsp sugar coconut milk and beeswax). On the soapcalc it's a 37 hardness. But the truth rears is lovely head at 6 month cure time when I feel all if not most of water is truly evaporated, the soap...

Thanks obsydian and Lunaskye. Very helpful indeed.

Good point about the glue snappyllama, thanks. Don't tell anyone, but I'm kind of lazy too ;)

Very helpful, thanks. I had thought about a heating pad, though haven't tried it yet. About that, would I need the larger pad or standard size? I notice they make long size now, its been years sense I used one.

I have only used the cheapest regular coconut oil in the 100% co soap. I have a huge 60+ ounce container of organic unrefined extra virgin co(because I actually eat it,oil pull with it and cake myself in it after every bath because I don't use lotion). I know some, if not all of you have tried...