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This is sooo helpful, never thought of checking that way if the lye had absorbed moisture and degraded. Thanks. But typically, does lye have a shelf life if it is not absorbing moisture and stored in a cool dark place?

Hi Isha, I think as one of the contributes initially said it must be an issue with old oil getting mixed up with new oil (re-batched). I say this because i had the exact same issue with my 100% olive oil soap. It was beautiful initially, but then started to turn yellow and smelling of rancid...

Hi msunnerstood, I too happend to be looking for information on additives and came across this (below) detailed thread of what can be added into soaps. It turns out you can add anything into soap...

Hi AMD, India has 29 states which are largely formed on the Language spoken in those areas, so that is a whole lot of formally recognized Languages. Each of these states have a different culture and food and each of them are very colorful and bright. This is what is known world over, but what...

Yes I did Anne. Thank you. :). It is a 100% olive Oil soap with AC added in. But I had trouble with the soap and am discussing ways to correct the issues in this below link. https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/combining-acids-in-soaps.71263/#post-716937 Kind regards, Thomas

Thank you Anne, and welcome to you as well. :) Yes the power of the collective is amazing. Hats off to all those to nurtured and built such a close and generous community of like minded people from AROUND THE WORLD! I am from Bangalore. It is a city in the South Indian state of Karnataka. But i...

Thanks for the the read Steve. I had gone through this one earlier, and Murry, TeresaT and DeeAnna are awesome. Inspired, i translated that information into an XL which MIGHT help the larger audience here. Can I upload a XL sheet to a post on this site? Kind regards, Thomas

Namaste all way from India Zany. :)

Thank you for the welcome Isg, IrishLass and Earlene. Have an awesome day. Kind regards, Thomas

That is a point to ponder, so even though we use a 5%SF that WILL actually translate to a 7% Lye discount. Yes 9% sure sounds quite High. I tired 2% SA after reading all the advice and suggestions here and it has turned to be a easily unmoldable and hard soap, but i am waiting for the cure to...

Thanks TheDragonGirl your time and the data are much appreciated. Have a good day. Kind regards, Thomas

----- Thanks for the reads i will go through them and further educate myself. ------- That is interesting Steve, so only issue you faced was acceleration just as theDragonGirl does. But is 0% super fat slightly risky of ending up with a lye heavy soap? would you recommend adding a .5 or 1% CO...

Thank you Cmzaha, Shunt2011, Relle, Msunnerstood for the warm welcome. :) Alfa, anyone here before me is my senior. So a Big HELLO to you too... You got a really cute beagle. What you calling him/her? Kind regards, Thomas

Dear Seniors, I am new here and to soaping so i am using this forum to learn the art of soap making that this forum has turned into a proper science. I appreciate that - being a man who does not like to approximate quantities and possibilities. And i understand that Acetic Acid (@2%) hardens...

Greetings from India, this is Thomas. Fairly new to Soap making and have only about 8 or 9 batches under my belt as of now. So if i ask stupid questions please be kind. :p Kind regards, Thomas

Hi Alfa, you dont need to google it at all. just go to any lye calculator - http://soapcalc.net/calc/soapcalcwp.asp - add the oil @100%, of which you want to know the salt, as an ingredient hit "Calculate Recipe" and then "View or Print Recipe". Go to the generated recipe and hit the "INCI...