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I have been using soap for catfish bait all my life but I just thought that I could make my own and put anise or fish oil in it and make it better, we have used Zote, Ivory, and P&G sucessfully as far as hardness I do not want it so hard that it crumbles when putting it on the hook but not so...

time relase is what I am going for. LOL posted my ?s in the soap making recipe and tutorial forums thought it would be better than in the introduction forum.

How do you controll the hardness of your soap? I need a relatively soft (can be cut without crumbling) soap. I have looked at a few soap calc. online and noticed the superfat % would a higher % yield a softer soap and what calc. do you recommend (free) I also noticed that none listed fish oil...

by looking at the tutorials my initial thoughts are that I need to use the cold prosses and superfat the menhaden oil or the anise oil depending on what "flavor" I am using. Would I be correct in my assumption? James

high fat content soap like Zote makes good catfish bait but it is a slow attracting bait and is more suited for use on trotlines, limblines and juglines. Not really a bait for rod and reel type fishing. James

Hello I am new to soap making (haven't made the first bar yet) I do remember watching my grandfather make soap when I was a kid, and I just happen to have a chunk of lye soap that he made over 30 years ago. I keep it in my workshop just for memory sake. I am interested in making soap for...