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If you are wanting more lather in your recipe look for "creamy" numbers from the fatty acid profile rather than "bubbly" numbers. Creamy is the sum of Palmetic, Stearic and Ricinoleic acids while Bubbly is the sum of Lauric, Myristic and Ricinoleic acids. Choose your oils wisely.;)

Dawni, If you really want some 415 just pm me your mailing addy and I'll check on the cost of sending you a couple of pounds ( kilo) or so.

https://classicbells.com/soap/soapyStuff.html Is DeeAnna's great "soapy stuff" link. There's lots of great info there.

Bars with 444 cut this morning ( at 18 hours) and we have suds! The soap was too young to do anything with but my gloves lathered when I washed them off. The experiment now goes into the curing process....

Amazing. Must have taken some serious time and planning too. Wow!!!

I have a batch made with 444 in the mold just for testing ( made on pi day). I'll compare it to the batch made with 415 on the 5th.

Each recipe will "set up" differently than the others. It's part of what makes this an art. I was baby sitting a loaf of salt soap yesterday that just did NOT want to set hard enough to cut. Most of the time that recipe goes very quickly ( 2 hours or so). This one had a different scent and just...

Easy. I have boxes full of soap and soap from a swap or two. We can only use so much soap.

Tinlee was last seen: Apr 23, 2018

Now you're going to find out soon that you need to find people to use up the ever growing pile of soap accumulating at your house. Don't panic. We are here to help you find people to "test" your soap on. We've all had the same problem..:D:D Seriously though, Welcome to the forum and the...

Just don't tell people when you make a "mistake". They are hard to repeat but hey that batch looks great!

One more thing to like about salt bars.... Mixing was started two and a half hours before the pictures were taken. Recipe: 100 % coconut oil 100% salt ( by weight of oil) 2.5 : 1 water to alkali ratio (high water) Drop swirl.

Too high or too thin. I'm thinking too thin. There's a tricky thing to the drop swirl stuff. Those are VERY nice looking!! Can you do it again? ( repeatability is my problem)

:thumbs::thumbs::thumbs: Better late than never. I like the challenges whether I enter or not. They help me keep the soap making mojo going.

I would leave #3 on your list and just add an equal amount of fine grained salt to oil into the recipe. Salt Bars! Just don't walk away for a few hours and come back to cut them. That recipe will set up hard in an hour or two. Cure time is LONG but well worth it. Congratulations on successfully...

Just don't forget to leave the seat up. They'll eventually ask - then you can spring the trap.

Recipe(s)? It would help to know the fatty acid profile of the soap. That way we can give the best help possible.

Our local health food grocery store sells citric acid in bulk ( hint for finding it). I use a clean pan to start reducing on low heat and once it gets thick ( rice pudding) I switch over to a parchment lined cake pan or other ridged oven sheet. When it's dry I carefully break it into the...

Make "chicken" nuggets. Use the same spices and cooking times.

We ARE the twelve step program. We do NOT discourage more though! More soap is better. Much better. Welcome to the forum. Lots of great teachers and information here!