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The hotter the water the better - look at the picture in the next post.

I agree. The way I do it now is great and takes no time at all. Line up you soaps with ash on top of a paper towel and then put a plastic shoe box over them, obviously upside down.. Make sure to leave a small area without a soap so you can place a coffee cup in with the soap. Line up the soap...

Salt bars are never soft at any stage. So I’m not sure about what you are saying. The salt is the hardening agent.

I can not describe the texture. But it’s like silk. I’m not sure you can replicate it. But you can try.

There is a company called Salt works where I got it from. It is powdered sea salt. - really just evaporated sea water I think. I loved it.

I love soleseife as well. I also let them cure a really long time. I have some that are 2 years old!! Salt bars that are about the same age. I make a lot and often so they are always aged and have some ready. I see ppl make them and sell right away. I dont understand that thinking.

I used 50% salt in the last 2 batches. I did finally make a batch using the powdered salt. And one with the fine grain. I love them both! If you want I'll send you one with the powdered salt if you haven't tried it yet. :)

I use 80% CO and a 17% SF I let them cure for a year, sometimes more. I make them 3-4 times a year so I always have at least a dozen ready. Its easy to let them cure a long time when you make them often I find. I never used to be able to not use them lol - report back!!

What SF did you use?

Great explanation. @DeeAnna always explains it so perfectly. If I could only transfer some of that enginerringish geeky soapy stuff to my brain I would be in heaven. Thanks D

My BF made me shelves in my soap room closet. It cost about $80 total. Works great. Holds a million soap bars

I take a little offense at this statement. Im not so sure about you - But I have plenty of ideas and so do many members here. We have all experimented with many different things. I for one am constantly trying crazy things and frankly its most of what I do. I make very little soap for sale. I...

She's saying that when she washes with it it squeaks from the hard water in the shower. She is not making it with hard water. And what is battery water??

I’m so enjoying reading all of this. And the one thing that I wanted to add was that I learned that what we think will sell, is not necessarily true. I do not like , and have never made these “dessert” looking soap and fancy tops like Royalty Soap makes. Yes she is full of personality and makes...

The little rings do keep it from staying wet. I love them, they are easy to clean and people love them I think I sell a lot of soap so they can get the dish. lol

I use these that i ended up having to buy hundreds of to be able to get a good price. I sold some here in the classifieds at Christmas and on facebook and kept a few hundred for myself. I was always wanting something or my round soaps as they are always a pain to wrap, so most of my soap comes...

This is such a great topic and frankly the answer may not be the same for everyone. I have been making soap for over a decade. I am also an herbalist. I love making all of my products. But even though I love making soap, frankly it is not my money maker. Don't get me wrong - I sell plenty of...

Im knee deep in this at this point. I have a very successful deodorant formula already in a stick and works beautifully. I have done a minimum 15-20 different formulas already on this container - free concept and wanted to get a better understanding of the sodium stearate before wasting anymore...

A solid lotion bar doesn’t really do what I want it to do. The consistency is wrong. You need to be able to hold it in your hand and not have it melt. Which will be what happens with a lotion bar. But Thankyou for the suggestion.

Thank you DeeAnna. With all of my reasearch this makes perfect sense to me. Thank you for the info on how to make make the SS and how to use it in this product. Your the best as always. Your knowledge is always invaluable. With continued reading and experimentation hopefully I’ll have a better...