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Just a follow-up. The bar that included the glycerine continues to be a little soft, but is hardening. The bar on the right, w/o glycerine, appears pretty firm. I will wait a couple of days to see if the bar with the glycerine becomes harder and then test soaps later in the shower.

Yay! Let me know if you need help. It really is a low maintenance recipe. Some advice that I have discovered over a few takes: 1. Try to dissolve as much of the hardened soap film into your mixture before pouring. It helps. 2. I use a sieve or strainer when pouring so the no hardened debris...

Kim, There's still room to modify the recipe and I probably will while I'm still in this adventurous state. One poster reminded me of how fragile soaps with such high glycerine content can be, but my bars have held together pretty well as long as you place them on a soap dish. I will...

Had to look that up. :-) Can't hurt to try.

Thank you. I will make adjustments.

Yikes! Thank you DeeAnna! I will certainly read-up on this!

Hi. Yes. 100% KOH. I also thought about various ratios with NaOH. Do you know why some use 5% KOH? How would that little amount benefit? The bars were pretty stiff this morning. I will let them sit for a few days to cure and see what happens.

Not certain if anyone is interested, but I have been on a mission to explore lately and just discovered an interest in making soap with KOH instead of NaOH. Trying to determine the differences and pros/cons. I also had a container of KOH that i needed to use as I decided not to get into liquid...

Sorry. Wasn't sure. Thank you.

Not certain if anyone is interested, but I have been on a mission to explore lately and just discovered an interest in making soap with KOH instead of NaOH. Trying to determine the differences and pros/cons. I also had a container of KOH that i needed to use as I decided not to get into liquid...

'Teetotaler?" :-) Wow, how did he store the juice? Anyway, I am currently looking for non or 'de-acoholized' wine. I live in Utah, so it shouldn't be a problem, right? Or local liquor stores simply will scoff at the idea of carrying it...

Absolutely. I am digging into my science background and the art/science of soap making (of what little I know) to wrap my head around this. I love trying out new and 'uncertain' things with soap. Ack, wish I had taken up this hobby years ago. :-)

I agree. When I give my soaps away or at home, I encourage the use of an effective soap dish to guide excess water from the bars. It makes a huge difference. I also make varying degrees of transparent/translucent soaps using less glycerin and more soy wax (or other oils). They last longer, of...

Hi Madison. I mix using a stick blender initially only to trace. After the mixture has gone through the stages expected in HP, I then add the solvents (glycerine, sugar) by hand and only mix by hand from then on. Don't want to aerate the mixture. The reality is that after adding the solvents and...

Hmmmm...good point, Kim. I don't remember ever having non-alcoholic wine in the past, but very good point. In fact, I decided to change my approach. You've given me another idea. :-)

I am making transparent soap, so perhaps the color isn't affected as much? Or not as affected b/c of the light color of the batter? I do recall in my early days of baking that mixing some bluish dyes with white batter sometimes created a weird greyish color instead.

Hi again. I actually did exactly that... heated down my white moscato to a syrup and then dumped it. Wasn't quite sure what I really wanted to do with it. :-) It did turn out to be a lovely, more golden hue. I may revisit this for the color. I also realize that part of the wine scent we smell is...

Hi. I am not certain exactly what is happening. I'm testing a few things at once. I really cook my soap through the stages expected in HP and cook much longer afterwards, so I suspect that excess water content is not an issue. Also, these tests are using my transparent soap recipe which works...

Yes. Sounds great! How much of the original wine color/fragrance do you get? I do not use any coloring or fragrances. I actually discovered another method that could prove to be either eye-opening or a total dud.

Hi all. Kim recently contacted me and it got me thinking about my wine soap tests. :) I have found that the bar, after a couple of days and testing, does not retain its 'sweet' wine odor. The color also turns a more brownish color, but still transparent. I will be testing the following: Some...