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It's amazing the difference in finished soap. Brine Soap or Salt Water Soap is salt (usually 25% of weight of oils) dissolved in water before dissolving lye. A Regular Salt Bar is 50-100% salt (as a % of total Oils) added to the soap batter at trace. Here's a short vid that describes the...

Technical Data Sheets for both the Sherpa Pink and Black Hawaiian salts http://k.b5z.net/i/u/2182313/f/Tech%20Data%20Sheets/Tech_Data_Sheet_-gourmet_salt_-_sherpa_himalayan.pdf...

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Hi MK8, Shea butter is contributing to the drag or stickiness. I find that salt water soap sometimes called a Brine Soap rinse very well. Add 8% salt (as the % of oil) to the water before adding the lye. Rude

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Olive 50% Lard or palm oil 25% Coconut 20% Castor 5% SF 6%

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Keep it simple and use 32% water as a % of oil weight and 25% salt as a % water weight Read the last comment on the video www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5xZkbfz-b8

+++ Seawolfe I cringe when I hear the term "water discount" what exactly does that mean? Water as % of oil default is 38% water water:lye ratio makes sense as well

Olive 70% Coconut 20% Shea 5% Castor 5% SF 8% Longer to cure, but you will rewarded with a conditioning soap that will lather well.

I agree with the Accomplished Man, water is your real concern. It doesn't take much heat to create a vacuum seal. Heating to about a 100F should be enough.

This Bar cleaned up well Lavender Orange Patchouli Calendula Cleaned off the ash with brush and Hot water. Olive oil, Coconut, Palm, Palm Kernel, Sunflower & Shea. Coconut Milk as liquid.

Weighing small amounts of EO has always been a challenge. My method is to weigh the bottle and the dropper. Attach a rubber band to the dropper to keep it from falling into the bottle. Subtract the weight of the EO needed. Write these figures down! After removing a dropper full of eo again weigh...

You can use the heat from dissolving lye into water as a source of heat to melt hard oils Try this method

Practice your procedure with salt. Military teaches repetition - practice untill you get it right without thinking too hard. Muscle Memory

"They feel like velvet on the outside" Workmate called it "Divinity" with the velvety texture and snow white colour. Made a Peppermint Tea Tree Brine soap 8 weeks ago. Great Bar! Olive 45%, CO 30%, Sunflower ho 15%, Castor 5%, Canola 5% First time I used Canola, only used it because I ran out...