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  1. Nevada

    Soaping With Yeast

    Dry Malt Extract has protein (6%) and vitamins, for search click here
  2. Nevada

    Coconut milk - to insulate or not??

    http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showpost.php?p=484783&postcount=13
  3. Nevada

    Is Castile ever not slimy?

    Castile reminds of unleavened bread. I was into it and someone said to me "they made it 'cause they had to'.
  4. Nevada

    Adding Coconut Milk?

    How to calculate Coconut Milk in a recipe. http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=46357&page=3
  5. Nevada

    So I was running out of groceries

    if you start making popcorn with Lard, then we'll need to talk
  6. Nevada

    Neem Oil in Canada

    Here are the results from google search
  7. Nevada

    Burning and itching oh nooo. Help!

    Sometimes I find a fresh (but matured) bar off the shelf will be harsh. Could be during the cure fo migrated to the surface. Ash? Try it again.
  8. Nevada

    Is my maths/chemistry correct?

    Add washing soda (sodium carbonate) to the grated 5% Soap. Washing soda is mildly alkaline.
  9. Nevada

    Too Cold to Soap?

    A Remote thermometer is handy to put by the soap while wrapped up. It'll even record the daily high/low. Link here
  10. Nevada

    Roy’s First Pine Tar Soap

    Yes, Stamped at four hours, unmolded the next morning. Found the link click here Interesting thread "tips & tricks" Happy that the stamp worked for these new molds click here Here is my original Square. Too and heavy big for some. Especially salt bars >7oz. thank you all for your kind...
  11. Nevada

    Roy’s First Pine Tar Soap

    Coconut oil 22% Lard 22% Olive Oil 44% Pine Tar 12% SF 6% 30% water to oils or 29.9% Lye Concentration No added Scent Method: Heated all oils, including PT and lye water to 140F Leaving out PT, soaped the three oils. Stick-blended 30 seconds about 4 times. Folded in 140f PT when...
  12. Nevada

    Isopropyl myristate

    Yup, great ingredients, IPM, Cyclo and Dime. No more greasy Lotion sticks. Not expensive either.
  13. Nevada

    Keeping the scents in seasonal soap for next year.

    Use a little Cedarwood, or Anise or Litsea in every blend, then I think the smell will stick better.
  14. Nevada

    Your all-time favorite soap

    Olive Oil 50%, Coconut 25%, Palm or lard 15%, Castor 5%, Shea 5% Coconut milk as 100% liquid, lavender bbfo 2%, 10x Orange eo 2%, Patchouli 2% 1% Calendula at trace. My "Flagship bar"
  15. Nevada

    Please give thoughts on recipes

    Having so much Lard might make a quicker trace. Consider Olive 55% Coconut 20% Lard 20% Castor 5%
  16. Nevada

    Kirkland EVO

    sounds like you have never read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jungle
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    Does 2.5% REALLY make a difference?

    Is it a soap ingredient vender's recipe? They do love to sell lots of different oils! I like to add sunflower (reg) enough to get the Linoleic up to 10% or so. I use .08% ROE in every batch.
  18. Nevada

    White spots on my Bastille soap

    I like to Stick blend Bovine Milk before freezing to avoid spots.
  19. Nevada

    Kaolin Clay

    Fluffy vs Packed. I started with .5% of oils and never looked backed.
  20. Nevada

    Essential Oil Question

    I find 10X Orange to stick very well, using a higher SF at 8%, and 2.25 g Kaolin Clay ppo, and about .25% Litsea or Cedar. Patchouli doesn't seem to work for me, but most likely it's the particular Patch being used.
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