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I would not use 53 % sunflower oil today either, although I always use HO. And I will certainly not use such a high percentage of BW either. My point is in that it turned out fine, even very fine, after prolonged curing. Besides, it's not sticky any more and also definitely hard. Soap will be soap🙃

CP soap with beeswax after 14 months

It did in fact put it right. Now that the two bars remaining from the four I made are one year and four months old they are almost not sticky, they are hard and produce rich bubbles. The surface is rather dark brown which removes with use. The cherry on top is the lovely scent of beeswax-honey...

It does ... unless you drop it onto a hard floor and get a million pieces :(

This is not exactly a soapy thing I've done today but is certainly related to my soaping. About ten days ago I gave away a bar od soap to my grandson's girlfriend who has severe problems with skin on her face. It is a dual lye soap made with beef tallow, castor oil and sugar, colour free and...

Thank you everybody for your advice! I froze one cup of salted water+oil and enjoyed at how easily the oil, nicely thickened, could be removed from the top of ice.

@Zany_in_CO, I also miss the OP. I remember them saying there are major changes or some similar sort of things approaching.

Thank you so much, @Megan! I did one washing with salted water (used a copious amount of salt) and tried to decant. And here is my problem: I can't see when water starts flowing together with oil. I will now use very little salt and then freeze. Cause some odour still remains :(

Thank you @DeeAnna! I render all my beef tallow and lard and am quite familar with the procedure. But I've never applied the procedure to liquid oils so am rather uncertain, especially so at the point where oil is separated from the unclean water with salt.

I used almost one litre of high-oleic sunflower oil for frying shrovetide doughnuts last Sunday. I'd like to reuse the remaining oil for soap. I strained it when it cooled down to remove any bits and am now thinking of how to remove the odour. Also, as the dough was sweetened I'm at a loss as...

Shrovetide is full of traditional festivities, carnivals and special food in my country. My favourite are doughnuts. I just love the unmistakable aroma of fresh doughnuts in my kitchen. I fry them either on Saturday, Sunday or Tuesday. They are not filled with jam or dipped in liquid chocolate...

Thank you so much, Peachy Clean Soap, for your instructive post! I have no clue what Crisco is and thought the best approximation would be margarine which I never liked. Your report from the Procter&Gamble rabbit hole is most interesting. It's a shame they ruined the use of schmaltz in...

@Szaza has made experiments in this area, presenting the results on the forum. You may search for information in her threads.

I bought a custom-made wood loaf mould with detachable sides. My first ever loaf mould! Love it!

Hello, @mx6inpenn, and welcome back to the forum. Another lover of lard in soap: although I'm free from any serious skin issues I love to make soap for those less lucky with their skin. And of course to test new recipes, colours, scents, patterns, ... never get bored with soap!

This is the best I could do with this disproportionate bar of soap. It will be usable - perhaps not for little boys but with adults.

I am aware that the challenge has been closed but would like to post what I managed to do post-date. My family used to live in a small house (my English friend called it a bungallow) on the outskirts of a town, surrounded by fields, meadows and forests - and a garden of course. So I thought I...

Is the 0.4 factor also used when measuring in millimeters and grams?