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I gathered the rubbish left from the four batches, more older small pieces of soap and also a few bars, grated it all very finely (time consuming, but at the moment I'm not in the possession of a less fine grater), placed into two containers and steamed it all for several hours. I wonder what...

Dual lye tallow + lard soap

What made you decide on the recipe? I've been given a bag of soapnuts and would love to use them in CP lye soap. The trouble is I don't use palm oil or mango butter and would prefer to use oils from my stock (tallow, lard, olive oil, HO sunflower oil, regular sunflower oil, coconut oil).

@ResolvableOwl I'm not testing varying percentages of KOH for lather (I've decided on sugar), it's hardness I'm interested in. Pure tallow or high percentage tallow soap feels somehow too hard to me, I'm after a bit gentler "tactile experience". If I get richer lather alongside it will be a...

As known to any soapmaker most of fresh soap lose much water during the first few days. So if the OP sells soap the next day they also sell much water for the price of soap.

@ResolvableOwl I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "Mind to hijack @Mobjack Bay's Additives and Lather (Bubbles) thread with your findings?"

Made yet another batch of beef tallow dual lye soap. I've finished with soaping for this year. I still have to clean the kitchen :rolleyes: and the soap is gelling happily in the oven.

Two more batches of dual lye beef tallow soap, with a little castor added. Testing the 5 % and 10 % KOH to see the difference. This time I recognized the point when the batter started thickening and began pouring (two bars with no FO or colour for two persons with very sensitive skin) and...

1. ResolvableOwl - Time to restock mustard oil and revisit butterflies! 🦋 2. I enjoy these UNchallenged. (aka The_Phoenix) 3. TheGecko (I have two I would like to redux...Melded Soap and the recent Rainbow) 4. linne1gi - I'm in! 5. Zany in CO - This may be the time I finally try to duplicate...

My first impression on seeing your picture: what I see is made of beeswax and the two "cobs" are individual beehives :)

After several months I made another CP batch. I made dual lye pure beef tallow soap (90 : 10 NaOH : KOH). I didn't use a stickblender, just mixed by hand. It went slowly to thick emulsion. It didn't notice any trace when it began to thicken. I seem to have been spoilt by the extra slow moving...

Home rendered fresh beef tallow

Cold processed soap from home rendered fresh beef tallow , with Red Wine Mica, Aquamarine Mica and a liquid yellow colour for M&P. Pieces of old used industrial soap bars for confetty.

Cold processed soap from home rendered fresh beef tallow , with Red Wine Mica, Aquamarine Mica and a liquid yellow colour for M&P. Pieces of old used industrial soap bars for confetty.

The ingredients you use are also those I like to use in my soaps . But what do you mean by it doesn't disintegrate in the dish?

Lard is known to be very slow to trace so when you substituted it for palm oil the "braking" lard slowed it no more and the batter sped to trace.

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I've been growing a curry plant in a large bucket and infusing its scented leaves in oil to make face cream. Although it doesn't grow in Mediterranean climate its scent is strong and comes out nice in cream. I use the cream myself and also suppply it to a few other persons. Now, whereas I also...

My go-to solution is a good old metal double pointed knitting needle. I heat it over flame to red hot and pierce anything except metal.

Methinks the debate is about nicotine concentrations that are most unlikely to occur when using (tobacco) soap.