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I answered OP's actual question, pedantically and completely! As my experience allows. I assume they're capable of choosing their own path. I'm not inclined to decide, for others, what's not acceptable or, especially, desirable.

Earlier this year I went through psoriasis. Initially thought it was contact dermatitis, then eczema, but treatments didn't work until I started treating psoriasis. Actually thought it was pellagara for a while! That's a serious nerve issue that looks similar. It was triggered by out tap water...

I assume that you've done HP lye soaps before Alioop. You're prepared for the chemicals and temperatures already. If you're new, there's no other PPE required. Propane is explosive, so no BBQs People drown in water, so don't swim! A plane once fell out of the sky, onto someone's house while...

What specific kind of chemistry PHD? I've spoken to a few PHD types. Even a professor who teaches them. All clueless about explaining, or even discussing my experience. If someone on Youtube did it, is it a mere "theory" ad miss PHD chose to state? If a PHD doesn't know it's an actual...

Functionally, I've always found the lather is determined by the dirt, more than the soap.

Learned something today :) Thank you for the correction! Now that I've actually looked (bakers/cooks told me 1/1), You can actually go above 4:1 with heat. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Solubility-of-sugar-sucrose-in-grams-of-sucrose-per-100-g-of-water_tbl1_335671474 Wouldn't the bar be...

"Theory"? You can watch it on Youtube. "risky" We're already using pure lye! Which will heat simple water up past "be careful" all by itself. Not to mention the burns it alone can cause Why not just advise OP to stick to melt and pour? Mixing the lye into hot glycerine will create it's own...

I'm aware of 2 methods for CP/HP(non M&P) glycerine soap. 1. Lye+water+glycerine mixed before adding to oils 2. Add lye to heated (check for temperature requirements. 230F I think), undiluted glycerine. The mixture will remain stable once cooled as far as I've been told. Haven't attempted my...

Isn't this a Melt and pour base? Maybe better for melt and pour community. I haven't attempted making one, yet. However... I have a couple issues with the video. Last I heard, chemically, water could only hold sugar at 1:1. Especially "without cook" Recipe calls for twice as much sugar to...

Just the example. We did a field trip in grade school where we made wood ash soap. Long time ago, but to be honest, that's a process I'd only use without the convenience of available chemicals. I think it's good knowledge to have though. Mixing lye's is something I've only read about in the...

Mostly the goal. I got a hard KOH recipe recipe, 50/50 Tallow (makes sense with the soap discovery story of fat dripping on {hardwood ashes{KOH}. if true) /coconut oil. from a chemistry teacher a while back. This batch, I want to use KOH for how it attaches to the water molecule. And going...

I'm making a KOH bar batch. I've read that certain fats behave differently with Na and K. Disolving clear or cloudy, is really all I've found so far. Not much luck finding any shared KOH bar experience really. Calculators confuse me when they change the type to :"Liquid" but still keep the...

Agree to disagree, fair enough. However, my housemate did't change their diet and only washes hands while experiencing whole body benefits. That's the grass between our toes. I remember what your grass feels like, nott saying it's bad. Just never going back. Just an FYI.. that $40CAD i spent...

Exactly. There is a lot more credibility behind the micro dosing theories recently. Not sure yet myself. Don't think we know enough to start controlling the balance. Now I'm going to focus on the superfat and additives. a very small portion of the recipe. Now go even smaller to the acutual...

As with the "polar" issues, what I've witnessed first hand contradicts with most of what I've been told should happen. I only use the charts as a loose guide anyways. The MCT oil was chosen purely for a little more hardness/durability. More than one grain of salt in my considerations lol It's...

Disregarding superfats and post trace a dditives that aren't bound up by saponification... If one recipe can "strip" nutrients from the skin, why couldn't other recipes give nutrients to the skin? Since you bring up "silver in toothpaste" after experiencing the type of oral health from both...

I've gotten this response to my choice of soap adjective, SO often. Strangely, always from those who claim "conditioning" recipes in their files.... "Soap is soap" it cleans...That might explain "cleansing". Would be a nice, simple, explanation. I can dream :) I find info like "i got this...

Update Made a mistake in curing. Sometimes our humuduty goes from 40%-90%+ in a few hours where I live, So I "controlled" the curing environment too much. Durability and hardness are just fine as is , after air curing. Even this late after making the batch. Just a note. This is NOT a "scented"...

Your post keeps it going for me. However, I've been told multiple times asking the same question on different threads because I don't expect lotions hobbyists to frequent the Lye Soap thread, is "confusing" and "unkind". To me it's just asking different people, but they deleted the other...

I think foil would definitely be better than nothing. Water, being one of the best solvents we know of, will take up gold and silver atoms from the foil. direct skin contact will also be beneficial I think. Certainly help one sell it if that were their goal lol Colloidal silver, I make myself...