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Thanks for all the info. Here is a recipe I found at Nerdy Farmwife. I love her oatmeal & honey soap. https://thenerdyfarmwife.com/diy-melt-pour-soap-base/ I am not interested in commercially produced melt & pour bases because: 1) I only give homemade gifts 2) I make EVERYTHING I use/eat...

Is it possible to make a melt & pour soap base? I would like to show my daughter how to make soap, but she lives far away & has a 10 y/o son, so thought maybe a homemade MP soap would be a good gift, (better than a box of lye). The other complicating factor is my fav soap is 100% coconut oil...

Thanks for the heads up 😁

Continuing saga of the laundry soap: I was really concerned about it not having been emulsified completely & didn't want oil on my clothes .... so ... I rebatched it and added too much water - but it was so pretty LOL Could someone explain what the separation is? Glycerin? It will eventually...

This is the only place I could think of to post this - I have a bunch of ivory bars. Being frugal, I don't want to throw them out now that I am making beautiful homemade soaps. Is there anything I can do with the ivory? They are pretty old so should be dry. I was using them for my laundry...

I've been using a laundry soap recipe that is 1 grated bar of soap, 1 cup each of washing soda and borax. You only use a little bit for each load (2-4 Tblsp) But I made it liquid - like 10 gallons, used 1/2 c per load because we have only cold water. Turns out that washing soda is like baking...

Oh Rats! I keep coming back to ask the question and getting distracted. Do I need to lay the grated soap out to age/dry? And if so, how long? Thanks EVER so much!!!

It is pretty fantastic especially when we're camping at a National Park - they have no electricity LOL. I have a kitchenaid, etc all in storage (5 years so far, hope they work when I take them out LOL) No room here for all my gadgets :( I even have a crank-operated food processor LOL

Thank you for all info! I don't think we have hard water. The soap works a lot better now that I'm putting the soda back in fresh. I'll update when I use the new soap. I have a lot of chemical allergies, so I'm excited about this! Here is my new dishwashing soap :) If you want to grate a lot...

Had to finish making failed sourdough into crackers LOL very time consuming, so I just starting grating the first bar - grates easily :) I am using this for powdered laundry soap. Thank you so much @AliOop - you are wonderful! Funny digression #1 - because I knew absolutely NOTHING about soap...

yeah, well, that WAS the plan LOL Thanks for such a quick answer :) Sorry for not being clear with my question. What I want to know is how can I tell if it did not emulsify completely. I don't want pockets of oil in my laundry soap. Is that even a thing? Should I be extra careful and rebatch...

Update: the soap is very nice & warm (even though the room is still 65F) so hoping it is saponified.

Question: what are the symptoms that show soap has saponified? or not saponified? - as you read this - realize I KNOW IT WAS STUPID LOL - but I got up early & it was on my list of things to do today Situation: I live full time in a 19' travel trailer. I have access to a basically unheated...

Absolutely! I have very severe chemical allergies - main reason I got into soaping. Now I have unscented 100% organic coconut oil shampoo and my skin/hair are so much nicer!

I love your idea! The shape is good too. How did you fill those little molds? I'm thinking ziploc bag would work? I've been using shampoo bars for 3 years on shoulder-length gray hair and it's wonderful, so don't know why they say it's a problem. My hair is beautiful, has a lot less hair loss...

Thank you for the clarification! As a total soapy newb, I really appreciate it. I raise rabbits & do sourdough and one of the first things I tell everyone who takes a rabbit or sourdough starter is DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET - and soaping seems to be the same way, so hearing it...

If you shouldn't use pink salt in a salt bar where it is undissolved, why can you use it in a soleseif bar where it is dissolved making contaminants more accessible to affect the chemical reactions necessary? This doesn't make any sense to me. I know you said, don't use the residue on the...

Darn, I wanted to use the pink salt LOL. I saw one recipe where they dissolved the salt before adding the lye. That's what I was thinking about doing. Thanks for this! I have figured out how to use the calculator, but need to learn all the info presented. Could this soap be done hot process so...

Can you shoot me a link to a good salt bar recipe? I've been wanting to try that! (I have a long list of trys, I'm a very trying person) I keep thinking I can just load up one bar with everything I want in it LOL (Thus the charcoal/clay/aloe/veg bar LOL)

Thanks for the 'oven' idea. I live in a 19' travel trailer and don't have an oven with a light or anything like that. I had wrapped one of the BB sheets around & around the soap mold, so it was about 3 layers thick with no air, it got pretty hot, I think. What about vinegar rinse? I saw the...