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I thought it would give a softer soap but with how hard 100% CO bars get I thought this might be enough to counter the softness from KOH. I'll have to give this a try and see what happens.

We all know the soap made of 100% Coconut oil (CO) or Palm oil (PO) (or maybe a combination of CO and PO) - not palm kernel oil/flakes - using sodium lye, is very hard. Most of us also know that using KOH (potassium hydroxide lye or caustic potash) leads to softer soaps, many of which will...

That's not quite true. The last 2 years the appropriations committee allotted more than what was requested by the president and has been a HUGE increase from 3 years ago. But the 3 years prior to that last 2 were severely under-funded as compared to the requested budget. Here is a link to...

I want to order some lotion tubes that can stand on the cap and are "pinched" closed on one end and sealed by heat or high frequency. The thing is I don't know if they make these tubes that don't need expensive equipment to seal the end. Does anyone know or have experience with these tubes?

I have been using 7.5oz bars for about a year and I LOVE them and I don't have very big hand. One of the nicest things about a big bar is you have about 1/2 as many little "soap nubs" (the small remainder of the bar) and your bar only breaks in half, half as many times (I hate that part). They...

I've been looking all over for affordable fabric bags for putting soap bars or slices in. Ideal size is about 4" x 6" with a draw string. The prices from domestic sources are pretty outrageous for the bags I'm looking for, usually $3.50 - $5 a piece! I'm looking for 50-100 of these but most...

The above pic is the type of product I am looking for and was wondering if anyone had any experience with them. I'm looking for 2, 4, 6 and 8oz (60, 120, 180 & 240ml) containers and ATM color isn't of too much importance but price will be a factor (as they seem to be rather pricey). I see...

Ok, so some people don't like things one top of soap, but I've seen hundreds of posts about people adding things like oatmeal and other seeds. Sterilization will GREATLY increase any shelf life of a product even if exposed to elements afterwards. It's about colonization rates in the starting...

I just came across some castile bars that had poppy seeds which got moldy after 6 months. I poured seeds over the top of the mould after pouring the soap so there is a thick layer along the top of the bar. This is where the mold grew thickest as there is relatively little anywhere else in the...

When it comes to tropical scents I am somewhat at a loss as what to choose or pick. I have a few people who have requested "tropical" but IDK what that means. I know that I want a good coconut and after reading many threads here my head is spinning when it comes to this scent. I've heard...

Thanks for all the replies and support! There is another story at the bottom in bold underlines which is VERY relevant to a potentially current situation and I REALLY need advice on this. (continued to the next post due to length...) I have to say that I was lucky to not be to overweight...

I was thinking of my childhood for some reason and I started remembering some of the worst days of K-8th grade. This day was when the class (25-30) kids would be called as a group to the nurse for a "physical". We would sit on the floor and one by one the kids were called up alphabetically and...

Well I have put in a fair amount of time and effort into learning how my soaps will act as they age and mature (early issues with massive DOS attacks spurred my testing) and have 40 recipes (many are variations on a handful of recipes) I've tested and I have to say it is quite amazing how much...

Some soaps I have no intention of selling while others I may. I haven't made any soaps of the moulds that would make this shape (It's 3" PVC pipe with part of side cut off) That is going to be the size of the soap should I use the mould as-is. The reason I am curious is I found about 250 ft...

So I took 250g soap and 750g of water - mixed until dissolved. Put in fridge to see what would happen. Turned into a white block of soap and stayed that way at room temp. Put in oven on warm (~170) and went back to liquid. Soap was 100% PKO with a 38% water content & 0% SF - water used was...

I'm looking for a card that I can use to buy from companies I don't really trust. Ideally I would have like 10 of these and could use one for each company until their legitimacy is established and I know they aren't over-charging, double billing or selling my info elsewhere. I just received a...

Ok, this is going off topic from soap but I need something to do with it and I can only think of the following: -Jelly - apple mint (for lamb) -frozen either whole or chopped slightly - possibly frozen in ice cubes -put in home-made icecream ( never tried homemade mint icecream, could be...

I have never grown mint before this year and I just harvested what was available. I have 3 nice types: Spearming, apple mint and some other that smells similar to spearmint. I plucked all the leaves from the stems as I was planning on drying all the leaves in the microwave (as I've done with...

I've noticed that seed butters have a pretty uniform consistency when I get them from the vendor. I think they are usually in their virgin state - straight from the pressing. When the seed is pressed, the oil is squeezed out (& probably heated slightly by pressure & friction in the process)...

I think it was an old lavander & rosemary FO I had as that was to only thing that was common across the soaps - both FO's were from the same company. I just wonder what could have been in the FO to make it seep out?