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I ordered the starsan, but it won't arrive till next week. I don't have ethyl alcohol, but I do have 99% Isopropyl alcohol.

I was using water in bleach to sanitize everything. I suppose starsan is better? Thanks for the advice for sorta pasteurizing. I will try that this weekend.

The recipe by lotion crafter linked several posts up uses powdered milk, but I was just saying from an ingredient weight it would be lower on the list. I'm not sure what dictates the order of the list other than the higher on the list it is the more of it is in the recipe. as far as...

I will make another test batch this weekend taking the milk down to 8% and see how the final product feels in comparison to the original. With ideal preservation results what kind of shelf life am I looking at?

Is that equally true about goat milk soap as just being for label appeal and not terribly effective for the soap? In reality, if the difference between water and milk makes almost no difference to the final products feel, or benefits (eczema for example which milk is supposedly really good...

Wouldn't you lose all the benefits of "goat milk lotion" if there is hardly any milk in it?

So is 50/50 water to milk acceptable or should it be 60/40 or 75/25? Is Phenopin at 1% + Disodium EDTA sufficient or do I double up and do Phenopin at 1% and Germaben II at 1% + Disodium EDTA or should I use something else in conjunction with the Phenopin & Disodium EDTA?

As far as tester feedback, overall everyone likes the lotion except they think the fragrance needs to be slightly stronger so that is being bumped up a little for my next test batch.

I saw the rosemary in this recipe (which im skeptical of) I like what I'm seeing from this recipe and think using their preservative system would be good. The only thing that throws me is their use of goat milk powder and does it only pass the USP 51 test because they are using powder rather...

I see in another recipe they use Disodium EDTA at a 0.2% ratio which means for my 48oz recipe I would be using 3 grams of Disodium EDTA. I'm using Phenonip at 1% which is the recommended max usage. I see a separate recipe that uses rosemary antioxidant as a preservative. Can I use Phenonip at...

About stearic acid..I wasn't aware, I used .4 oz more than recipe called for trying to boost preservatives a little and the lotion is really thick so maybe that's why. I will look into Disodium EDTA. My recipe makes 48oz lotion how much should I use? I used 14 grams phenonip.

We got a recipe from someone who has made and sold goat milk lotion for a long time. I asked her about shelf life and she said even after months she never had any issues. I've researched it and read that it can have a short shelf life and it's pretty much impossible to preserve for long periods...

Just waiting for my 4-6 weeks to be up so I can start testing my soap and then I will start passing out samples to my testers...except my salt bars which I guess will get tested around Christmas. Made our first batch of goat milk lotion this weekend that we start giving out to our testers...

The stamp was made for my larger mold box that is supposed to make 5oz bars. These are 3.5oz bars so the stamp barely fits inside the edges. Hopefully once I start making 5lb batches the cracking will fix it's self. You would think that cling wrap would be the easiest step, but it's my Achilles...

I tested on my scrap bar around 30'ish minutes and ended up with what see you in the pic. It also left a lot of residue in my stamp. I made the batch right before bed so I unmolded after I got up. Even this morning I was having to use a toothpick to clean out the letters in between stampings. I...

First salt bar batch. I had a feeling the stamp wouldn't work very well on them. Either cracked them from hitting too hard or didn't go deep enough. Unmolded at 8 hours. I measured out the FO at the recommended amount and decided salt bars will be left unscented.

You measuring everything into it and then microwave it? I have been heating everything on the stove.

Just unmolded batch 3 that was made Sunday night (85% OO, 10% CO, 5% CO) and stamped them. None of the stamps came out perfect, but not terrible I suppose.

I got my stamper in today. Tried too stamp soap I made friday, but it barely indented it and I hit it too hard with the mallet trying to get it to indent and cracked the soap. I tried soap I made Saturday that I unmolded yesterday and it stamped, but the outside edges stamped well, but the...