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Had found this info a while back, but seems to have misplaced it ...

Interesting link, you may want to save the table: http://roberttisserand.com/2011/06/esse ... evin-dunn/

Chlorine has nothing to do with hardness. Your local water supply company should be able to inform you on that.

Besides the skin ulcers, what other qualities does kokum have ? P.S. Also, what are good sources to purchase it.

How did you add the borax ? Borax can dissolve very slowly. I haven't used borax either, but I would dissolve the borax powder in hot water, and add it to preferably hot soap, while stirring. Or you can use a foaming bottle and don't thicken it at all.

There was a discussion on this forum, if you can find it. Vaguely I remember is dissolving the lye into glycerine (same quantity as water), blending and boiling in the crockpot.

Confused about the sequence of events ... Seems like you mix the colors first, before the batter is traced. In that case, what soap is in the colors ? Untraced soap ? Do you mean that you lower your arm to increase the speed and penetrating power of color into the batter ? Sounds like martial...

How do you use frankincense ? Tried once, but didn't seem to melt easily. Not even sure what's the melting temperature. But I was able to make an oil infusion, which may work for soap aswell. Dragon blood can be found in liquid form aswell.

Yes, interesting, seems cow is a required ingredient. I guess there's always the choice of going back to the coconut ...

I believe that colors which are easily water soluble will color the water, no matter what you do. Which means that you cannot achieve a strong color without coloring the water. From what I've heard, it is possible to wash/whiten the soap, but it involves a lot of work. What I would do it...

For flavoring, you could look into using essential oils or oil infusions. Many natural essential oils are safe to ingest in small amounts (and in this case, the amount would be extremely small). There are many flowers, spices or other edible ingredients which can be infused into oils or...

Some people seem to have success with steel soap ... Personally, I find that when the hands are clean, there are no odors left behind that you need to cover.

It's on my todo list aswell, and I would expect it to be an easy to use additive. Probably similar to adding salt to soap. You still need to research the relevant safety information. And yes, not a good idea to breathe in any powders. Even if it's probably less dangerous than lye.

Actually, the conclusion of this discussion is that you have more choices. Different people use different ratios (30%, 38%, 45%) and they are all happy with the results. What's missing from this discussion is a comparison between these 3 different results.

If it's too soft to handle, you may have unmolded a bit early. For my (softer) recipes, I have waited longer to unmold - and no stickiness. Nizzy seems to use that 30% -ish ratio on those recipes, which means it probably works like that. Personally, I whip a little differently (after...

The amounts of additives to be used are similar to CP, even if some differences do exist (probably essential oils behave closer to HP than CP). Your supplier should know the recommended usage for essential oils, or you can find that from other sources.

The recipe is: grated soap + a little water + gentle heat + optional additives. You can't find one, because it's too simple :) You're not really looking for a recipe, but for a method. That being said, don't even google for "rebatch recipe" (but either rebatch soap or rebatch tutorial)...

Maybe you could have asked for just the saponification number of the product ...

Yes, it's normal and it will happen if you don't cover it. If you're concerned about the cover ruining the top, you can always cover it after it's frozen, just put it and the mold inside a big plastic bag or improvise something to keep the plastic from touching the soap.

It's cheaper, since it contains a lot of air and air is cheap :P Also, I like how it feels on the skin, somehow more delicate. To compare how long it lasts, you'd have to do it by weight, and I'm not sure what the result would be.