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They might not have done anything. Maybe it's just the ad server is serving up different stuff, which wouldn't be under their control.

Cool, thanks! I'll take a close look at this tonight.

Nope, that doesn't matter. The amount of water for any batch of soap depends on the lye concentration you want or need to use. It's flexible. Have fun.

Divide your NaOH exactly the way you divide your oils. 2 equal portions of oil, 2 equal portions of NaOH 4.7 oz / 2 = 2.35 oz for each portion 3 equal portions 4.7 oz / 3 = 1.57 oz for each portion Once you know the NaOH amounts, you can figure out the water. Lets do the 2 portions as an...

To be fair, it would probably take you a whole week to really get it right. ;) Yeah it's extremely widely used. Practically universal. If it's done without compromising functionality, SoapCalc has been been begging for a UI makeover for some time. I don't even know exactly when it went live...

There is definitely truth to it in principle. I use sugar as one of the ingredients to make a certain type of non-MP transparent soap. I have only tried it very casually in liquid soap, to help with clarity of a slightly hazy one. There are several substances typically used as solvents for...

Alcohol will seize up cold process batter, but it's compatible with soap that's already made. It's used in some transparent and liquid soap techniques because oil and soap dissolve in alcohol. You could experiment with putting extracts or perfumes in some MP base to see what they do.

Hi, thanks for reporting your interesting results! I'm sorry that I forgot to respond to the question you asked a while back, but yeah the time to acidify is after dilution, so you did the right thing. Please keep us posted on any other observations you have about the soap such as how it feels...

Well...sometimes it gets cast in terms of the Failor method versus the glycerin method, which can make it sound like 'neutralization or not' is connected with 'water versus glycerin'. So people may think of it that way, but those 2 issues have always been separate. You would only need to...

Yes the controversy is ikura versus tobiko.

You actually don't have to neutralize whether you use glycerin or not. Either way you can do a 0% to 3% lye discount and use the soap as it is. Even the recipes in the Failor LS book are actually 0% superfat using KOH of average moisture content, so they would be usable with no neutralization as...

That sounds reasonable, but how were you able to come to the conclusion when Cmzaha got DOS with various lards, including commercial brands that had one of the usual stabilizer cocktails like BHT/citric?

Thank you, that's the right formula.

People have had different experiences, but from the sum total of evidence it's probably a good idea to use ROE or some stabilizer system with lard. Most oils will create soap that's stable for some reasonable time without stabilizers. Some people never use them at all. I tried Fannie and Flo...

I stand by my post 110%. The credit I gave to the reason people like lard is quite sufficient. As you acknowledge, interest on SMF could wax and wane. That's why I called it "a current fad on this board." What people do after they leave here is speculative. I personally speculate that if...

You can use the same SAP, but there is no way to know the fatty acid profile unless you can get the info from the manufacturer. All you know is that the fatty acids are more saturated on the average than the ones in the liquid oil. The soap produced from this product should be harder to some...

The food is the most important part, but some unscented candles for romantic ambiance would be nice.

It's a current fad on the board. These things can come and go. At times there has been some resistance to animal fats and more recently resistance to palm oil. But it's a combination of reasons, including the fact that there are some simple lard recipes that make very good soap. Lard can be an...

It would totally work and people do it. The downside is that you probably wouldn't know the fatty acid profile of the soy wax (aka flaked soy shortening), if you you needed that for your nefarious plans. There are many possibilities depending on how it's made, and the info usually isn't...

Yes, it was a typo. She meant the opposite. CO takes less water and OO (more generally, oleic oils) considerably more. It's easier to make a thick soap with more oleic.