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This is my first try at multicolored soap. Also my first try at truly cold process. Everything is a room temp when mixed. I used some tumeric for color on half of it, natural on the rest. It's the Soaping 101 Bastille recipe, cut back to 2lb to fit my mold. Wish me luck...

Something just ain't right about getting hungry for coffee cake when looking at a bar of soap! Great job and nice looking soap there!

Well, I guess years of being a mechanic and using Naphtha as a hand cleaner must have destroyed my sense of undertones. If it doesn't hurt and my skin is clean, I am happy.

Ok. So, if the saponification process is completed quicker, how is that not faster? Yes hot process soap goes through the crystal alignment and dehydration similar to cold process, but the soap is perfectly usable when it cools. I can't say I would like to risk that with cold process...from a...

I Hot process because that's how my grandma did it. I remember her "cooking" soap. It smelled horrible, probably because she used fat scraps from cooking g and such. But it was great soap when she was done. Plus hot process is faster...a bit. I made my first cold-ish process last week. It looks...

This is another colorblind discrimination thread isn't it?

50% lard, 25% each cocoanut and olive oil. Sodium Lactate at 1tsp PPO. Added cinnamon and clove to the oil after full melt. Then Pine Needle EO after trace. I think it gelled as it got darker brown in the mold after a few minutes. So, just wait for it to cool? If it feels solid is it good to...

Newbie question here. I have made several batches of hot process soap, and always just unmolded when cool. First cold process soap today, how do I know when to unmold? Does it stay loose in the center or does it all solidify about the same rate?

Why not just take the child lock one apart and disable the "feature"? I do that to most of my nanny state regulation gear. One time, I even rode a bicycle without a helmet.

Interesting to see this. I have wondered what pure lard soap is like. I just made a batch of 50% lard and 25% each olive and cocoanut oil. I put a couple tablespoons of cinnamon and a tablespoon of cloves in the oil when it was melted. Then after medium trace, some pine needle oil. The hopes...

Personally, I like the feel of using Sodium Lactate in lieu of glycerine. The after shave feel is still well conditioned and moisturized, but not as...sticky I suppose would be the word. However, a good dose of glycerine makes a slicker and more cushioned shave than SL, all other things equal...

I made some of the MdC clone but put sodium lactate in it as opposed to glycerine. It's amazing. Then I made some more but put 5% Shea butter and 5% lanolin and adjusted the cocoanut oil to suit. It is very cushiony but takes a while to lather up well. So...next batch for me will be maybe 8%...

Thank you, I will read it. I guess it's all part of the learning process and the fun of having a new craft. Unfortunately my grandmother is passed and I don't know any other people who make soap. That's the wonder of the internet! [emoji1]

http://www.modernsoapmaking.com/the-best-wet-shaving-soap-recipe/ That's the recipe. As I said I subbed silk proteins instead of chopped fibers. I was within the error of margin of my scale when I made the soap. Followed everything as closely as possible.

I tried out the shaving soap recipe on modern soap making. It turned out well and lathers like crazy. However, the lather "dries out" quickly and doesn't provide protection from the blade for more than a minute or so. I did change from the chopped silk to some liquid silk proteins due to...