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Thank you so much for the suggestions. I'm still a beginner, made maybe 20-30 batches, but I think I'm starting to be able to tell between emulsion and trace. I used to always be afraid of "false trace" and not blending enough, but now I'm realizing it really isn't necessary to ST so much before...

Dearest Soapers, I'm wanting to try making a sea sponge soap which would require a slow trace recipe. I've done some reading including Modern Soap Making's "How to control trace in CP Soapmaking" and learned that if I create a recipe with higher unsaturated oils ratio and soap cool, I have a...

Ok, thank you for the help and suggestions!

So... it's been 4 days since I posted my original question and things didn't go as I'd hoped. I put my glob (about 3.25 cups) in my crockpot with about 0.5-1 cup of distilled water, put a lid on it and set in on warm. I used my spatula to try to break it up as much as I could every few hours...

Ok I'll do the Crock-Pot on warm. Thank you! I'll post results and pics!

Thank you! I don't mind at all if it's not clear. I already did a zap test before I put it in the mold, but I'll do it again just in case. I'll take your advise and dilute it. But I also love the suggestion from cmzaha to put it in a tube or small jar for portable use! I would've never thought...

Dear Soapers, I made a huge mistake and used KOH instead of regular lye for my HP soap. It had been a year or so since I made any soap and completely confused needing KOH for liquid soap, not HP hard bar soap! So there I was, so confused as to why my batch was complete gel the next morning. I...

Well I tried 2 batches of something similar before I went down the liquid soap path. It's on the 4th page of this thread #32 and on. I first tried this: Avocado oil 15.5% 23.25g HO Sunflower oil 30% 40g Cocoa butter 15% 22.5g Shea butter 15% 22.5g Cetyl alcohol 8% 12g Ewax 15%...

I tried making the emulsified sugar scrub by the soap queen lady, but i think my liquid soap was a lot more concentrated. I didn't put it into a pump, but I think it would just barely go through. I split the batch I made into 6 different little jars trying different physical exfoliants. I ended...

Now that I made myself a good liquid soap, I'm going to attempt an emulsified scrub that has liquid soap in it for my face. I was told to try AHA/BHA instead of scrubby exfoliants like walnut shells I've been apparently damaging my face with all these years! But I love my scrubbies so thought...

I added the 6.66g of KOH diluted in 8g water, cooked, blitzed, cool, sit. A thin foam layer formed on top so I just added some water to make up for all the dehydration that likely happened. Heated and mixed with a whisk. Cooled, let it sit and now I finally have the most beautifully clear...

Thank you so much for this reply. I think I've figured out at least in concept what's going on with my soap now. My original recipe was exactly from IrishLass's recipe. I only used 300g total oils. olive 65% 195g coconut 25% 75g castor 10% 30g SF 3% KOH 59.87 (calculated at 100% purity)...

Nope I sure didn't. I asked about how to calculate KOH earlier but I didn't get or wait for an answer and went ahead with 100% purity which I'm sure my KOH is not. I just checked and the bottle itself says 84%-92% purity. I knew not understanding all that was going to bite me in the butt. That's...

Yay! No zap! But I'm having a heck of a time diluting it. I'm having to use a lot more water than the recipe said to dilute. The inital amount was basically absorbed by the soap and just made it softer but not at all liquid. I added more water and the sodium lactate and is sitting on a super...

Realizing that I don't need to wait for my crockpot (literally arriving tomorrow!) and noticing how little time this is supposed to take, I went ahead and did it! I think it turned out right. I'm going to let it sit overnight now. It's thick but not like taffy. But the recipe said it was ok if...

Ok thanks. I guess I'm just wanting to understand the principles behind these recipes and procedures. That way I don't have to keep asking so many annoying questions! :) like why some have boric acid while others don't. I just have 2 questions about how to execute IrishLass's liquid soap...

After more research I found this amazing thread for a liquid soap recipe! I don't know how I missed this before. What I was expecting to be a 5-6 hour process is cut down to an hour or 2 by not just adding glycerin but completely subbing glycerin for water. My questions were answered regarding...

This is really helpful. Thank you. So I did some reading about preservatives and learned that there are few preservatives that work for anhydrous products, such as the one I just made. So I see how simply adding water to the product will allow me to use the preservative I have which is Germaben...

Thank you for that link! I was using the process instructions from this page: http://swiftcraftymonkey.blogspot.com/2010/09/experiments-in-workshop-black-cocoa.html which is exactly the same as the process explained in the link you sent me. And I did very carefully hold my temp at 70C for...

Well actually maybe that's what I have wrong to begin with. Because you're both right, it does feel a lot like a lotion. My original attempt here was to replace using St. Ives apricot scrub. I was at first just wanting to make my own, but then learned from fellow soapers that the exfoliant...