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After a bit of experimenting with different amounts and kinds of oils, I think i found my ideal mix. Not quite as "immortal" of a lather, but really friendly to skin, I think a good place to start trying out different additives such as colloidal oatmeal or bentonite clay (since I already have...

Success!!! Well, I just whipped up another small batch, using the hot process adding the melted stearic after trace, and it started mushing up really fast, but became a bit softer and quite a bit more translucent than my failed batch. Kept mixing for about 5-10 minutes after, dumped the...

So in terms of this batch, should I try rebatching to help the stearic and lye combine or should I just throw it out? Yeah, I have a bad habit of doing that with far more than just soaps, but at the same time you can learn so much more about what you're trying to do than what's just on the...

Like deeanna said, I am attempting to make a shaving soap. Thank you for the offer, would perhaps a similar soap without the stearic work better or would you suggest something different all together? My final recipe would use a mix of sodium and potassium lye, one part sodium to two parts...

Thank you for all the warm replies. Since this is the introduction forum I'll include a bit more about myself. I am a self employed DIYer, I make a bunch of different handmade goods. I started with knives and speakers, since I love music and hand tools. My knifemaking eventually led to straight...

Yeah, I do have a bad habit of doing that, you hit the nail on the head with what I was attempting, following a friends recipe he managed to make cold process somehow. I always learn best by diving straight in, sometimes getting it wrong but learning through the whole thing. OK, so is there...

Hello world, my name is J Michael, I come from SIlver Creek Nebraska, and I just started this awesome hobby of soap making today. My mother did some soap making for a while, and now I'm hoping to get good enough to take over for her a bit. My username comes from the family brand, Lazy H, that I...

Hello, I just tried my first batch of soap, cold processed with the following ratios of oils and NaOH: (I used these amounts in ounces if that helps at all) NaOH: 1.82 Castor Oil: .75 Stearic Acid: 4 Palm Oil: 4 Coconut Oil: 3.75 Well, the instant the lye touched the oil it became like...