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Hi DeeAnna - I didn’t check the 90% KOH box when I originally input my recipe in SoapCalc and I should have. So I actually got an 11% super fat - a very lux feeling hand soap, but I think it’s too oily for cleaning my floor. I think if I get it down to at least 3%... Yes! I did learn quite a...

Update on my blob... After adding more water and cooking a bit more, it FINALLY got to the translucent stage. I diluted some and it still came out a bit murky, but my family loved the feel of it so I saved half the batch to make hand soap. I'm going to add more lye solution to the remaining...

Ok. I will definitely take a look at the links DeeAnna provided and take note for my next try at liquid soap. @IrishLass - I added a more water to my “confused blob” as you suggested and from what DeeAnna had noted about my water amount being so low for liquid soap making. I’ll see what...

Hello, Attached is my recipe. Thanks! ~MaggieB

I usually make CP soap and this is my first try making liquid KOH soap. I have a 30% coconut/70% olive oil batch that has been cooking for a full day now and it just won’t get to the transparent gel stage. It’s stuck in the puffy half-gel-half-foamy-blob stage. Any suggestions? I’m thinking the...