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    Cannabis infused soap

    Thank you, @KiwiMoose !! So not more then 3%, ok. Thing is, there is zero alcohol in the cannabis oil, it's thick rike Burch tar. I have a few days to put some recipes together, I wonder if I'm being overly ambitious here. So don't include in a calculator and add when soap traces? I'm definitely...
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    Unknown percentage of oils. Need help with water/lye

    Since i have some more of that mystery Neem butter (Coconut mixed with Palm oil with dash of Neem) left, I thought I'd make another little batch, in hopes that if I SF it enough it wouldnt dry my hands so terribly.... here are the proportions that I've used: 33oz. oil 4.83oz. lye...
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    Unknown percentage of oils. Need help with water/lye

    Interesting...all those youtube how-to-s made me think that the beauty of HP that it was an instant gratification kinda method.... well , and also the fact that it doesn't burn EO... btw, imho, Petitgrain is not a good soap smell....may be I should've mixed it with something Anyhow... thank you...
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    Unknown percentage of oils. Need help with water/lye

    Thank you Battle Gnome! 4-6 weeks even for HP? Thank you for all your kind replies. I'm gonna hang around here for a bit more, as I have some more oils that I want to play around with.. just didn't wanna waste that mystery Neem Butter....
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    Unknown percentage of oils. Need help with water/lye

    Hi Earlene! Thank you for such a detailed response... so I tried method 3 and since there was no zap, I took my time to really check for the zapness....probably around 30 seconds...it made my tongue numb... and my roommate had a rather concerned facial expression.... it's not every day that you...
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    Unknown percentage of oils. Need help with water/lye

    Ok...so I wouldn't want the possibility of having unreacted lye in my soap.... can I re-melt the soap and do the zap test? And if it zaps? Do I cook it longer? Thank you all for your kind replies!!
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    Unknown percentage of oils. Need help with water/lye

    Hi Battle Gnome! Thank you !!!! Zap test is to check the PH, right? I read that PH should be 7-10 and figured that my PH meter would do the trick...
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    Unknown percentage of oils. Need help with water/lye

    Susie- thank you! Soooooo.....I'm impatient a bit while circling around my slow cooker decided just to go with it.... I cut the recipie in half in an attempt to not waste a lot in case I fail. Here is what I've done: 468 g of oil out of the mystery jar (the label claims coconut, palm, neem) ...
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    Unknown percentage of oils. Need help with water/lye

    http://www.mommypotamus.com/shampoo-bar-recipe/
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    Unknown percentage of oils. Need help with water/lye

    Hi:bunny: Here is my dumb newbie question of the day.... I found a recipie for HP soap by where she uses just coconut oil , and depending on the how much superfat she add she ends up with either shampoo bar or laundry soap or body soap..... Here is my question: I have a jar of Neem Butter from...
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