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i reheated the batch, brought it to a boil and it started to foam up. after letting it cool a little, while stirring the foam down, i could see clear liquid under the foam. im trying to reheat and get the foam to turn liquid, but not sure whats the best approach for that...hot...cold? i may...

im on batch #3 and every time i seem to get one step closer, but not quite there yet i remade a batch using 16 oz olive oil 3.3 oz KOH lye 10 oz distilled water it took a while to get to trace, possibly because 100% soft oil. i baked the paste until translucent, which took a while also...

the place i bought the proper lye from had an explanation of how to properly mix lye and fats based on saponification http://www.certified-lye.com/lye-soap.html from that info, i used some other online soap calculators along with info i got from my book, liquid soaps...

aarghhhh.... guess ill have to look at some hard soap recipes in order to resolve this mess ive got right now. next time ill make sure to get the right type of lye thanks

i figured i should post my problem for better responses im using a recipe of 5 ounces coconut oil 43 ounces olive oil 11 ounces lye 33 ounces distilled water (all by weight) i heat the oils up to 160, mix the water and lye and wait til it cools to 140 then mix with our hand held...

while ive been looking at tons of recipes online, it seems the ingredients and cooking methods vary greatly. not to mention some of the tutorials are not documented very well. so i settled on a book by catherine fowler 'making natural liquid soaps' which seemed pretty thorough. however the...

my name is dan and im trying to get started with home made natural soaps. i got a book by catherine failor thats pretty detailed about how to make liquid soap. but the two batches ive tried have turned out badly. i hope to learn the basics of soap making and eventually get to the point where...