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Hey Kiwi! Thanks for that! Hello Gecko, Thanks for this - super-informative and enlightening! I shall follow up recommended readings, thanks for posting links! B.

My cousins are bogans:p

Good'day Shauna! Will keep you in the loop! Have a cracker. B.

Hi, Thanks for response. Yes the Colgate-Palmolive does not mention anything about curing and yes, I agree that it is reserved for large scale soap production. I do not understand what 'hp folks' means? Thanks. B. Hi Gem, Shot for this, appreciate the input and useful information...

Hi DeeAnna, Thanks for this! The reason I ask is I had read that with some processes, I believe it was the Colgate-Palmolive process, the production time from raw materials through to end product soap bar, saponification and 'curing' included, was 6 hours. I thought this quite incredulous...

Hi GemstonePony, Bar soap.

Hi all, Hope you are well. Does anyone have any idea what the density of their soap is post-mixing/pre-curing? The reason I ask, is I am trying to calculate how many moulds I should make to produce x amount of soap. I know how much soap I need to produce, i.e., final kgs or product, and am...

Hi all, A happy day to you. I am doing a feasibility report on soap production and wanted to know what period of time soap, produced via way of hot process production (semi-boiled), must be left to cure? I see that this is usually 3 days, but I imagine it is dependent on the oils used, the...

Hi! I am looking at starting a small-medium sized soap business in Southern Africa, mainly Zimbabwe and South Africa. It's preliminary research at the moment but let's see! I wanted to put this shoutout out there, in case any fellow African 'soapers' were on this forum too, and to engage...