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    Creating a recipe for use in really hard water?

    Mine do here too, and those are my bubble number ranges too. We have pretty hard water here that I know of, and I never have any trouble getting bubbly lather. Thanks for confirming that I'm not nuts. :) I think she wants like big, liquid soap kind of lather. I'm guessing I can go...
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    Creating a recipe for use in really hard water?

    She's been using my soap for awhile, and yes, I am loathe to change it. But, I do have a few other recipes I made that I like, none are any bubblier, just different (like a palm, coconut, shea, and sweet almond, just for fun). I may just try a tweak (with citric acid) and the new recipe in...
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    Creating a recipe for use in really hard water?

    Yep, a 51. I'm not opposed to animal fats, but I don't know about my friend's mom. My usual blend does produce a creamy lather, but she's looking for bubbles, like a liquid synthetic. And I've got lots of different "fancy" veg oils sitting around here waiting for a project. ;)
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    Creating a recipe for use in really hard water?

    Been tasked recently by my biggest soap buyer friend to make a soap for his mom that will lather nicely in her hard water town in lower Michigan. We have hard-ish water here in Cleveland and my soaps lather great here. Should I try tweaking my standard recipe? Start from scratch...
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    Tallow

    I made it myself just this week. I got the beef suet from the grocery store, trimmed away all the meat and any blood vessels, cut it into very small pieces, and tried both dry and wet rendering. I started with wet, but it didn't seem like it was working really well for me, so I scooped out...
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    No longer just lurking!

    Hi all! I'm Shannon from Ohio. I started making CP soap about 4 months ago, when my DH decided to look up a recipe for oatmeal soap online. Before that, we were doing MP for our own use, since my DH is allergic to just about everything else out there. It has quickly grown from a hobby to...
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