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Did you add the oil hot? I sometimes do that when i want to get a softer body buter i just add more oil but after it cools over night it stiffens up more. You can add more of the butters if it is still to loose just melt it and whip it into the previous batch and that should make it closer to...

ok i just want to be sure i get this right i still have to stir till trace and then put it in a warmed oven for X amount of hours correct ?

So a coworker asked me (i have no idea why i usually do liquid soap) about what they called cold+hot process. They said that you make the soap like you normally would for Cp but then put it in your mold and stick in in the over for 4 hour on 175 f. it sounds very me friendly, hp without all...

oh i forgot to add my superfat was with castor oil

So this is the reciepe i was thinking about doing hot process. What do you think will happen since the cleanings # is higher than the suggested amount Total oil weight 48 Water as percent of oil weight 38 % Super Fat/Discount 10 % Lye Concentration 27.209 % Water : Lye Ratio 2.675:1...

I live in Virginia and it is very common. Nothing is wrong with the recipe without the frankincense and hibiscus because my other bars came out beautifully.

it didnt really seperate into to separate layers it was just a normal bar on the bottom with liquid on top. Where i live its really common to see 100% castor oil soaps

I made a batch of soap 50 % coconut 25% of soy and castor 2 oz of hibiscus power a cup of frankincense roughly broke up. I steeped my oils and frankincense for about an hour and then started my soap process it traced super fast and i put in in my molds and covered it . It stay in the mold about...

Oils: Coconut Oil, Organic: 80.0 ounces Lye/Water: Potassium Hydroxide (KOH): 20.2 ounces Water: 30.0 ounces Additives: Coconut Oil, Organic (10%): 8.0 ounces Total of Essential/Fragrance Oils: 3.5 ounces Essential Oil: Essential Oil: Neroli, Morocco @alchemy i think i get what your saying...

my soap recipe calls for super fatting it to 10 % so do i just add it at the beginning of the soap making process or at the end when i add the essential oil?

Can i use lye instead of potassium hydroxide for liquid soap?