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I have electric and hand, but seeing how much easier the electric one is on meat I think I will use the electric. It will save about an 30 mins of cranking!

I wasn't think of using it on a soft soap, only one I have lying around. I believe that mincer is the british word - grinder is probably the US equivalent. Not sure when I will get round to it but I'll try to post when I eventually get it done.

I want to try rebatching a soap and wondered what would happen if you put soap through a meat mincer. will it grind up into very small particles or clump and clog up the mincer? I guess that the small bits will be better to rebatch than if I only grated it. Also do you use less fragrance in a...

I have tried a recipe like this and it produces nice creamy lather., but I think it might be the coconut oil which causes the problem with the bubbles bursting too fast. I will give it another go maybe. I haven't tried with clay for a while.

I am trying to create a soap for shaving and I am failing every time. Unfortunately I don't have great quantity of ingredients available to me in Poland but I'm sure I can import something. I can't find palm oil, which I would like, so most of my soaps are using olive, coconut and castor oil...

Some essential oils do not stay fragrant in the soap very well so sometime you need other ingredients that stop the reaction. I am using a fair amount of essential oils - about 5/6 tsp per kg of oil. I am not using lard or tallow at the moment - only olive, castor and coconut - and one batch...

Every time I try a hot process I end up with a stinky soap and I don't know if it is the essential oils i used(which do not seem to impart any aroma to the soap at all) or something else. I always use a double boiler so I don't burn it. That is about all I know. So far I am giving up with HP...

Thanks for the huge numbers of suggestions here! I really appreciate the help. I feel kind of stupid now because I went to a shop to get breakfast this morning and just went to check the oils and as I expected there was nothing special, but I went around the corner and found a small oriental...

Thanks for the ideas - I will give castor oil a go first as it is the most available to me. Most other oils I would need to order from Germany and UK, which is a pain to be honest. I did have a really nice soap base before but it relied on coconut and palm oil with the olive so I was stuck for a...

I am living in Poland at the moment which has put a stop to my soapmaking for a while due to translation problems and lack of equipment but now I have a good set of scales(a birthday present from the other half) and should start up soon. I just have a problem finding the right ingredients...