glycerine soap

[gymstud]

How could i make Glycerice soap as in melt and pour soup
When i googled it i found a page telling me make a lard soap
I know all the soap me make with lye and fats/oils is soap and glycerine

But "glycerine soap" lke ppl but for melt and pour how is it diffrnt

 

[The Efficacious Gentleman]

Not from me, just found online so I can't comment on the quality, especially as I have never made M&P bases before.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nw4CBN_RC0[/ame]

Vegetarian Formulation:
5oz Distilled Water (for Lye)
2.6oz Sodium Hydroxide (Lye)
5oz Castor Oil
6oz Coconut Oil
6oz Palm Oil
9oz Propylene Glycol
3oz Glycerin
3oz Sugar dissolved into 3oz Distilled Water

Formulation with Tallow:
5oz Distilled Water (for Lye)
2.5oz Sodium Hydroxide (Lye)
5oz Castor Oil
6oz Coconut Oil
6oz Tallow
9oz Propylene Glycol
3oz Glycerin
3oz Sugar dissolved into 3oz Distilled Water

I searched for "melt and pour base recipe". What did you search for?

 

[Saponista]

http://curious-soapmaker.com/how-to-make-transparent-soap.html

This lady has some great advice on making transparent soap which might be of use.

 

[gymstud]

How make glycerine soap i think it was a while back thanks

 

[seven]

there is also a book by kayla fioravanti about making mp bases (complete with recipes), which is a very good book imo. there's a kindle version which comes quite cheap.

 

[songwind]

Does anyone know how "converting" a recipe into a clear soap like this affects the properties?

 

[seven]

@songwind
all i know is that you need a certain amount of hard oils, otherwise if the soap is too soft is a pita. i'm speaking from a mp perspective, that is if your soap is too soft (or has the incorrect amount of solvents) it's gonna take forever to set up.
i found stearic acid works best to harden the soap.

 

[songwind]

Is there a way to make it m&p friendly that doesn't make it clear?

I wonder if that might be a feasible alternative to rebatching and/or masterbatching.

 

[seven]

if you don't want to make it clear, you can simply add titanium dioxide. that is actually what the difference is b/w clear and opaque mp bases.

there is this lady on youtube:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gfSW5duZyk"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gfSW5duZyk[/ame]

she rebatched a cp and turned it into an mp simply by doing the normal steps in rebatching, and adding solvents at the end to make it into a mp consistency. in that video, she turned a cp into a hp, mp, and ls. very interesting.

one of her comments, as far as how much solvents are needed:

You can take any recipe either as a rebatch or from the beginning process and use it as a MP recipe. PG up to 25% however depending on oils you can go as low as 5-7%.(depending on how may times you need to melt it).. Sorbitol is also used, but it can also be left out depending on your oils, if my highest % is cococut then i use sorbitol. If you are using a recipe from the beginning, and i recommend a cure time before you remelt and scent.

 

[songwind]

Hmm. I may have to experiment with this.

I like the idea of making large batches of unscented soap, then scenting it on demand. Unfortunately, there is a pretty strong prejudice against M&P soaps in the online shaving community, which is my primary initial customer base.

Decisions, decisions.