Request for Tips for making soap dough

[Susan Cote]

@Firefly24 and @dibbles , The Soap Artist said Sorcery Soaps and recommended books and videos her. So, among the other videos I watched the other evening was one by Sorcery Soaps. She seems extremely creative, I don't think I'd ever watched any of her videos before.

It is really helpful to hear the little variations, details, and deviations of what everyone does. It drastically cuts down the number of videos I'd need to watch to gain the same insights.



@bookworm42 - Yes!!! my exact experience!! The easier it looked, the more I suspected a chaos monster around the corner!





@Firefly24 and @dibbles - kind of a difference in when each of you unmolds...




Do others also leave out salt and/ or sodium lactate to avoid unnecessary hardness?
I thought I'd get ahead of the game for soaping this weekend and measured my oils last night, then mixed my water, sorbitol and salt this morning.
I didn't even think about the hardness factor. I can toss the water and start over with it. What do others do in terms of salt or sodium lactate?

Since my first batch of soap dough was from a seized batter stuffed in to a container it contained sl and sugar and
GM. . My intentional recipes are high in palmic and stearic hence hardness is not an issue! NO AIR IS A BIG ISSUE! ! I I increases caster from 5 to 10. The rest of my recipe is a balence between hard and soft. You most likely have a good recipe for that. Dont over think it

 

[akseattle]

Since my first batch of soap dough was from a seized batter stuffed in to a container it contained sl and sugar and
GM. . My intentional recipes are high in palmic and stearic hence hardness is not an issue! NO AIR IS A BIG ISSUE! ! I I increases caster from 5 to 10. The rest of my recipe is a balence between hard and soft. You most likely have a good recipe for that. Dont over think it

I made me soap dough last night ( or wee hours of this AM. I used my regular recipe except I reduced lye concentration to 35%, probably should have gone a little lower but I wanted to see how close I could get to my regular recipe- so like when I have a little left from a pour- to see if that will work for. Soap. Dough. I had already mixed my water with salt and sorbitol in the morning before going to work. Then I read, better not to add salt. Since the idea was to see how close I could get to my regular recipe except, instead of dumping, I went ahead and used it. So, we’ll see! It’s been 10 hours. Through the plastic, it was soft but definitely hardening. I had to leave home, won’t be back till late tonight. So, we’ll see. I don’t think I squeezed out enough air…

 

[dmcgee5034]

I made me soap dough last night ( or wee hours of this AM. I used my regular recipe except I reduced lye concentration to 35%, probably should have gone a little lower but I wanted to see how close I could get to my regular recipe- so like when I have a little left from a pour- to see if that will work for. Soap. Dough. I had already mixed my water with salt and sorbitol in the morning before going to work. Then I read, better not to add salt. Since the idea was to see how close I could get to my regular recipe except, instead of dumping, I went ahead and used it. So, we’ll see! It’s been 10 hours. Through the plastic, it was soft but definitely hardening. I had to leave home, won’t be back till late tonight. So, we’ll see. I don’t think I squeezed out enough air…

Woo hoo! I am soooo excited to hear (and see) how your soap dough came out!