What soapy thing have you done today?

[justsomeguy]

See, I knew you tidy soapers looked down on us peons! I just knew it!!

They are outnumbered! We win again!

 

[Servant4Christ]

I'm a tidy soaper. I don't have enough room (or time) to be messy. I have everything laid out, organized, and Ready, Set, SOAP! I keep a plastic bin (like the ones from hospitals) near me to put soapy stuff in as I go so I can just take the bin to the sink after the soap is made and covered.

Today, I made another small batch (250g oils) of liquid soap. I am making basically the same recipe as my version of ZNSB (minus the faux seawater), but with KOH instead of NaOH. I figure, at least this way I shouldn't have any bad reactions. It came to trace quicker than I expected which was a lovely surprise. I'll check it for zap tomorrow.

 

[AliensrReal]

I did all the work and all the pouring and swirling only to discover that I forgot the dang fragrance. Dumped the fragrance in and mixed the colors for a brownish red and added some green and red coloring to the top. It’s supposed to be Vine Ripe Tomato. It’s better than nothing. At least it will look as rustic as it smells.

 

[ackosel]

I'm a tidy soaper. I don't have enough room (or time) to be messy. I have everything laid out, organized, and Ready, Set SOAP! I keep a plastic bin (like the ones from the hospitals) near me to put soapy stuff in as I go so I can just take the bin to the sink after the soap is made and covered.

Today, I made another small batch (250g oils) of liquid soap. I am making basically the same recipe as my version of ZNSB (minus the faux seawater), but with KOH instead of NaOH. I figure, at least this way I shouldn't have any bad reactions. It came to trace quicker than I expected which was a lovely surprise. I'll check it for zap tomorrow.

I wouldn't call myself a "tidy" soaper, but I also have a limited amount of space to work (about 3 1/2 feet of countertop space in the kitchen), so I definitely have to work in stages and keep on top of the mess.

Now cooking, that's a different story!

 

[Relle]

I wouldn't call myself a "tidy" soaper, but I also have a limited amount of space to work (about 3 1/2 feet of countertop space in the kitchen), so I definitely have to work in stages and keep on top of the mess.

Now cooking, that's a different story!

You have heaps of space to work on, I have 1 foot square bench space that's it and the empty sink, not even the draining bit.

 

[ackosel]

You have heaps of space to work on, I have 1 foot square bench space that's it and the empty sink, not even the draining bit.

Wowie, you win! It must take some serious planning to make that work!

 

[Relle]

Sure does and annoying when someone is walking behind, backwards and forwards to the backyard, only happens when I make soap, would love a separate space, but it's not going to happen.

 

[Ekuzo]

I ran out of sodium lactate and had to use salt crystals, but I’ve ordered more! I did not know to dissolve the solid additives first so I’ve made a note and I’ll do that in the future! Previously I used only sodium lactate so I never had to consider when I added the additives.

I tried dissolving sugar in lye solution once and it was horrible - I ended up straining a lot of it out. Since then, I've always stirred salt and sugar (honey), as well as citric acid before dissolving NaOH in the liquid

 

[Servant4Christ]

Today, I made another small batch (250g oils) of liquid soap. I am making basically the same recipe as my version of ZNSB (minus the faux seawater), but with KOH instead of NaOH. I figure, at least this way I shouldn't have any bad reactions. It came to trace quicker than I expected which was a lovely surprise. I'll check it for zap tomorrow.

Surely, you know I couldn't waiting that long.
I started weighing oils and lye around 4pm and had fully diluted liquid soap at 9pm. It's still warm so it hasn't thickened up yet, but I just had to try a little off my spatula...
It lathers and didn't hurt!