What soapy thing have you done today?

[Peachy Clean Soap]

I needed to re-up on my lard which I remembered reading I think @earlene mentioned walmart Great Value shortening was Tallow, Lard, Soybean. I did go on line & the GV Walmart brand shortening was palm & a few other fats' no Tallow? hmm. As I was shopping @ walmart this morning I thought i'd check out GV shortening & ingredients, just maybe its different type from online GV Shortening? much to my surprise it was yay! first ingredient listed tallow, lard, soybean, I'm looking forward to soaping w/ it. Its a great value only $ 4.48 / 2Lbs. Ive wanted to try tallow but its so darn costly i'm happy to settle for second best.
Happy Halloween

 

[Ugeauxgirl]

I needed to re-up on my lard which I remembered reading I think @earlene mentioned walmart Great Value shortening was Tallow, Lard, Soybean. I did go on line & the GV Walmart brand shortening was palm & a few other fats' no Tallow? hmm. As I was shopping @ walmart this morning I thought i'd check out GV shortening & ingredients, just maybe its different type from online GV Shortening? much to my surprise it was yay! first ingredient listed tallow, lard, soybean, I'm looking forward to soaping w/ it. Its a great value only $ 4.48 / 2Lbs. Ive wanted to try tallow but its so darn costly i'm happy to settle for second best.
Happy Halloween

If you are willing to render it yourself, I've been getting it pretty cheaply (or free) lately by just asking the butcher at my grocery store when they have beef on special. It's a fair amount of work though. Happy Halloween to you!

 

[Zany_in_CO]

Hopefully my photo shows the lack of slime

It does indeed!

 

[Peachy Clean Soap]

If you are willing to render it yourself, I've been getting it pretty cheaply (or free) lately by just asking the butcher at my grocery store when they have beef on special. It's a fair amount of work though. Happy Halloween to you!

Ive asked a few meat markets if they sale tallow & both said no. one looked at me like a dear in headlights. .
Thank you for your help.

 

[LynetteO]

Got cocky today & thought I’d whip up quick tiny batch of OO soap, uncolored & unscented, using ZNSC recipe as I had some faux sea water already made. My issue was lye solution got too cool to quick due to cold faux sea water. I didn’t adjust my speed of heating OO to compensate. should’ve had my oil ready when I made my lye & NOT the reverse. Took a long time for emulsion & I poured into small round cavity molds before trace due to needing to make breakfast for the fam. Should’ve kept blending & let em’ starve. My soaps are still liquid. .

Soap Succeeded! I just tried a piece of a bar I broke while unmolding @ apparently ZNSC still makes a good soap even if the maker doesn’t follow authors temp directions! The soap did take 4+days to harden & I feared a flop. Previous ZNSC batches where I did soap hot, came to trace eons faster & we’re ready to unmold within 12-24.

 

[Johnez]

Just another day in the mold and we'll see how the recipe behaved. Unfortunately it's not the brilliant fuchsia I was hoping for, however the color change was still something magical seeing happen in the batter. I've got some tiny bubbles on the surface, probably when I tipped the stick blender a bit and in the process added a trillion bubbles in the batter. Feels like I can unmold but I don't want to ruin the detail work on the bottom of I'm wrong, tomorrow I'll unmold.

 

[Peachy Clean Soap]

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Just another day in the mold and we'll see how the recipe behaved. Unfortunately it's not the brilliant fuchsia I was hoping for, however the color change was still something magical seeing happen in the batter. I've got some tiny bubbles on the surface, probably when I tipped the stick blender a bit and in the process added a trillion bubbles in the batter.

Love the color

 

[Johnez]

Love the color

Thanks! It's Himalayan Rhubarb. First time working with it, or any color.

 

[rcreger]

Trimmed and boxed 80 CP bar soaps. Only 3 full trays of 80 to go!

 

[AliOop]

Ive asked a few meat markets if they sale tallow & both said no. one looked at me like a dear in headlights. .
Thank you for your help.

Peachy, what you need to ask them for is beef fat (not tallow) from their trimmings. Any butcher shop or meat market will normally have lots of that. Whether they give it to you or not is another story.

Then you take the fat and render it down into tallow. Lotsa work!!

 

[TashaBird]

Finally got some soap making done! Made a decent size batch of soap dough. Will start prepping for some pull through after lunch. But I may have to make Christmas soaps in July next year!!

 

[Zing]

My soapy thing I did today was....make soap! I had just enough leftover oil mixture from a recent masterbatch (interestingly enough, though, no lye solution) for my 10" mold. I added my "shredded mozzarella cheese" (my failed "snow") and tried some swirl action. Only color was pink and scented with fir needle/bergamot/cedarwood. We'll see how it turns out. It'll be for personal use only so very low bar.

I'm back to normal speed after a day in bed following a booster Moderna shot and feeling muy productivo.

Everyone is warm and cozy and gellin' for the night.

 

[linne1gi]

I did nothing soapy today . I am going to start planning something for tomorrow though. I waited so long for my lye to come in, now it's here and its still sitting in the box lol.

I did plan on making soap this afternoon, but then I did a shellfish-fest for myself...yummm. Crabs, clams, and shrimp. All for me LOL. I got done cooking it all and decided to not make the corn because it looked like so much food...shoulda made the corn. I ate one pound of crab legs, a half a pound of shrimp, and a few dozen clams. The cat staring at me the whole time in envy. Then she turned her nose up to the shrimp I put in her bowl. Guess its not the same if she doesn't steal it from the table.

Then I made blueberry muffins because I have a bunch of fresh blueberries. Ate two of those.

Belly full, I took a three hour on and off nap on the sofa while watching saved episodes of Days of Our Lives while the roomba vacuumed the bedroom. The laziest day of my life.

So I guess I will make two batches of soap tomorrow to make up for it. I have xmas fragrances that I gotta use up.

Good for you! Everyone needs a day like this once in a while.

 

[TashaBird]

Got some pull through prepped for tomorrow. My delayed timeline has me switching gears from Christmas to whatever is after that. Feeling winters vibes, but much more broad possibilities!! Trying to find the balance between getting back to work (the one that pays bills) and continuing the work of soap making that I love so much! (Soap mostly just pays for itself)
Trying two new (new to me for pull throughs) FOs. Hopefully it’s not a clump and dump!! Adding the FO immediately before pouring into squeeze bottles has been working well.

 

[Peachy Clean Soap]

Peachy, what you need to ask them for is beef fat (not tallow) from their trimmings. Any butcher shop or meat market will normally have lots of that. Whether they give it to you or not is another story.

Then you take the fat and render it down into tallow. Lotsa work!!

thank you' much appreciated.

My soapy thing I did today was....make soap! I had just enough leftover oil mixture from a recent masterbatch (interestingly enough, though, no lye solution) for my 10" mold. I added my "shredded mozzarella cheese" (my failed "snow") and tried some swirl action. Only color was pink and scented with fir needle/bergamot/cedarwood. We'll see how it turns out. It'll be for personal use only so very low bar.

I'm back to normal speed after a day in bed following a booster Moderna shot and feeling muy productivo.

Everyone is warm and cozy and gellin' for the night.

Glad your feeling your normal self Yay

I'm wanting to soap' but i'm waiting for our next soap challenge thinking I can use soap for Christmas Gifts too.

 

[ResolvableOwl]

*yawn* Remember back then, in October, when I liberated the ice cream wafer (soap batter drops)? Imagine someone had made from the same recipe, a block of soap that is more than 2 cm thick. Would you expect it to be ready to unmould after 6 (SIX) days of impatient waiting? Nope. On the open surface, it was just about as hard as the oil blend had been (at room temperature), and beneath it, it has formed a lovely soap dough. *sigh*
I somehow still got it out, and now I'm waiting for it to harden up in what will probably be a quite lengthy cure. Mustard oil is patience oil … … … On the upside, I washed my hands afterwards, and it seems that it might offer some impressive lathering performance once cured (though I blame more the Ucuuba for it than the mustard).

 

[Mary M.]

Peachy, what you need to ask them for is beef fat (not tallow) from their trimmings. Any butcher shop or meat market will normally have lots of that. Whether they give it to you or not is another story.

Then you take the fat and render it down into tallow. Lotsa work!!

Kidney fat is what's cleanest and best for rendering. Ask the butcher to grind it for you too, he might if he's not to busy

 

[Johnez]

Well I've unmolded my Himalayan Rhubarb soap, and am somewhat disappointed. While the side exposed to air had colored up nicely (though nothing like Tree Marie's fantastic fuchsia), underneath has remained and underwhelming tannish color. I'm hoping everything evens out. Smells great though. I went easy on the rose FO as every time I opened the bottle it seemed to stick in my nose for hours afterward.

 

[Ugeauxgirl]

Today I made my 100th batch of soap! It was a bentonite clay and activated charcoal acne soap. I hate the smell of tea tree oil. I put it in a mold I made out of a crystal lite canister and the swirl looks promising through the side...

 

[ScentimentallyYours]

Well I've unmolded my Himalayan Rhubarb soap, and am somewhat disappointed. While the side exposed to air had colored up nicely (though nothing like Tree Marie's fantastic fuchsia), underneath has remained and underwhelming tannish color. I'm hoping everything evens out. Smells great though. I went easy on the rose FO as every time I opened the bottle it seemed to stick in my nose for hours afterward.

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One trick I’ve used with molds is to “grease” them with a small amount of soap batter using a gloved hand prior to pouring the batter into the mold. It forms a much cleaner seal without the air bubbles. Has anyone else tried this?