Soap Makers Help!

[equine chick]

You want to have iodine as an optimal number as 60. Sometimes it takes a while to play with your oils.
Here is a good resource, for oil selection.
http://millersoap.com/soapdesign.html#Properties

 

[OHhappychicks]

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Thanks! Didn't know about the iodine. I hadn't seen that on millers, either. That's good info to know! Been playing around with recipe. It still isn't where I want it, but has improved. Iodine is at 63.

 

[Renee']

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A good guide line is 1/3 beeswax, 1/3 butter, 1/3 liquid oils. Go up down on any of them to your preferences.

ETA, all you do is melt everything together and pour into into your molds. Easy peasy.

Probably a dumb question, but I know what happens when I assume, does butter mean cocoa butter? shea butter? solid oils? Land O Lakes?

 

[equine chick]

Renee' :

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A good guide line is 1/3 beeswax, 1/3 butter, 1/3 liquid oils. Go up down on any of them to your preferences.

ETA, all you do is melt everything together and pour into into your molds. Easy peasy.

Probably a dumb question, but I know what happens when I assume, does butter mean cocoa butter? shea butter? solid oils? Land O Lakes?​

Yes there are lots of butters; shea, cocoa mango I woulds shy away from land of lakes though.

 

[equine chick]

Any one reccomend a good stick blender. The one i bought by kalorik burned out on first use and so ticked, so tommorow the quest will be on for a new blender.

 

[MullersLaneFarm]

I've always used a cheapo Rival brand. My oldest SB is over 15 years old and my 'newest' is about 6 years old.

You don't want to run the SB continuously until the soap traces. I run it about 30-60 seconds, then hand stir for about 30 seconds, repeat until trace.

 

[savingdogs]

You can find immersion blenders at the Goodwill for about five dollars; I haven't burnt one out yet, but I have a spare. You can feel them get hot, don't push them past that point or you burn out the motor.

 

[Freckle Face Farm]

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Let me know which one you decide on I was out looking today and will be on the quest tomorrow.. I think I will try Bed bath and beyond and Macys tomorrow.. good luck on your quest.

 

[savingdogs]

So my latest batch of goat milk soap smells wonderful but turned dark. Was the milk too hot?

 

[NanaKat]

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Let me know which one you decide on I was out looking today and will be on the quest tomorrow.. I think I will try Bed bath and beyond and Macys tomorrow.. good luck on your quest.

I have a Hamilton Beach that is a hard working stick blender.