Guest guest Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 Did you run your formula through a soap calculator? I find decreasing the water helps a lot. There could be a lot of things that make your soap soft, including not enough sodium hydroxide. I always let my cure at least 4 weeks and that also hardens it up. HTH Rose In a message dated 6/28/2008 10:29:09 P.M. Central Daylight Time, esmsoaps@... writes: Does anyone superfat above 10%? I regularly superfat above 10%, my soaps are very mild and leave my skin soft and smooth, even after only one day of cure. My last batch was 18% sf, with pomace olive, pk, macadamia, and castor oils, it is wonderful but after 3 days still somewhat soft, I ended up making soap balls, with the soap. I would like to harden up the recipe without changing the great feel of the recipe any suggestions? thank you **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2008 Report Share Posted July 6, 2008 Rose, This recipe is hardening up nicely, it has been almost 2 weeks since cutting. Yes I used a lye calculator, and I reduced the water at 35%. thanks rosemary wrote: > Did you run your formula through a soap calculator? I find > decreasing the water helps a lot. karen wrote: > soaps are very mild and leave my skin soft and smooth, even after > only one day of cure. > My last batch was 18% sf, with pomace olive, > pk, macadamia, and castor oils, it is wonderful but after 3 days > still somewhat soft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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