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TeriM
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Going to make my first soap.. couple of questions.
« on: Jul 7th, 2005, 9:37am » |
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okay - here are my dumb newbie questions for the day. I want to try my hand at soap over the weekend and am running out on my lunch hour to pick up what I need... here's my question....
is the Olive Oil & Canola Oil the same kind you can cook with.. and is the Castor Oil the stuff you give people to make them throw up.....?
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Linnyeg
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Re: Going to make my first soap.. couple of questi
« Reply #1 on: Jul 7th, 2005, 9:56am » |
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yep they're the same kinds you cook with, though for olive buy the cheap stuff (pomace) you dont need extra virgin or anything.
as for castor, i thought it was used to make people poo? but probably the same stuff!
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TeriM
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Re: Going to make my first soap.. couple of questi
« Reply #2 on: Jul 7th, 2005, 10:07am » |
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thank you - I thought so but wanted to check !
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Re: Going to make my first soap.. couple of questi
« Reply #3 on: Jul 7th, 2005, 10:23am » |
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on Jul 7th, 2005, 9:56am, Linnyeg wrote:.
i thought it was used to make people poo? but probably the same stuff! |
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Yup, it is. I can be exspensive too if you are buying it at a drug store. they wanted $4 something for 2 ounces..
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Re: Going to make my first soap.. couple of questi
« Reply #4 on: Jul 7th, 2005, 10:42am » |
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Try buying Coconut oil from Walmart, it is a decent sized container for about $3.00.
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Re: Going to make my first soap.. couple of questi
« Reply #5 on: Jul 7th, 2005, 11:09am » |
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Do you have a recipe in mind? You could do something like
Very simple and basic
25% coconut oil
75% olive oil.
This way you won't have a lot of extra ingrediants around that you won't be using!
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Re: Going to make my first soap.. couple of questi
« Reply #6 on: Jul 7th, 2005, 11:24am » |
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Here's the one I'm going to try - if I get the nerve over the weekend
10oz of olive oil
7oz of coconut oil
1 tbl castor oil
6 oz distilled water
2.6 oz lye
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Re: Going to make my first soap.. couple of questi
« Reply #7 on: Jul 7th, 2005, 1:40pm » |
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that is the same one i just tried. one lady on hear said that she put in just 2oz of lye and it worked good. i put in the 2.6 and it turned out brittle.so really watch how much lye.i got it to work after i lowered the amount of lye.
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Re: Going to make my first soap.. couple of questi
« Reply #8 on: Jul 7th, 2005, 2:36pm » |
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That's a very small batch to start out with. You can use the same recipe, but i'd up it to 2 lbs.
You can figure that out with http://soapcalc.com/calc/SoapCalc.asp the average lye discount is 5% and that's what the calc automatically takes. Good luck!
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Re: Going to make my first soap.. couple of questi
« Reply #9 on: Jul 7th, 2005, 3:44pm » |
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OK so I have been playing with cp alot last week and I took that recipie and dbled it.. really didn't know how much it would make until I read Robins response yesterday .. but now I know and this one is easier for beginners. IMHO
with this recipie(sp)
20oz Olive oil
14oz Coconut oil
2tbls of Caster Oil
12oz distilled water
5oz of Lye
I also took 1/4 tsp of ground cinnamon and mixed it with the caster oil and put some soap base with it..then poured in all in at trace and made swirlings...Please read Robins tutorial on cp soap making it helped me out alot...
Not an expert and I hope someone will correct me if i'm wrong about anything ....thank Heavens no skin irritations and its not lye heavy.. IT Does taste like soap Yucky>>>lol..
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