Soapmaking

[crosschk]

Just dicovered/found/was pointed to this thread. Just wanted to say I enjoy making soap. Its usually boring unscented soap. I like the chemistry part of it. Heres a picture of my full curing rack

And i just cut this castile this morning

 

[LBussy]

Castile is real nice when it's had about a year to cure. Unfortunately our water is sdo hard I'm left with commercial detergent-based soaps till we get the house built and a water softener.

 

[crosschk]

Castile is real nice when it's had about a year to cure. Unfortunately our water is sdo hard I'm left with commercial detergent-based soaps till we get the house built and a water softener.

You should be using distilled anyway not tap. Unless its beer soap, then you use beer

 

[LBussy]

I mean to actually shower. Real soap just curdles up and makes a mess here. There's not enough EDTA in the world to make a soap survive.

 

[crosschk]

I mean to actually shower. Real soap just curdles up and makes a mess here. There's not enough EDTA in the world to make a soap survive.

Oh lol gotcha

 

[shoengine]

Reviving the big thread here. I made soap before, but many moons before, and really was just another set of hands for the wife. However I love nice soap, and usually one thing I look for when visiting places. I have sensitive skin and break out in a rash with commercial, fragranced soap. We've generally stuck to Dial, but for I've noticed Dial doesn't really combat the stuff that creates body odor. Thus I was thinking about making my own soap, maybe something with oats or honey, but I'm looking for some ideas to make soap a better antibacterial. Any thoughts?