Does M&P Soap improve with age like CP?

[ilovescents]

Hi everyone,

I was just wondering if M&P soap only gets better with time like CP soap. I have 4 lbs of Goat Milk M&P from WSP and would like to melt the whole thing and scent it with my favorite FO. I just don't want them to get dry or go bad if I don't use them right away. Thanks.

Also, I would like to start making liquid soap per the instructions from the Soap Dish - link from this board. I've been making CPHP soap batches like crazy for the last 2 weeks and just absolutely loving it! I already bougt my KOH and I will be using the Coconut oil recipe. Somewhere along the instruction page, it said to add Borax -- is that necessary? Also, when do you add your FO and do you need polysorbate 20? I have not been able to do my spring cleaning because of my new addiction, lol! Is their soap addicts anonymous in case it get really bad?

[doris]

I've read a few times that borax should not be used in anything that goes on the skin, so check that out a bit further.

[MarieJeanette]

I've been doing a lot of reading lately on making liquid soap and my head is still spinning from all the different info. I haven't made any yet as I'm still in the research stages, but from all I've read so far, you do not need to add borax to your liquid soap as long as you calculate a superfat into your recipe. Snowdrift Farms has some liquid soap recipes on their site and they don't have any borax in them. The reason for adding borax seems to be for the purposes of neutrilzing your liquid soap if it was made as per Failor's recipes in her liquid soaping book. Failor is really gung ho for having a crystal clear soap, and so her directions call for making a lye heavy soap on purpose and then neutilizing it with borax in order to get a crystal clear liquid soap.

There's more than one way to skin a cat (or make liquidsoap), though. Here are two more tutorials for your reading pleasure:

http://latheringsforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=6286&highlight=liquid+soap

http://www.essencesupply.com/liquid/page3.html

At this time I am really leaning towards the method used in the first link -Oaktree's CPLS method from Latherings.

The second link will give you more info on using Polysorbate 20.

HTH! :smiley2:

MarieJeanette

[ilovescents]

I've been doing a lot of reading lately on making liquid soap and my head is still spinning from all the different info. I haven't made any yet as I'm still in the research stages, but from all I've read so far, you do not need to add borax to your liquid soap as long as you calculate a superfat into your recipe. Snowdrift Farms has some liquid soap recipes on their site and they don't have any borax in them. The reason for adding borax seems to be for the purposes of neutrilzing your liquid soap if it was made as per Failor's recipes in her liquid soaping book. Failor is really gung ho for having a crystal clear soap, and so her directions call for making a lye heavy soap on purpose and then neutilizing it with borax in order to get a crystal clear liquid soap.

There's more than one way to skin a cat (or make liquidsoap), though. Here are two more tutorials for your reading pleasure:

http://latheringsforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=6286&highlight=liquid+soap

http://www.essencesupply.com/liquid/page3.html

At this time I am really leaning towards the method used in the first link -Oaktree's CPLS method from Latherings.

The second link will give you more info on using Polysorbate 20.

HTH! :smiley2:

MarieJeanette

Thanks so much for the great info! Now, I have more reading to do tonight because those are excellent links you gave me. Let us know how it goes once you finally do this and which method you used. I'll do the same .

[dublon]

Bringing this thread back up...

This link from the latherings forum:

http://latheringsforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=6286&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=liquid+soap&start=0

The author edited her first post, which I assume contained some super info on how to make liquid soap. The instructions are gone!!!!!

Would anyone happen to have them?? I've just skimmed through the whole thread and it sounds like it must have been one super easy way of making liquid soap!!

And yes I have Failors book, but it's quite confusing!

Any help will realllllllllllllly be appreciated!!

[GrandmaArial]

I don’t have the post you’re looking for but I have this, a post of SoapersWorkshop I am considering trying.

http://www.candletech.com/forums/showpost.php?p=448599&postcount=15

[ilovescents]

Bringing this thread back up...

This link from the latherings forum:

http://latheringsforum.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=6286&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=liquid+soap&start=0

The author edited her first post, which I assume contained some super info on how to make liquid soap. The instructions are gone!!!!!

Would anyone happen to have them?? I've just skimmed through the whole thread and it sounds like it must have been one super easy way of making liquid soap!!

And yes I have Failors book, but it's quite confusing!

Any help will realllllllllllllly be appreciated!!

You're in luck because I printed her instructions along with some photos of the soap stages. The sentences that are highlighted coincides with the photos (instructions and photos printed separately). I never really started the liquid soap project I had planned ages ago so I sold my unused KOH. Therefore, I will mail you the printouts if you PM me your address. Hope this will help you. The author's instructions are very easy to understand.