GrandmaArial Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 My latest experiment. Hubby says this one looks amazing; he spent 20 minutes last night sitting looking at the grain of the wood on the table through it. I colored it with a little FDC color, the cheap stuff we use for coloring eggs. I think color seems to make it brighten, look lighter and clearer than plain (no, that doesn’t make sense, but it’s what it seems to do). This is 0% superfat (-10 on soap calc). I cooked this batch down to 1 part oils to 1.25% water, and I think I need to concentrate it a bit more; I still don’t like the lather. The addition of 4% of 50/50 sugar solution and glycerin helped lower the cloud point nicely and I think makes it less drying than anything else I’ve tried. However, I know Failor says glycerin boosts lather, but it seems to kill mine. I used borax to lower the gel point (and “neutralize”). The second picture I added a tiny bit of gold glitter just cuz… and a drop (to much for the sample) yellow FDC. I think my grand daughters will like this!Thanks for looking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladysj Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 It looks lovely Grandma. I really want to try LS although your instructions as to what you did are all Greek to me so it's not making a bit of sense to me. ROFLMAO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibiscus Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 :highfive: you're really doing well with that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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