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| Hi all . Does anyone know - if I can use glycerin instead of lye for this recipe? I would really, like to make a big batch of this! I am relatively new to soapmaking.
I prefer, glycerin soap recipes. Olive 35%
This makes a really nice hard bar that lathers well! Can anyone tell me? Please email me.
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- Posted by terri_pacnw (My Page) on Tue, Mar 21, 06 at 16:10
| No, I don't think so. You either make Cold Process soaps with lye, fats and oils. Or you make Melt and Pour soaps with Glycerin bases. You can add some extra fats and oils to M&P soaps though. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Soap Ingredients
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| Hi - Thanks for responding - below is the reason for my question. Tell me, what you think? Thanks -Tina_2
Coconut & Olive Soap 1 cup olive oil 8 oz weight olive oil Combine lye solution and melted oils. Be careful not to splash while combining the mixtures. Stir until the mixture traces. If tracing takes more than 15 minutes, which it often does, stir for the first 15 minutes, then stir for 5 minutes at 15 minute intervals. Tracing looks like a slightly thickened custard, not instant pudding but a cooked custard. It will support a drop, or your stir marks for several seconds. Once tracing occurs... Pour raw soap into your prepared molds. After a few days the soap can be turned out of the mold. If the soap is very soft, allow it to cure for a few days to firm the outside. Cut soap into bars and set the bars out to cure and dry. This will allow the bar to firm and finish saponification. Place the bars on something that will allow them to breathe. Note: If you don't want to mess with tallow and lye, you can substitute shavings from any white unscented soap |
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| Lye + fat + water = soap. You cannot get around that. There is NO substitution for the chemical compound of soap. NONE. There is no such thing as "glycerin soap". Glycerin is a byproduct of the soap making process - so, by making soap (with LYE, because there is no other way) you create soap filled with glycerin, naturally. "Glycerin soap" is a marketing misnomer. Melt and pour "soap" is actually a detergent, and not a soap at all. It is not made with lye, so it is not soap. Detregents are made with phosphates which are carcenogenic (cancer causing). There is no way around that either. I just wanted to clear these things up -- I get rather frustrated with the common confusion about what soap really is, and what "glycerin soap" really isn't. Soap is much better for your skin, and the environment than detergent. There is no reason to be afraid of using lye to make soap. |
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- Posted by terri_pacnw (My Page) on Thu, Mar 23, 06 at 16:43
| The note sounds like Rebatching. Where you take a made soap add stuff to it and create a "new" soap. |
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- Posted by greenfaerie (My Page) on Wed, Jun 14, 06 at 7:57
| not all melt and pour is a detergent, there are many bases that are great and are soap. |
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