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  1. Davali

    Will these soap recipes I created work for their intended use?

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  2. Davali

    ISO : Long Silicone tube Cow head mold

    Many of the mold sellers on Etsy will make a custom mold for you. The other possibility is to use soap dough with an extruder. Chass of Wild Plantanica and Glenda of Beautiful Soaps by Glenda both create and sell custom-made extruder disks.
  3. Davali

    2 Antique Soap Stamps for Sale

    If you are a member of SoapMakingForum.com, you are allowed to post items for sale there. There are some requirements about type or length of membership.
  4. Davali

    Change suggested value for Cleansing

    If your recipe is low on cleansing, you probably won't need much SF at all. More SF reduces lather, which makes people add back more CO or PKO for more lather... which makes it more cleansing. So you end up chasing the result. The other issue may be that you need to find the oils that agree...
  5. Davali

    I cant change my profile details

    I just tried clicking on my profile to see if I could edit it, and the page went to My Recipes. Tried it again with the same result.
  6. Davali

    Autofill option

    Awesome, thanks so much!
  7. Davali

    Change suggested value for Cleansing

    Great point, although I think finished soap is often much higher than 8-9. Because PH strips are notoriously inaccurate for testing, especially since most folks don't use them correctly, they think their soap is somewhere around 8, and it's really 10 or higher. Totally agree with Yooper. I try...
  8. Davali

    hello world! New soaper here

    Welcome! Hope you can also join us over at SoapmakingForum.com.
  9. Davali

    Autofill option

    I have a few suggestions for hopefully small tweaks to make the calculator even more awesome than it already it (it's the only one I ever use, btw). 1. The Select Oils section has a box where one can start typing to bring up the name of the oil. Could you add that same function to the Custom...
  10. Davali

    Dry skin after Castile type liquid soap

    Late to the party, but I agree with @ChemicalPyros that you don't want a high SF for your LS. It will simply separate out of the solution, unless you use an emulsifier such as PS80 to prevent that.
  11. Davali

    shampoo bar recipe needs help

    @pankaj you will probably receive more responses if you post this question over on the SoapMakingForum.com. That is the sister group to this one, and is very active with a fair number of folks who make shampoo bars, including some who have posted recipes. You can also check out HumbleBee&Me.com...
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    Product Liability Insurance

    I'm sorry I didn't see this sooner, @alexandramason. For the US, you can check with the Handcrafted Soap and Cosmetics Guild. I believe their least expensive premium is $500 per year including the guild membership fee, but I haven't checked their prices recently. If you go to their site, they...
  13. Davali

    Sort my recipes new to old?

    Mine also show up by most recent. But when I went to all the recipes, and tried to click Search, the page refreshed, and I didn't get any option to add search terms. Would love to be able to sort my own recipes (date, name) and also to search and sort in the recipe database, as well. Thanks!
  14. Davali

    Change suggested value for Cleansing

    I guess the issue then is that new soapers need to do a lot more studying before they try to create recipes. It’s a daily thing to answer questions from people who sincerely believe that a good soap, or even the perfect soap, requires a recipe where each number is in the exact middle of the...
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    Change suggested value for Cleansing

    Thank you for responding so quickly - I appreciate that. 😃 I guess I didn’t explain myself well. I get that each factor - cleansing, bubbly, longevity, etc. - represents the sum of specific fatty acids. I’m good with that and am not suggesting we change that. The part I don’t understand is...
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    Change suggested value for Cleansing

    I'm wondering why all the soap calcs set suggested cleansing value at 12-22. Experienced soapers know that most body soaps are going to be gentler at 0-15-ish, with even that being the high end, IMO. But inexperienced soapers don't know this, and often mistakenly make soaps with cleansing at 17...
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