alright people i just got back from my parents house today and my mother was saying she might make some shaving soap..
would anyone be interested in trying if it is made????
would anyone be interested in trying if it is made????
Making shaving soap
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What method/recipe is she going to use?
It's a lot more difficult than people believe. For one thing, it's always better using the more difficult (and potentially dangerous both in manufacture and in too much unsaponified lye left in the product) "hot process" than the common artisan "cold process" method. Plus, it's a combination of potassium and sodium chloride caustics used for saponification, which can be tricky.
Additionally, one won't get anything approaching a polished, dense and smooth puck without very expensive (and very high capacity) triple milling and plodding machinery.
I don't mean to dissuade. Good luck, and let us know how it turns out.
Additionally, one won't get anything approaching a polished, dense and smooth puck without very expensive (and very high capacity) triple milling and plodding machinery.
I don't mean to dissuade. Good luck, and let us know how it turns out.
To answer your question, I would love to try it. Providing that you allow me to compensate you for shipping, of course.
-CCM
I would be willing to give some a try. Just let me know where to sign up for samples 
. Always willing to give honest feed back except I do not have tons of experience with many soap as of yet. Mainly Arko, VDH they maybe cheap but they also do a great job at what they are meant for. Ditto on letting us pay for shipping.
. Always willing to give honest feed back except I do not have tons of experience with many soap as of yet. Mainly Arko, VDH they maybe cheap but they also do a great job at what they are meant for. Ditto on letting us pay for shipping.
Tell your mother to make the soap sans olive oil.
Olive oil kills the lather in a shaving soap.
There is no shaving soap that I know of that contains olive oil that functions at even a halfway acceptable level.
Shaving soaps that contain olive oil are a total disaster.
Olive oil kills the lather in a shaving soap.
There is no shaving soap that I know of that contains olive oil that functions at even a halfway acceptable level.
Shaving soaps that contain olive oil are a total disaster.
Is this a trick for me to rub something on my face that may or may not take off my skin? 
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Is this a trick for me to rub something on my face that may or may not take off my skin?
no its nothing like that....she makes all different kinds of soaps and lotions..
i told her to try shaving soap. she made some for my father...he really liked it.
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ill have to tell her that...would hate getting out of the shower ready for a good shave then try to whip up some lather and just get some bubbles
I'll bite.
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ill keep everyone posted on the soap
Read a couple of the PC threads and you may not be so keen.
By golly, you're right!
Of the hundreds of pucks sold to members here, there was that ONE that was reported to have been a problem.
I certainly wouldn't let that influence my decision to try or not try another home made, or small business made product.
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every business had to start from the bottom.....wonder if people were scared to try vdh when it first came out
+1
One bad puck, and a whole ton of people jumping on the bandwagon saying "me too".
Seems there is confusion about a mild burning sensation from a reaction to a scent, and true lye burn.
I'm game! I'd be happy to try some. 
Yep.
I'm not defending the soapmaker or the soap.
I never once tried any of it, and I don't intend to.
I am very sympathetic to anyone who has a bad reaction to a product.
Having said all that, the hullaballoo that was the Prarie Creations fiasco is no reason not to try small business based products.
just have her do her research. much more to it than just adding some glycerin, some clay and some extra castor. most are a dual process, using potassium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide.
of course, she could always just purchase a m&p shaving soap base and expand upon it.
lye burns are very rare, and are highly questionable, in regards to anyone who has made soap for a good period of time. also, the saponification process is complete after 24 hours, and then it's a matter of letting the water evaporate out and the bar to get harder. neither hp, nor cp, are dangerous (either to use or make), as long as precautions are taken (using gloves, eye protection, etc., around lye). hp actually speeds up the saponification process, evaporates excess water, and gives a bar that is able to use sooner, than cp. after an hour or so, you can touch the fresh soap to your tongue, and there is no zap, demonstrating that lye has been "cooked out."
of course, she could always just purchase a m&p shaving soap base and expand upon it.
lye burns are very rare, and are highly questionable, in regards to anyone who has made soap for a good period of time. also, the saponification process is complete after 24 hours, and then it's a matter of letting the water evaporate out and the bar to get harder. neither hp, nor cp, are dangerous (either to use or make), as long as precautions are taken (using gloves, eye protection, etc., around lye). hp actually speeds up the saponification process, evaporates excess water, and gives a bar that is able to use sooner, than cp. after an hour or so, you can touch the fresh soap to your tongue, and there is no zap, demonstrating that lye has been "cooked out."
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yeah she knows all that shes being making soap for awhile....she one of those people who make everything her self.
