Teach Soap

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JILLY

That sounds like a nice research question!
There was a site I found that listed many of the base oils and how much to use of them and why and what-not, but I haven't been able to find it again. I did find this completely boring, un-designed page that has the same information though: (use Ctrl + - (minus or dash) to make the text smaller if you want to). I learned quite a bit off of pages with this kind of information.

As far as I know (which isn't too much! ) the only reason you would feel oily afterwards would be because of superfatting. I made an all canola oil soap before I realized that was a bad idea... the soap came out SUPER soft, not very bubbly, and overly creamy (as soon as it gets wet it feel like when a bar of soap sits in water for too long). But even that doesn't leave my skin oily afterwards. It actually leaves it feeling quite soft and silky <3

Hope that helps!

After using handmade soap and rinsing, your skin should not feel more oily. If it is, I would reformulate your recipe.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

Could you post a recipe that you've used that made your skin feel oily? Include the lye and water amounts and the superfat percentage.

Anita

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JILLY

Goat's milk has it's own fat. So depending how much fat is in the milk, try superfatting at 5% and see if that makes any difference. You say that you use canned goat's milk correct? Does it have any guar gum or any extra sugar (besides the one that's in milk naturally)?

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

I think it is a great idea to try your soaps at another location. Also have you asked someone else to evalutate your soaps? Maybe it is only your perception.

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Susie
Sometimes A Mistake is so much fun, You just have to do it again!

This may sound like an off-the-wall question, but are you using sodium hydroxide?

I ask because on another forum I belong to, somebody was having some similar problems with her soap. A bunch of us were wracking our brains trying to help her, when she sheepishly posted that she'd accidentally ordered potassium hydroxide instead of sodium.

As far as the olive oil amounts, I make soap with higher percentages than yours with no oily residue. What I don't get are all the oils stripped off my hands. And I wash my hands a lot! I hope you'll reconsider taking out the olive oil, it's one of the best soapmaking oils there is.

Anita

It's my water!! I tried my soaps at two of my freinds houses and got a slight oil feel on my hands but nothing like at my house. They both have filters and water softeners on their wells. I guess i never noticed how soap feels until i started making my own. Thanks again for wracking your brains on this. This forum has been wonderful. I need to find some local soapers , compare soaps and pick their brains....give you guys a break.

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JILLY