DIY lumber jack soap at home 

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Thanks! That's good.. because I'm not sure I know how to stop🤣

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How long should that soap cure, Boss?

A few days and it's fine to start using. Full cure maybe a couple weeks. Depends on temperatures, humidity, etc... But you almost never need to go the full 4-6 weeks.

Gloves are actually more dangerous in many situations. But I should be wearing eye protection for sure.

They are very similar for sure. But it's that little touch that makes it yours😁

He runs a "For Profit" business, so he probably won't reveal that. Just GOOGLE "DIY after shave or colognes" you should be able to find it.

The coconut, soy and palm oils.

@@unclejonssoap thank you!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

You can use hydrogenated oils but you have to know what's in it in order to calculate the recipe. Crisco brand is one example. Some lye calculators actually have any entry for that brand. It's tough using them because we don't know exactly what's in them and how much of each oil since they're usually a combination of oils.

Thank you for your immediate response. Very nice of you. Have a good day. Bye.

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I tend not to wear gloves, just cant seem to find the right fit. I do put them on during clean up as I have soap batter everywhere and my fingers turn into slippery burning digits.. so...

@@tukicat1399 I don't wear gloves sometimes I do but not often however I do wear goggle but short sleeve I wear because I get hot easy I have been burnt several times but I splash vinager on it asap and rinse with water I'm good

@@unclejonssoap do you find that vinager helps if you get a splash burn I have found it works great for me then I rinse with cold water

@@k3lzzm.502 dont use vinegar, it creates an exothermic reaction. just use the water

It's soy wax for candles. You would get whichever one has the least amount of additives. candlewick.com has so.e good deals.

Outstanding! Thanks!

@@unclejonssoap you’re welcome 😉

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You wouldn't smell the lye even if it's lye heavy. The tea tree sounds like the culprit here. It's not the most pleasant smell on its own in soap.

@@unclejonssoap that makes sense, thank you so much. Of you dont mind me asking, What essential oils do you recommend to go with tea tree oil?

Peppermint seems to be one of the best! Also rosemary or some sort of evergreen like pine.

Cant wait to try those, thank you:)

I shoot at different spots in the shop depending on the lighting and what subject. But we do have at least one video where I take you on the tour of the shop 😁

@@unclejonssoap okay dokay, ima go lookin thru the videos. 😁👍

Possibly. But I've noticed a trend where these compare going with safety buttons on some pro equipment too. Just steams me up..lol

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You rock!

Watching your latest video on that now... I’m in school learning IT so I’m quite enjoying it lol

Same skin benefits as most oils but seems to help with hardening the bar some.

Hard to say. Could be too much super fat that leaves the film. Not sure why it would be hard on the skin. Adding extra glycerin could help with that.

Have you been making bar soap for a while first? And how did you make the liquid soap?

Its plastic trash can liners

I can do private lessons for a fee 😁

So.. the water amount doesn't really affect the amount of soap produced. It eventually evaporates out. It's based on your base oils. The soy wax is basically just hydrogenated soy bean oil. The canola and olive oils are so close in properties that it's almost an exact swap for water and lye amounts.

@@unclejonssoap Yes they are close. But water will affect how much is left in your bowl. And for a weird pondering turn your head sideways moment I'll include this weird oddity. I used to record the weights and water amounts of all my soap. It took a while but I started noticing a weird trend. That trend was that water was evaporating quicker out of batches with more water then batches with less water. In other words, batches with more water was curing at a faster rate! HOWEVER, that was only the case for batches with more water that had been stick blended longer. Less water means you don't blend quite as much because of thickrning at a quicker rate. Common sense used to tell me that less water cured faster. That common sense went out the door. And you probably meant water amount was based on lye amount and not your oils. While I'm on the subject of water with a break here is a question that is true. Can you think of a scenario where water amount affects your lye amount? Which it does and will but how? It is something that is taken for granted by many soapers but many soapers have not made their own lye calculator.

He says that's fine

Yep. Just look for the type that has pretty much no additives. And that'll work!

When you get to the end of this video the link pops up on the right side of the screen. 😁

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You sure can!

@@unclejonssoap thanks that's good to hear I have few pounds I want to use not waste of course so thank you.

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It would be safest to run it through soap calculations 🤷🏼‍♀️👍🏼

18.5oz is what the recipe calls for and that puts the water volume at 38%. I take a little off since I'm comfortable with discounting water. Running it through the lye calculator will help you to see how things work and learn how to tweak for your own recipes.

Hello. First off, John I am not trying to step on your toes here just trying to help someone out.....TYPICALLY the water amount from 17 oz to 18.5 oz would not really matter just as long as you were right in weighing out the lye. In this reaction, the water is just a carrier to get the lye dissolved, the lye is what drives the reaction. That being said, if you have more water it will slow down the amount of time to trace, and will also increase the cure time because that additional water will require additional time to evaporate. if you have less water, the opposite will occur. Less cure time and faster trace. Please note, with less water, the concentration of the lye water will increase and thus make it more dangerous to handle if you come in contact with it.

I agr6with some of what you said but the concentration really doesn6increase by enough to make it worth worryi6about in this instance. Also, I've found that more water can help slow down trace but not always. In this soap from today,it would have traced just as fast unfortunately...lol. But I do agree that they should check the recipe with the lye calculator so they can always be sure the person giving the recipe is correct and they can also learn how to use the calculator. I need to do a video about the lye to oil ratio. Because you're right... People often confuse the lye / water/ oil ratios and super fat.

@@unclejonssoap Thanks for chiming in!

Now you have😁👍

Hmm.. possibly. They're getting a little low so you might just get the last one...lol