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01-21-2015, 08:50 PM #1Senior Member
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Here is a link to soap recipes using tallow.
Soap Recipes Using Animal Fats
Let us know how it works
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all the meth heads have made hard to find. Try the local feed stores and farm stores.Last edited by ultrasoundguy2003; 01-21-2015 at 08:56 PM.
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01-21-2015, 09:16 PM #2It's bloodletting with style! - Jim
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Siguy likes this.May your lather be moist and slick, the sweep of your razor sure, and your edge always keen!
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01-21-2015, 10:24 PM #3Member
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I have read a couple of those. Will a basic soap really lather properly, though? I am willing to use the ingredients necessary to get a stable lather, just not a whole chemistry set of oils and fragrances.
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01-22-2015, 12:24 AM #4It's bloodletting with style! - Jim
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I just included these as examples. I would compare them to a good shaving soap recipe and try substituting the fats. Originally Posted by Sirnanigans
May your lather be moist and slick, the sweep of your razor sure, and your edge always keen!
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01-23-2015, 09:12 PM #5Member
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I was afraid of this, but it looks like the best way to go is trial and error. I have enough fat to make 3 smaller pucks of soap, and I have glycerine, olive oil, and coconut oil on hand. Originally Posted by KindestCutOfAll
I will have to try three bars of soap each with only one of the extra ingredients to pinpoint which provide more crucial benefits for shaving.
Then I can just suffer through the sub-par soaps (assuming they all suck in worst case scenario) until I have enough bacon fat again to build on my new found knowledge.
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01-23-2015, 10:44 PM #6Shaveurai
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Very high stearic acid and high superfat %.
There isn't enough SA in tallow. Use tallow as a base and add extra SA so will need to order it.
Its been ages since I made shaving soap so a bit rusty. shaving soap requires a tight robust lather, that's why tallow/SA is the way to go.
You will have to use the hot method with this amount of stearic.
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