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Don't have coconut oil... try this recipe.
52 oz. olive oil
7 oz. lye
20 oz. cold water
this recipe is lye heavy. Only 6.2 to 6.6 oz of lye should be used. I would drop the amount of liquid in it also to about 13 oz to help it cure out faster.
Lye heavy soap will dry out your skin and leave it 'slick' feeling. The soap crumbling is another sign of lye heavy soap.
I prefer soap recipes that are measured in weight, not volume. Unless you are using about 10 lb of oils, you really risk having a lye heavy soap with volume measurements.
I have plenty of soapmaking recipes (and directions) on one of my soap pages: http://www.mullerslanefarm.com/soapmaking.html
