Recent content by burtonridr

Had to google what those were, how long do they typically last?

Crazy! Gold dusted soap, lol, very cool :)

Welcome, I'm new as well, its nice here :mrgreen:

I made some very nice molds for my wife and would be happy to build them for anyone on the forum, send me a message.

Thanks for all the help, I will stick to full water as suggested for awhile. Would it hurt anything if I placed the soap somewhere warm and dry to try and speed up the drying out? Maybe even have a fan blow over it?

Liquid? do you add more liquid?

I think this is what I was supposed to do on one of my recipes, but confused it with super fatting... :oops:

I would like to know what to do in your situation too because I thought you could just leave the soap to cure for a longer period of time and it would mellow out. I'm sure someone knows what to do :)

Thanks for the help :)

Re: Recent Soaping ... 5 new bars with natural colorants / E Those are awesome! I'm going to have to try coloring my next batch with a natural colorant. :)

I did use the soap calc for the first batch.

I think I read somewhere that a soap calcs assume a CP to make the soap, and if you are doing a HP soap batch things need to be tweaked slightly so it doesnt come out to dry, is that true? So to much liquid is probably the culprit? I dont fully understand the whole idea of super fatting, i need...

Here is the recipe I used, I got it here http://www.msbrenda.com/basictutorial.html Everything below was multiplied by 1.33 to bring the recipe up to a 4lb batch, I think the original was 3 lbs. 10.64 oz Lard 10.64 oz Coconut Oil 4 oz Olive Oil (extra virgin is not necessary for soap) 8 oz Pure...

I made the most basic soap batch I could find after our first batch came out a little stiff and crumbly. The recipe was olive oil, canola oil, lard, coconut oil and super fatted with evaporated milk. Its been about 3 days now and its still very sticky inside, what can I do different next time so...

Thanks for posting this, my wife and I have been having a difficult time with lining the mold. This is way better than the method I came up with, you make it look so easy! :D We will have to try this on our next batch.