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I used bubblegum FO and it did the same thing. Mine was from Nee Directions though. I was so disappointed. I split the batch and made half of it into citrus mist and that one turned out great so I guessed it was the bubblegum that did it.

Does anyone have those big 50lb molds made from HDPE boards? I'm trying to figure out if 1/2" board would bow with 50lbs soap put in. Could you tell me the thickness of the sheets used for the mold, please? Thanks!

This is it now. I wonder why it's so watery.

I think every liquid soap I've made I figured I messed it up, lol. I've made like 10+ batches by now. I haven't messed one up yet. Apparently, I am just impatient.

Here is what I came back to. It still has zap so I guess cook it awhile and see how it goes.

I did end up leaving it cook in the crock. I have a 4 week old who decided that today was time to have a growth spurt so he's been nursing the rest of the day. I'm about to check on it again. My recipe was 3lbs coconut oil 13.7 KOH 27.40 glycerine 0% superfat

It's looked like this for hours.

The difference is almost 10oz of water when I change it.

So I did it following that link (double amount of liquid) and it won't come together. I've always just done whatever the soap calc put in... This is 100% glycerine so you'd expect it would trace very quickly and I've been blending for a good 40 minutes. This is the first time it's not worked out...

Nice! You're way more craftier than I am that's for sure.

Do you just keep the liquid percentage at 38%? I'm finally getting time to do this today.

Thank you!! That's too bad! Hopefully you find a great deal on a loom then!

No I haven't. I need to make another batch tomorrow so perhaps I will try the glycerine method then and see how that goes.

I've made dish soap with 100% coconut oil and 0 sf several times and I like it but my only complaint is that it's kind of thin. That wouldn't be that big of a deal except I have lots of kids that do dishes and they just POUR that soap and before I know it it's gone! If I mixed KOH and NoAH would...

A good loom definitely makes it more enjoyable. Have you looked around for a small table loom? I paid $250 for my Dorothy.