Recent content by Heika

Yes, I do. It is Cascade Columbia. I buy sodium hydroxide for .66/lb from them. They charge $1.02/lb for potassium hydroxide. They are about 300 miles from me, so I try to buy enough to last 6 months at a time. They charge a $25 fee every time you place an order, so that is an additional cost...

Thank you!

Here are the weight measurements for that recipe. I got the weight measurements by actually weighing the amounts as I measured them by cup, so the specific gravity weight measurements may not match the cup measurements completely. I use these weight measurements every time I make bath bombs...

I also master batch my lye in about the same amounts as you. The only time I get into the lye bucket otherwise is if I am making a wine or beer soap where I replace the water normally used in the soap. I also keep my potassium hydroxide in the original bag. It takes a really long time for me to...

I also use Soap Maker 3 with batch numbers. I keep hand written batch notes as I make product as well. It makes it all very easy to look back and see "what happened" if something goes wrong. Using batch numbers for your products is part of good manufacturing practices, and it just makes sense...

I use a recipe for bath bombs that is somewhat similar to yours, but I use arrowroot powder in addition to clay, and I use distilled water and alcohol in the wet part of my recipe. This recipe is my modified version of one that is available on the web. I have never had a batch fail. My...

I have heavy duty plastic shelves that I bought from Costco that I store my oils in. I like them because the shelves are wide and tall enough to store 10 gallon buckets in. I don't do anything special for oils as far as temperature is concerned. Quantity is too large to store in a freezer or...

I purchase lye in 50 lb bags all the time from a chemical warehouse. My bags are a heavy paper with a plastic liner in them. I have a "lye bucket" that is a 5 gallon bucket with a screw on lid that I purchased for it. You can buy the lids at Home Depot. They come with a rim and the lid. You...

Thank you! I will check them out. I hope they have a box that will fit mine!

SKS has something similar. Maybe I am not understanding what you are looking for... https://www.sks-bottle.com/340c/fin166a.html

Freund's has them. I always thought their shipping was outrageous, but it might be close enough for you that it isn't. https://freundcontainer.com/15-oz-amber-pet-plastic-oval-bottles-cap-not-included-3617b47-babr/

Any chance you can post a picture of your shampoo bottle? I looked at their vinyl labels, but they don't have "shapes" in them, and I don't have anything to cut them with except for a pair of scissors. I would be willing to invest if they are as fantastic as you say! :)

Hi all. Does anyone use those clear plastic soap boxes when packaging their soap? We are currently shrink wrapping our soaps, but I would like a better way to display them, and am considering these. Brambleberry has some for sale, but they are the wrong size. Anyone able to get them at a...

In the United States, you actually do not have to list it. Unless the soap makes a cosmetic claim, it is just soap and requires no ingredient listing. As a personal preference, I list all of my soap ingredients, by inci, on my packages. I know I don't have to, but I do anyhow because I want my...

I have used a variety of supposedly waterproof labels for my products. I haven't found one that truly impresses me yet. I have been using Onlinelabels waterproof labels for shampoo and lotion, but find that they scratch easily and the labels fall off the shampoo bottles in the shower. This last...