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right now it comes out to be 24% superfat. Here is the recipe I used .9 pounds castor oil .5 pounds olive oil and 7.6 pounds coconut oil (was supposed to be tallow) 3.42 pounds goat milk and 1.2 pounds lye. and 5 ounces f/o also a little bit of activated charcoal for coloring-5 capsules worth

so if I make my tallow soap at a 0% superfat and rebatch both and mix the two together ( I am only going to use 1/3 of the coconut oil batch per batch of tallow soap to give me 25% of the original) would that work or will I just be making a lot more that is going to end up wasted? would it...

I really messed up a batch of soap yesterday. Some how I got my coconut oil and tallow lids mixed up and instead of using 7 pounds of tallow in my soap used 7 pounds of coconut oil. So now I have a batch of soap that is crazy cleansing.... I don't want to just throw it out. My thoughts are...

it is -4 out right now- I could put it outside ;) Don't think I will try it anymore tonight...maybe sometime though

I have made goat milk soap for a few years now and have made a few batches of sea salt soap, but can I make goat milk sea salt soap? Has anyone? Recipe? Advantages? Troubles? Mainly just wondering

If I get it to a real trace without it separating and can no longer see the lye in it will it be safe then? After curing of course. The granules seem to be shrinking the longer it sits.

I read last week that you could pour your water and lye into unmelted oils and the heat from the lye and water will melt the oils and you can go from there rather than heating the oils. Well either I did not read it well enough or my old brain forgot between then and now that I was supposed to...

thank you all. I can't wait for my salt to get here.

I am going to try making some salt soap. I have a three pound loaf mold. If I use three pounds of oil and three pounds of salt will it all fit in the mold??? Or do I need to back down the oil (and therefore the salt) to make it all fit? Also can I add a fragrance to salt soap? It never...

thank you for setting me straight on that. Will I need to add more FO after I rebatch? or should it be good still, or will I just have to wait and see?

this soap did not gel

I soaped at 120 and it seemed to heat up while I was beating it- although I did not temp it after combining the lye/milk and oils. I guess I was under the impression that you had to add your FO last and after trace or it would get saponified and not smell. Am I incorrect?

what would have caused it to rice in the mold?

The FO is from Bulk Apothecary. This was the first time I have used this particular scent but I have used their FO for 3 years. It is in the crock right now starting the rebatch.

I am quite sure that everything was measured properly. I have a digital scale that goes to .001 of a pound. Even though the numbers came out good I am wondering if the sunflower oil is causing the problem. The use the SF oil at my husband's work and he can get what they can not suck up out of...