Recent content by Peggyrae

Thank you for that information. I guess I just end up with a wine vinegar then... Thank you. I appreciate the input!

Let me preface this, I am discussing CP Soap. When making beer soap I just let the beer set for days to removed the carbonation. I have never boiled it to remove the alcohol. I always left it in there because of the sugars. I am getting ready to make some white wine soap and was looking...

I was able to buy a 5 gal. bucket of coconut oil at my local restaurant supply store. I had to order it because they didn't have it in stock, but I saved 25 dollars in shipping and it was on site in 2 days. You might check that option if you haven't.

How does this work on round soaps? I have tried everything that I have but always get a blip when I rotate the soap. Someone had a woodworking tool they used that they said worked fabulously. But I looked it up and it was very expensive... Can't remember what it was now or I would share that...

This is my month for learning lessons. Do not put the salt in after the lye. It will not dissolve and on top of that it will not dissolve if you go ahead and pour it into your soap batter. So despite my resolve not to rebatch ever again. I am rebatching today.... Its times like this I...

I used the larger holes on my grater. The soap had been curing 3-4 weeks and was still relatively soft. Thank you for the suggestion of using a smaller hole on the grater.

I will have to do some research on solseife soap. It is the soap typically made with seawater right? Is there a good website or video on making it?

Yes I can see that. I should have just let it well enough alone.

That seems like a lot of salt to add to the lye water. What was the purpose of adding it to the lye water?, I had always heard to keep the castor oil under 10% because it makes your soap crack. I always do 5-6 %. I make an exfoliating salt soap but add the salt after I add the lye water, I also...

Thanks for that direct answer regarding how much water I am using. I got the water amount from a well known soaping book, but wondered with my soap not being fully cured if it was too much. Also, I have done many dozens of batches of soap and this is my second batch rebatching and only because...

I am so frustrated. I put my soap in the mold, in the freezer last night. It is stuck. I guess I will just have to leave it there until it dries enough to get it out. Maybe I will just stick it in my drying room so I don't have to look at it. Aaargh!

I was doing mine in a crock pot. I will try the oven method next time. I wonder if i am adding too much water... I worry about the heat because of the goats milk. I didn't want to scorch it. I did see in the thread that it shouldn't be a concern, I just hate to lose my investment in the...

I wanted to get some input from the group about rebatching soap. I have only done it twice, the most recent batch I am working on now. I keep having the same questions running around in my head and didn't ask the last time. The recipe I used the first time was for a whipped batch where you...

Hi everyone! I haven't posted for a long time due it to being summer for the kids and my grandkids have been visiting. I just started doing embeds and started with M&P embeds on my CP soap. I wasn't very happy with the results because my embeds were sweating for the longest time. (Possibly...

Well the good news is the grainy stuff in my last batch of soap is not lye. No zap!