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  1. TheCleanFighter

    Anyone use Nesco 18-Qt Roasters for HP?

    That's what private messaging is for. I didn't ask for feedback on my website. His un-solicited commentary only detracts from the conversation and topic at hand. See? Now we're having conversation completely unrelated to what I asked. If he really cared about my website and what I'm doing he...
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    Anyone use Nesco 18-Qt Roasters for HP?

    Thank you for contributing absolutely nothing to the topic of this conversation.
  3. TheCleanFighter

    Anyone use Nesco 18-Qt Roasters for HP?

    The Nesco website and this particular model lists it as having a porcelain cookwell. http://www.nesco.com/products/Roaster-Ovens/18-Quart-Roaster-Oven/18-Qt-Roaster-Porcelain-Cookwell-S-S-Body-and-Lid/session_fc26ff67c007/
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    lets talk 100% olive oil soap

    I make a 95% olive oil bar with the remaining 5% being castor. I also load it up with ground apricot kernel. My soaps are angled at the Martial Arts/Sports demographic. I train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and we are all barefoot all the time. The olive oil bars don't foam or lather up huge (castor is...
  5. TheCleanFighter

    Anyone use Nesco 18-Qt Roasters for HP?

    I was looking up large capacity slow cookers and came across the Nesco Brand. They have an 18-Qt (4.5 gallons) for only 70-85 bucks depending on where you buy it. (I just saw walmart has it for $52!) I was curious if anyone has experience with these in turning out larger batches of hot-process...
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    Are there any Bulk Oil & Raw Ingredient Suppliers in the NJ-NY-CT Area?

    Yeah, I've ordered from Camden Grey before but they are in Florida. I'm in NJ by NYC. I'm trying to avoid spending $100 on freight every time I order 100+lbs of ingredients.
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    Are there any Bulk Oil & Raw Ingredient Suppliers in the NJ-NY-CT Area?

    Does anyone know of any distributors or suppliers of soap making ingredients in the New Jersey-New York-Connecticut- Eastern Pennsylvania area? I live in Northern NJ and buying 100-200 lbs of ingredients at a time is getting expensive to ship. I am trying to find a supplier within a 100 mile...
  8. TheCleanFighter

    Wonderful pine tar soaps!

    I picked up a can of from Tractor Supply and have a few questions about using it. Should the can be heated in a hot water bath to make the oil less viscous for easier pouring and handling? How do you blend it with other oils and when adding lye? I thought I saw someone say that it's not...
  9. TheCleanFighter

    Tamanu Oil - Add before HP cook or after?

    So I got a few ounces of Tamanu oil, which many of you know is not a cheap oil. I am making a hot process batch and here's my question. Since there is a saponification value listed for tamanu, do I add it with the rest of my oils and cook it? Or do i add it at the end with my other essential...
  10. TheCleanFighter

    Calendula Oil Infusion Vs Calendula Tea?

    Do both. That's what I do. I make a calendula-infused olive oil tincture. I take dried calendula- you can either use the flowers or get pure calendula tea bags- and soak them for a week in the sunlight. It is way more economical to get a bag of dried flowers and do it yourself and then sift and...
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    Can cheap stainless taint your lye batch?

    I have a few high-quality stainless 4 & 8-qt pots that I use on occasion and I have never had an issues with them. Just seems to be one of those "You get what you pay for" situations. I will be going to back to using poly mixing buckets for large quantities of lye. Glass - pyrex or not- has...
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    Can cheap stainless taint your lye batch?

    A flexible magnet I had would stick to the bottom but not the sides....And the discoloration was only in the bottom of the bowl. Here's what happened that made me raise an eyebrow and wonder what was going on here. I had 75 ounces of oatmeal milk at room temp (made the day before). I...
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    Can cheap stainless taint your lye batch?

    Magnets don't stick to stainless.
  14. TheCleanFighter

    Can cheap stainless taint your lye batch?

    I can't find the label but it looks and feels like stainless. Almost positive the label said stainless....
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