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I make the same 12 lb batch just about every day. Last month, I must have doubled up an oil, because I had about 1 pound of extra soap batter!! So now the batch should be fully cured, but is still slightly soft and oily. I have never rebatched before, but think it might be worth a try...

Thanks Gent! Good info. Thanks for clearing that up.

Thank you for the replies. I hope it turns out - one of my favorite recipes. --will post back here with the results.

Today I made a batch of soap, had a major blunder and tried to recover. I mixed my lye and oils and it came to trace quicker than usual. I filled the mold but it only filled about 2/3 full. Hmmm. I had forgotten to put my melted coconut/cocoa/shea into the oils!! So I scooped out all the...

I exfoliate every day, without fail. Baking soda is super fine and mixes great with coconut oil. I add a little avocado oil and some cocoa butter and it is wonderful. In fact, it's one of my best sellers this time of year! Massage into skin while the shower is heating up. Rinse in the...

I have a new batch of fizzies that are rock hard! This is what I did: * added 10% Kaolin Clay * Preheated oven to 170 then shut off. Let fizzies sit in oven for 8 hours * Set dehumidifier in soap room to 55%. Let fizzies dry, uncovered for 3 days * Wrap in ziplock bags <fingers crossed>

Thanks Dorymae. After 2 days, the bombs are rock hard, and I've been putting them in ziplock bags. Maybe they aren't as air-tight as I wanted to believe. I'll shrink wrap a few and run a test.

Need your help on this... My last 3 batches of bath bombs were perfect for about 1 week, then crumbled. However, bombs I made 2+ months ago (when there was no humidity) are still perfect. All are stored in the same room, with a dehumidifier, but humidity is really bad this time of year. Is...

I bought an essential oil burner at my local health food store. It uses a tea light candle and has a small dish on top. When I want to test a blend, I fill the dish with water, add my EO's in the desired ratio, and let the fragrance fill the air. A tea light lasts about 3 hours, and that is a...

Thanks FlyBy. That makes sense - good answer. :)

I primarily make CP soap, but continue to get requests for the shapes and creativity of MP. I tried to melt a bar of my CP, but it didn't "melt". What is it that makes MP "meltable?" Is there a way to use CP to make a brick of soap to be used later as MP? Thanks!

Crafty, when I let the bombs sit in the silicone mold for a couple hours, they pop out perfectly and are nice and smooth. That was the part I was missing. Thanks again for the tip.

Crafty, what kind of molds do you use? SS bomb? Silicone? other? k.

I'm using witch hazel in a spray bottle to wet the ingredients. I made a new batch of small fizzies using a silicone mold. They dried for about 1 hour before I removed them, and they were perfect! Nice and smooth. Maybe the answer is to let them rest in the mold before removing them.

Thanks Isg! Maybe the difference is setting time before removing from the mold. I just made a new batch of fizzies and am using a silicone mold.. I'll let them rest about 30 minutes before removing them. If that works, I'll have to invest in some more SS molds, so the big bombs can rest...

Here is my recipe. This morning, the bombs weren't smooth any more. They were a little pitted and a couple had small cracks. They're fine for me and family, but not for sale. 600g baking soda 300g citric acid 75g kaolin clay 10 ml fragrance oil This makes 4 bath bombs, about 8 oz each, 2.5"...

For those of you who make bath bombs, can you share some of your secrets? I've been making them for a while and love them. But I want to start selling them, so need to get them, well, prettier. 1.) How do you stop them from settling and drying with a flattened bottom? I only have one mold...

Love the Wild Grape I had a hard time with the Crafter's Choice Wild Grape, sweetened lip balm flavoring also. After a couple of batches, I was really happy with 4ml for a 20 tube batch. I switched to ml because it was easier to measure with the pipette than weigh on the scale. After I got...

My Lemon Peel Scrub Hi! (yes, this is my first post on this awesome site!!) I used lemon peel one time and here is the result: I took my base soap recipe and separated about 1/3 of it. Then, I ground up some dried lemon peel and blended it with a touch of safflower powder. The soap is only 2...