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I will be ordering oil dispersable TD and black oxide pigment, what is the best oil to mix these with?

Gorgeous soap! I try to use swirling techniques I find videos for and I still have a very hard time with it turning out good.

I was wondering how many people make soap on a rope? I was pondering the thought.

I have made beer soap twice now and I have just let the beer sit out for about 4 days, some does evaporate. Then after it has gone flat I freeze about half of it so then when you do add the lye to the beer it does not burn the beer. I have scented one batch of soap and the other I have not...

I did try rendering it without any salt or baking soda and it was a really nice white but it smelled so much like beef and I tried to put it back in the crockpot with baking soda and salt, even tried adding peppermint leaves to it but it smelled so bad I was gagging and just threw it over the...

Crazy thought....several inches of snow is coming my way tonight into tomorrow and I was thinking could I use it to put into a recipe? Thanks in advance.

Thank you. Will have to try that! I think that rendering suet is not for me....prob won't be doing this again.

I rendered tallow last night. Put it in the fridge, separated the white lard from the jello like material if you will and it still smells like meat! I just put it back in crock pot with more baking soda and I used baking soda last note with salt! I spent $12 on this batch and its my first...

That is where I have found most all of my soap molds and soap supplies, goodwill. I love going there not just to look to see what I can find to use as soap molds but also other great finds. I LOVE goodwill. I have been fortunate to find a ton of those silicone molds and that is all I use now...

Baking cocoa I use to help color my soap a brown color. After my soap has a light trace I just add a little baking cocoa and then mix it. I have also tried coffee soap and I have just brewed a really strong pot of coffee, froze it in ice cube trays and then used it later to add with my lye...

I add the lye to the oils at about 106 degrees and the oven is preheated at 170 degrees and leave the soap in there for an hour at 170 degrees and then after that hour I turn the oven off and leave soap in there until the next day which is about 24 hours.

Is there any reason why doing the CPOP method and using a silicone mold causes bubbles on the soap? Any way to prevent that? I love using the CPOP method but the dredded bubbles on the parts that touch the silicone mold are so annoying.

Certain amount of baking soda to add or salt?

Thank you for the info. I wanted to just give it a try and I have read about it. It does take time and figured if I try it once and do not like it I do not have to do it again.

Do you have to do anything special with the rendered tallow after it is melted if you use water or just strain it through cheesecloth like usual?

Oh, and I know a lot of people say to mix it and check on it throughout the melting process. I started to melt a pound of suet last night but I had to get to bed and unfortunately it was not melted and I did not want to leave the crockpot on all night without being able to watch the crockpot...

Is it better to render beef tallow/suet with or without water in the crockpot? Thank you

Thank you all! Thank you for the link cm4bleenmb. I will render my suet tonight and hopefully make my first batch of soap with it tomorrow.

First post here, I have made several batches of soap over the last several months. I have been interested in making a batch of soap that incorporates beef fat. I was at a nearby buther soap and figured I would ask to see if they had beef fat for sale. Turns out they did so I picked up 1lb for...