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    What happened?

    I used bubblegum FO and it did the same thing. Mine was from Nee Directions though. I was so disappointed. I split the batch and made half of it into citrus mist and that one turned out great so I guessed it was the bubblegum that did it.
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    HDPE Molds

    Does anyone have those big 50lb molds made from HDPE boards? I'm trying to figure out if 1/2" board would bow with 50lbs soap put in. Could you tell me the thickness of the sheets used for the mold, please? Thanks!
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    Coconut Dish Soap

    This is it now. I wonder why it's so watery.
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    Coconut Dish Soap

    I think every liquid soap I've made I figured I messed it up, lol. I've made like 10+ batches by now. I haven't messed one up yet. Apparently, I am just impatient.
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    Coconut Dish Soap

    Here is what I came back to. It still has zap so I guess cook it awhile and see how it goes.
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    Coconut Dish Soap

    I did end up leaving it cook in the crock. I have a 4 week old who decided that today was time to have a growth spurt so he's been nursing the rest of the day. I'm about to check on it again. My recipe was 3lbs coconut oil 13.7 KOH 27.40 glycerine 0% superfat
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    Coconut Dish Soap

    It's looked like this for hours.
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    Coconut Dish Soap

    The difference is almost 10oz of water when I change it.
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    Coconut Dish Soap

    So I did it following that link (double amount of liquid) and it won't come together. I've always just done whatever the soap calc put in... This is 100% glycerine so you'd expect it would trace very quickly and I've been blending for a good 40 minutes. This is the first time it's not worked out...
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    Does anyone else weave?

    Nice! You're way more craftier than I am that's for sure.
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    Coconut Dish Soap

    Do you just keep the liquid percentage at 38%? I'm finally getting time to do this today.
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    Does anyone else weave?

    Thank you!! That's too bad! Hopefully you find a great deal on a loom then!
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    Coconut Dish Soap

    No I haven't. I need to make another batch tomorrow so perhaps I will try the glycerine method then and see how that goes.
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    Coconut Dish Soap

    I've made dish soap with 100% coconut oil and 0 sf several times and I like it but my only complaint is that it's kind of thin. That wouldn't be that big of a deal except I have lots of kids that do dishes and they just POUR that soap and before I know it it's gone! If I mixed KOH and NoAH would...
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    Does anyone else weave?

    A good loom definitely makes it more enjoyable. Have you looked around for a small table loom? I paid $250 for my Dorothy.
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    Does anyone else weave?

    I mainly weave 2/8 cotton. I've done some wool, hemp, and bamboo as well. I want to weave a scarf with my hand spun yarns but haven't gotten around to it because I just had a baby 3 weeks ago. Then before that I was battling kidney infections the last 2 months of my pregnancy. I'm hoping to be...
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    Does anyone else weave?

    Me! I've been weaving for a couple years I have a 45" 8S Colonial LeClerc and a small 24" 4S Dorothy LeClerc table loom. Hoping to buy an AVL soon.
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    Wrong Lye Selected on Calculator.

    It worked out well! I was able to selvage them and I'm loving the 100% coconut oil dish soap so far
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    Wrong Lye Selected on Calculator.

    I added some water and turned the crock to low. Hopefully it breaks it up some. The other recipe seems to be doing okay and I did the same thing. I guess I will find out tomorrow morning how it went. Thanks again!
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    Wrong Lye Selected on Calculator.

    I decided on the second option and I will see how it goes :-) Thanks! I think my 100% coconut oil soap might be a total loss though. It seized up pretty fast after I added the extra lye. I did this with two recipes today...yay me..lol
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