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    First attempt at HP,soft soap

    Hi, I have been making CP for some time now, I thought I would give HP a try. The first batch was too hot and it seperated, lowered the heat, stick blended it all together again, I done the zap test all was fine, it seemed to have gone through all the stages, put in mold with some botton heat...
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    Not so new

    :) Hi eveyone, I havent been on here for sometime, still making soap, CP mainly. Looking forward to trying new ways HP etc, It great to see the forum is still going stronge!
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    soap making seminar europe?

    :) Hi, does any one of any seminars in or around europe? I would love to go to one. Did google it and found nothing. Regards
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    100% sunflower oil

    :) Hi, I was woundering if anyone has made soap from this and what it is like? I also have pure sunflower seed paste that is a lovely dark olive green and it is slightly oily. I would love to know what people think of this or If they have tried it?. I made 100% olive and put pureed spinage...
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    lye pockets, Rebatch?

    :) Hi, I have been reading around the net and it seems you cant rebatch if you have lye pockets? Am I right in this? If so why not? I must add that I rebatched a batch of CP that had lye pockets using the method Lindy posted. (microwave and whipping) Does this mean I cant use it? :?
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    understanding clays

    :) Hi all, I feel fealy silly asking this question, are the clays you lot talk about the same as potters clay? We dont have a soaping shop here, but, we do have a small craft shop. I dont speak enough Sloveain to ask the the young man behind the counter and he does not speak enough english.
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    have I made CP or HP?

    Hi, yesterday I made a batch of soap which I cooked cold, then poured it into a mold and wrapped it up and put it on top of our oven, which, gets very warm/hot to gel. It gelled lovely but is solid and looks like hard gell. The one I did today, I didnt let it get so hot and looks much better...
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    newbie's first batch

    :) Hi everyone, I want to say thanks to you all for such a great site. You are so friendly and helpful, I never would have got this far with you all. I am sooo excited. I just made my first batch and it seems to be doing just fine. I made the recipe from what oils I had, would love to know...
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    Intro and advice

    :) Hi everyone, we live in slovenia, my partner and I, where we are trying to be semi selfsufficient (as much as possible). I have never made any of this kinda stuff before and am itching to get going, Sorry if this has been posted before, but, am looking to find the basic, step by step recipes...
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    palm oil substitute

    Hi, found this on science daily.com Palm oil, used in food, cosmetics, biofuels and other products, is now the world's leading vegetable oil. It is derived from the fruit of the oil palm, grown on more than 50,000-square miles of moist, tropical lowland areas, mostly in Malaysia and...
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    calling europe

    Hi, I am new to this forum, earger to start. Problem is cant get lye here in Slovenia and finding it hard to get anyone to deliver. Has anyone got any info that will help?Or maybe anyone in countrys near by? If it comes to it I am prepared to drive a long distance at this stage. help pleeeeeeese.
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    newbie

    :) Hi everyone, great site, really happy to be here, have not yet made any soap.hoping to do cp, have alot to learn,been trawling the internet for hours upon hours. I am Irish living in Slovenia. Is there anyone near by?, Cant seem to purchase lye anywhere here, got evetything else to start...
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