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Hi I've been struggling to find much information about how the room temperature you are soaping at influences your cp soap. I work at around 100F and my recipe is 30% OO, 30% CO, 30% palm, 10% castor, 6% superfat, 33% lye concentration. My room temperature is super cold (its start of spring here...

I made this for a competition on facebook for christmas soaps and i'm quite proud. The decorations were made from soap dough and its supposed to be a christmas cookie with icing/snow and the decorations on top

Hello so I've make several batches of CP soap but every single one has a weird salty/rancid scent. It is strongest immediately after making and mellows out. It doesn't fully go away because I have a bar from 4 years ago that still has this problem. Strange thing is, its not noticeable from the...

So one of the reasons I moved from MP to CP soap is not CP has a much wider range of options when it comes to texture. And one of the things that intrigued me the most was soap dough. So I have tried soap dough before (store bought) and it wonderful - feels slightly like polymer clay. It isn't...

I have made some soaps recently and in just a few days of curing, they had smelled absolutely rancid. I let them cure for a month now and the scent is less pungent but I can smell it on my skin when I use it. I know for sure that my oils were not rancid because they were bought the day I made...

Hi all the NZ soapmakers! I wanted to ask all of you where you get your lard and tallow from (I live in Auckland, North Shore). I have never seen packaged lard or tallow anywhere. Where do you buy yours? Do you get it at a butchery? Do you just ask for lard and tallow? And also, don't buy the...

Hi everyone! I made a batch of soap last Tuesday and have been curing it. I am seeing things that looks like glyrcerin beads on my cp soap! I have never heard of this happening and I'm pretty sure it is glycerin. It feels like glycerin and is water soluble so I'm guessing it is. I have no idea...

Hi! I am a complete beginner at soapmaking but I've already got a few batches down and they are absolutely fabulous. I really want to try a 100% coconut oil soap and I've seen many people use 20% superfat. I'm just concerned that this will affect the lather of the soap, the hardness as well as...

Hi! I have a quick question. How do you force gel phase? I have seen lots of threads and articles but it seems that without a heating pad gel phase can't really be forced. I want to soap at higher temperatures but I'm terrified that it might volcano. And also, is gel phase similar to hot process...

Hello! I have been wanting to make liquid soap for quite a bit of time but the suppliers in NZ either sell in massive amounts (like a couple of kgs) or need pick up. So heres a question. Can liquid soap be made from bar cp soap? I saw this article...

Hi I'm just starting cp soap and I am still a high school student. I've made mp soap for years and have been interested in starting cp soap for quite some time. Unfortunately I have a tight budget. Do you think it's fine to use those mini mixers used for mixing colourants to achieve trace with...