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@KiwiMoose Hi! Thank you for coming back to this. I appreciate the insights. I have gone back and changed the 'water as percentage of oils' to 'lye concentration' setting as you suggested. Per the suggestions about Lauric/Myristic and Palmitic/Stearic fatty acids...is there a calculator that...

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I have had a request for a bluebonnet scented goat milk soap. (I live in Texas and the bluebonnets are currently blooming all over!). The only fragrance oil I can find that is supposed to smell like bluebonnets is from a company named Lone Star Candle Supply. Their post shows that their version...

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I would like to read the new regulations. Can you provide a link or give me the source where you saw it? I'm in Texas and there are already very strict state level rules about selling raw goat milk for human consumption so I am curious how it is changing that will affect sales for soap making.

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Hmmm...I usually have about 1/4 of mine like that the first time but take the liquid and go again into a 2nd bowl. And again...and again...and...eventually, it all gets dissolved in. The higher fat goat milk did take significantly more passes to finally be ready. Wonder if the richness of the...

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I use fresh goat milk that has been frozen into cubes. When the cubes have melted (bc of the lye), I begin pouring the solution back and forth through a screen with lots of brisk stirring as I pour each time. That gets the lye chunks broken and dissolved for me, as well as any last semi frozen...

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I played with a soap stamp on a couple of curing soap bars. I like the results on the green bar but not so much on the other. Green soap has Crisp Apple Rose FO with confetti soap scraps throughout. The other is a turmeric and activated charcoal soap scented with Orange Valencia essential oil...