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Hi, It seems there are a few chemists or at least chemistry savvy individuals on here and I am hoping someone can help. My sixteen year old daughter is enrolled at a local college and in one of her classes the need/desire for nickle and copper plating have been broached. She is keen to give...

Hi, I am not sure how to find who carries duplicate scents so I am asking experts! I am looking for a duplicate (or close facsimile) of Loris Honey Oud, any suggestions? My two eldest children (grown) love this scent. My plan for Christmas this year is to give each one some bath products and I...

Can one use juice, or juice concentrate in soap? My oldest child has recently moved away and he loves white grape juice that we can. Can I use this as the liquid in a soap for him? (I'd like to make him some comfort things to have with him, and that serve a purpose.) If I can, what cautions do...

Hi, Well, Honor435 recommended using castor oil to tweak my base recipe and now I am a little bit hooked. :) In keeping with my fidgity nature, I have fiddled around some more with it and am thinking of using this one to make the children's scents up. Castor oil 12% Coconut Oil 22% Lard...

I recently got Anne Watson's book on soap making and I am wondering how many experienced soapers, or even unexperienced ones like me :) , use her method of telling trace. I have blended to thick trace when I made my soaps and the tops were less than smooth.....they were like textured stuco...

Hi all, Long time no "see". We have had PC difficulties (it had ot go into he shop for help...still needs help! :( ) Anyway, I have some folks (my teenage sons, younger 3 children and my sister & niece) who have tried my first few batches of CP and liked it. Now they want some in their...

I don't know how to find this. Or what to ask for if it is sold in stores. Thanks, Anna PS- What is a reasonable price for a 1 lb container of NaOH? I am paying 5 dollars, but can get it right in town, so that's pretty good, right?

I have a very good friend that makes a soap recipe out of one of my soap books, it's from the 70's and goes on volume not weight. And I wonder about the lye volume in it. Plus, she said she couldn't unmold it until today, it was made Thursday morning and was still very warm to the touch. She...

Well, I made my first batch, it looks great drying. There will not be any photos following, DSL (deliberately slow line) dial-up is not conducive to uploading or downloading..... :cry: So far it looks great and smells great, too. This is my recipe: 2lbs oil 8 oz olive oil 8 oz coconut oil...

What do you do? I bought an FO (didn't read the recommendation about the accelerating :oops: ) that my DH really likes and I would like to make it up for him. I don't want to wind up with a sullen mass in the pot, though. I will be grateful for any help or suggestions. Would adding more...

Hi! I would like to find some books that would be good on hand info for soapmaking. I have a couple of oldies, not so sure if they are goodies, since they are a bit vague....a friend has made some batches out of them and was pleases, but she is not as picky about things as I am (no worries, she...

Hi, I am new and would like to try and use moslty raw ingredients from our farm or our nearby town for soapmaking. I hope to find lots of information and the encouragement to make lots of soap! Anna