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I almost got sick to my stomach. While cutting my batch. But now it is a tolerable stench. I should have used any FO.

Hi, posting some pics. Will help us help you, also. You would not be the first. To have trouble with Amazon colors and fragrances. How large are your batches. Thinking volume equals heat. I do not cpop. My goats milk recipe will gell. With just towels on top. I use a reptile cage heating pad...

Hi, I use full water, then add powder required to my oils. Can not say either method. Is any better. They all work well. I just migrated from one to the other. Out of convenience. Powdered donkeys milk?

Hi, preference. I use powdered goats milk. For even more convenience.

Hi, 1. Solid, That's how they come from my suppliers. 2. What ever you are comfortable with. I use ounces, but am using grams on a rd project. 3. Good book to start with, but there are some updated things these days. 4.a CPOP, with the oven on? 4.b cracked? What's in your recipe? Any added...

Hi, beautiful colors, swirls. How soon did you unmold/ cut?

The children's rhyme, "99 bottles of beer on the wall". Came to mind when I read this. Thanks for the heads up.

Wow! Oh my gawd! Boing! Just checked out OO. At my local wally world. 3 liter bottle. Up $10.00! Usually grab a bottle. But haven't last couple of visits. Let me see ....25% canola, 25% vegetable, 25% walmart vegetable/palm, 25% walmart tallow/lard......... where's that 1 pound test mold?

I just call it out as lard. Any questions about it. I just educate them. To the fact it's not lard after saponification. Besides it's only 4 characters on a label.

To be honest. I have been looking at the Hercules. To replace my home made single bar. It has so many other uses also. The Hercules isn't much more than a single bar bud's cutter. It would save you from buying. A log splitter down the road.

Mmm, both are well built. Materials, wood vs metal. How often will you be using it? I used a homemade, single bar quite often. Until purchasing a multi bar cutter.

Hi, waiting longer to unmold. Helps with cavity molds. No cutting, what's the rush. Cut bars, something open, with air flow is best. Non metallic or something between placed between bars and shelf. Some use a fan. To increase air flow. Keeping a thin covering of some type helps also.

Down that way. Every 3-4 weeks. Last Friday to pick up grand children. For the week. Yippee.

We be but humble pirates....Recipe properties, are more like guide lines. I have never hit the bar on longevity. But, friends and family. Always comment on how long the bars last. I try to pay more attention. To the fatty acid profile.

Yup, sounds like you got it bad. Run... now. Don't look back. Lol.

As for the honey. It will cause your batter to heat up. (added sugars will do this). So, use it sparingly. I only use it in my OMH recipe. And only 1-1.5 ounces for 55 ounces of oils. AND! I watch my loaf after the pour like a hawk. In case of overheating.

@ackosel, it is like any other hbit. oops. I meant hobby. You get a feel for it after a while. Also, a whisk will do just fine. 99% of the time. Good luck to you.

If you pour at too thin a trace. Your colors will blend together. "Muddy" verses keeping separate from each other. I separate for color work. As soon as I reach emulsion. But bring batter to the trace of my liking to pour.

I think it looks great. For your first batch of pinetar soap. You should have seen mine. Lol.

Swapped out AVO for HO sunflower oil. In my goto recipes. Really like the AVO. But it is a good reduction in cost. Shaved 10% off my OO totals as well. So, 20% HO Sunflower oil. In my recipezees now. Hate losing the AVO. I can feel a difference.