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The weather lately has been humid & wet and my curing soap is not happy! I find they feel wet & oozy, what do you guys to to keep curing soap dry in humid weather?

I don't know what happened to this batch I made a week ago, it doesn't lather & has an oily ooze. All my recipes go through soapcalc, here is what I used: SoapCalc © Total oil weight 1150 Water as percent of oil weight 38 % Super Fat/Discount 5 % Lye Concentration 26.883 % Water ...

Last time I made choc & GM soap, I added lindt choc to my oils & the lye monster killed the smell. This time I'm thinking of adding the melted choc at trace, has anyone else done this & what where the results like?

Made a milk, lavender & honey soap a few days ago, here is what it looked like before gelling. Here it is in gel mode No zap tonight, does this mean it went through a HP?[/img]

In a book I have, it suggests waiting 24 hours between pouring layers onto each other. Is this the best way of doing it? What is the best way of layering soap?

Anyone made the following combinations with beer: Milk Coconut milk Coconut creme Just wondering how it turned out & if I can combine milk & beer?

What has been your experience with adding sugar? How much per lb do you add?

How do you get your soap out of the pringles tin? Do you line it with baking paper & push it out? I have a long piece of PVC pipe, should I line that too?

Has anyone used it instead of GM? How did it turn out?

It worked for coconut cream! What is the minimum amount of water I need to use to dissolve lye, eg soapcalc says 380g/13oz water?

Will this be ok? Half my water is CC.

What % have you used & what did it do for your soap?

I have a honey soap curing atm which has already been rebatched due to excessive heat when adding lye to oils (the soap separated). The top part is a crumbly mess, I want to rebatch & get it smoother, however wonder: * will it loose it's honey smell - raw honey added at trace, no FO's used *...

I seem to have lost my soap making mojo, here is what happened last night.... Made honey & lavender EO soap. All ingredients were weighed & measured, ready to go. I used half water & half coconut cream. Last time I found the CC sped up trace, so I added my EO with orris root powder at light...

I pulled out an old bar of soap from the nether regions of my soap box, the recipe from what I remember is: 50% palm 25% coconut 10% macadamia 10% rice bran 5% castor 2 tbsp raw honey I must have made it sometime in 2008. Before using it, I noticed the oils slightly rancid, however on...

As per the title, I just came across this tonight & wonder if it works?

Hi Guys, I'm so glad I found this forum! I've been making CP soap & natural skincare since 2007, mainly for personal use including using family & friends as testers. Recently I have decided to get serious about things & learn as much as I can about making all kinds of CP soap, using a wide...

Hey guys, do I add coconut cream at trace & do I need to liquid discount at all? Does it need to be frozen like GM or room temp? I will be using oat milk or coconut milk/water instead of plain water. My recipe plan is: 25% coconut 25% palm 20% castor 10% rice bran 10% olive 10%...

Hoping someone here has used it in a lotion, do I add it the water phase & how much do I add?

Should I bother or save it for my cremes?