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Mods; please move this to the most appropriate subject as you see fit, I wasn't sure where to put this. So I became the owner of 3 gallons of old orange oil today. Without any other reasonable use for it I though; "why not experiment?" What I'm thinking is to use about 1/2gal to make batch of...

I've been making HP soap for some time, but just recently got my hands on some KOH. I made two small batches of liquid soap , things went well, then I stepped my batch size up... The problem: it never set. Everything seemed fine but it stayed in the mashed potatoes stage (72hr in my oven!!!)...

I'm currently making my first HP soap (and hanging out here to pass the time). It's also my first time at using a lower water concentration (18%). So far things seem to going okay. The batch is about 2.5kg at 0% superfat. I'm rebatching another 3ish Kg into it. That batch was quite high in...

So I made some soap a few months back which has been aging in paper. Today I thought I'd just melt 6lbs of it and add color and some lavender oil, maybe some oats... The problem is; it doesn't want to melt! With a little research, after the fact, I have learned the M&P soap is different in...

Hi, I'm from western Mass. I enjoy just about any DIY type hobby. I just made my first batch of soap. It was more of a experiment than anything. I was cleaning out my deep frier and wanted to do something with the oil so I did a little research and mixed: 16oz NaOH with 4.4 cups water and...