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I overheated my oils the other day (melting some of the hard oils and took my eye of the ball), but proceeded as usual with the recipe with the oils at about 100*C+ (212*F+). Well, it did the whole volcano thing I've read about with HP (no further heating, just its own thermal mass kept it...

Hi All, I've just tried a new recipe and it's been sitting in mould for about a week. I tried to turn one bar out the other day and it's very soft and wouldn't release from the mould in one nice piece. I am wondering if anyone could hazard a guess as to what's causing it. My first guesses (just...

HI all, forgive the cynic in me as I am new to soap making, but am searching for an answer to my wife's psoriasis (and my dog's eczema, but wife comes first, right) and am wondering about the efficacy of active ingredients in cp soap. For instance, from my reading some of the prime ingredients...

Hi all, I'm new to soap making, and to this forum, so forgive a couple of basic questions from a total noob. I've made a few batches of soap, and had a blast doing so, but what I see as minor variations in quantities or ingredients are making some big differences in results or processes, and I'l...