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20% coconut 45% olive oil 20% canola 10% sunflower 5% castor I'm pretty sure thats what it ended up being.

It was similar to this but with less coconut and more olive oil. I didn't screen shot it. Sorry :(

I waited just over 24 hours. I finished the batch about 8pm EST and I cut it about 9 pm the next night. Is that too long?

I just made my first batch of soap yesterday. Everything went great. Poured it in the mold, wrapped it in a towel and left it alone. I went to cut it today and it cut okay but once I got to the bottom it crumbled. What did I do? I measured each ingredient. Can it be saved?

Can't use lard, husband has the Alpha Gal allergy so nothing but fish or foul in our home. I'll have to order palm. Where's the best place to get it? (Nothing too expensive)

Thank you everyone for all the help! It went by the book. Now I must find patience. Anyone got any extra laying around? :)

Thank you! I sure will I'm super excited! I've done some melt and pour but I feel this should be right up my alley.

Thanks for you suggestion!! I don't have any palm or lard. All I have is what's listed.

Will it make a good soap? My values all seem to be within range but it's my first batch and I don't want to make too big of a mess with it :)

We heat our home with primarily wood so I have lots of ash just lying around. Found out you can make lye, awesome! I have researched a bunch on CP but all I have found is that when using KOH you need to use tallow to make a harder soap. I can't cause my husband is allergic to red meat. And I...