Recent content by Barb

i always have trouble with the pearberry fo i use. the site even says it may cause white streaks. but i am a glutton for punishment and have learned to just hurry when using it. brut from oregon trails is another one that gives me trouble, even with no water discount and room temp oils...

i have a tank from forcraftsake and it was the best investment ever! will cut any length log.

i have a really fine mesh strainer that i pour my lye liquid thru into my soap pot when i make milk soaps just to make sure. although if you stirred it well it shouldn't have any undissolved lye. and as long as you didn't have an orange colored liquid you didn't burn the milk and their...

i think you'd have to infuse one of your oils and then strain out the spice to not have any flecks ( unless of course you want them ) tumeric is suppose to give you a yellow as well as carrot juice ( sunny yellow ) or the insides of some beta carotene capsules. tomato paste or paprika...

i have read where others have done cp soap layers over the course of a couple of days. i have not. i pour the first layer and then make the next one up and usually by that time the first one is solid enough to gently pour the next layer. ( pour as low to the soap as you can and pouring over...

i didn't take it personally either. that's what makes us a great group we all have different ideas, styles and opinions. how boring it would be if we all were the same.

low ph blends are not suitable for cp soap, so say the instruction sheets i have. as the colorants will not stand up to the lye.

http://www.brambleberry.com/Basic12.aspx has instuctions. they also have a pdg file of how to use lab colors and a color chart that you can purchase for $2.50 each. it gives a min and max amount to use per pound of finished cp soap. my instruction sheet says it is not neccessary...

i've used their apple jack n peel and fruit slices both made great soap without any problems. the apple jack n peel discolored to a tannish but that's normal for aj'n'p the fruit slices base soap stayed white and behaved well enough to do a 4 color swirl.

columbus foods usually ships out the same day you order. they ship ups so however long from chicago to where you are at. i'm in michigan and it takes 2 days.

yellow: beta carotene capsules, slightly messy to squeeze out but works great for a nice sunny yellow ( or carrot juice for your lye water if you want the whole batch yellow) blue: try an ultramarine it will make a blue soap ( unless your fragrance oil is quite yellow and then you might end...

i have a tank for slicing my soaps from purchased log molds. because i choose to texture the tops, some of my soaps even with the tank are not all the same weight. we swirl so that makes them impossible to duplicate and sometimes we change the color because it makes it sell better. perfect...

inventory feature, while it takes abit of work getting supplies all counted and or weighed and entered and as long as you keep it up come tax time a couple of clicks and you have current inventory totals for your tax man. i have used this since it came out years ago. the new features make it...

my ditty: because our soaps are handmade in small batches and are hand cut the weights may vary slightly but are at least the weight stated, we also cannot duplicate exact color/look from batch to batch making each one unique.