Recent content by brianbutts123

Judymoody - No I have never gelled my soaps before. Just looked up some information and it was the first time I'd heard of this. I have done hot process before, but not anything like CPOP before. Do you recommend it?

Thanks for the recipe! I have recently made a hot process soap using some of the tips you guys have left on this thread, but still getting a soft bar, so I'm not sure what's going wrong. But, they're hardening up every week, so I assume maybe I'm just being impatient. Also, does anyone...

Thank you everyone for your comments, and I need to clarify - we are THINKING of selling... hence the state of perfecting recipes and such right now. I obviously know that I have a lot to learn and I really appreciate all the feedback. To answer some questions... I've always used a 3:1...

Thanks for the input! I actually did run it through SoapCalc, but didn't get the final lye amount and water amount from SoapCalc, because I did those calculations on my own, based on saponification values given on SoapCalc. I was only 6g off on Lye (possibly from rounding), and 20g on water with...

Hello, I am a semi-new soaper, having made approx 10-12 batches of soap, totaling maybe 25lbs of soap. Different recipes, different additives, different scents. The first many batches went very smoothly, hard bars, nice scents, etc, no trouble at all... But, of course, as soon as we start...