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  1. Chefmom

    What is this?

    In Cold Processed soaps I work mainly with coconut milk and this is the way I do it. It is very easy and no worries about chilling milk or working with cold temps. I work at room temperature, the lye goes with water, the milk in the oils just before I add the lye water and they whole process...
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    Do the properties of Nettle Powder make it thru Saponification?

    When I use my infused herbal oils in my soaps I always hot process the soap and add the infused oils after the cook is finished. I believe they make a difference based on my own personal experience and the feedback that I have received from testers that only know to talk about my "white" and...
  3. Chefmom

    Soap Curing Storage

    I don't expect the dehumidifier to pull moisture out of the box, just the environment that the boxes are stored in. I don't use air tight plastic, I use cardboard, and cardboard isn't air or moisture tight.
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    Soap Curing Storage

    After I cut my soap it sits on a paper towel on a tray, then is moved into a cardboard box with a silicone packet and dated/labeled and stored on shelves in my basement with a dehumidifier. I could never cure them open on a shelf, the fragrances would make me nuts and possibly ill.
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    Liquid oils that make great bubbles?

    I don't look at my formula as "oils to replace palm" so much as formulate a recipe without it. My daughter gave me strict parameters for a vegan soap and after a few bumps I have formulated a hard bar that has lovely lather, gets you clean and leaves even my skin feeling nice with a 8%...
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    Oil Warmer Oils

    I am a Potter and I make oil warmers in stoneware. Several years ago I tested a bunch of oil mixtures to be able to sell along side my oil warmers. Nothing worked for me. I used DPG and fragrance oil, I used carrier oils, even mineral oil. The tealights heated the mixture and the smell from...
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    Scents to add to Soy Wax?

    Essential oils are not designed to survive the combustion of a candle. While some are used in the formulations of fragrance oils it is best to use fragrances designed for candles for candles and if you want to use essential oils for aromatherapy or scent, to use a steam distillation or tealight...
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    Maximum of Cocoabutter in CP?

    Will you consider hot process? I personally love cocoa butter soaps and have made quite a few formulations over the years. I also know from personal use that with cocoa butter, a lot doesn't have to be used to be able to feel the difference. When I use it in a cold process formulation (or the...
  9. Chefmom

    Soap dish

    Yes, first they dry completely then they are fired to a low temperature (called a bisque fire) and then glazed and then high fired in a glaze fire.
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    Soap dish

    I'm biased. I am a Potter and I make my own. These were just finished this week and are drying, soon to be headed into the kiln.
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    HP - water discount?

    This is how I made hot process goat milk soaps, on a regular basis. Well...I figured I would do it with coconut milk and my vegan recipe (which is very different from my goat milk recipe) and I ended up making a very very wet soap with giant chunks of rock hard soap through it. My vegan recipe...
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    Fluid hot process soap

    I've been making hot process soap since I started making soap, around 15 years. I always just embraced the gloppy mashed potato-ness of it. After the online communities began popping up and soap making became a "thing" more and more people started hot processing their soaps and then more newer...
  13. Chefmom

    What brought you to making soap?

    I suffered for many years with eczema. I had to remove all the harsh detergents and cleansers from the house and still my hands cracked and bled. In the beginning it was a winter issue, but eventually it became year round. My Aunt took a soap making class and passed out soap for Christmas...
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    Hot process vs Cold process

    I love HP. I personally love the soaps that look like granite, rocks and minerals vs just smooth and creamy looking. Even my plain soaps have a strata that runs through them. I don't have any ash issues, clean up is easy. Everyone finds their own voice in this art form. I keep seeing these...
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    candle tins 8 oz

    If you are making candles that will be burned at the wedding on the table while people are eating you don't want them to be fragranced. Candle fragrances can really throw off your senses when you eat and can also make some people sick. A take away candle can be fragranced, like a wedding favor...
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