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To cmzaha and dibbles: The book is about colonial type stuff and only the single bar recipe has that type of measurements. The basic full size recipe and all others is measured in lbs., oz, and tsp. (tsp. for essential oils). I've made 3 recipes out of this book not counting the single bar...

I can actually help with that! My book that includes soap recipes has a 'single bar' method so you can experiment with colors, scents etc. I used it just a week or two back when trying out my coffee soap. Lol It actually makes ~12 oz. of soap, or 4 individual soaps from one of those flexible...

My first book with soap recipes in it (bought around 1989) used colonial type recipes so lard/tallow was always a part of my soapmaking lexicon. I figure for the most part only the anti-animal products nuts would be against it. Lard is actually really cheap - you can get it in grocery stores...

Thank you for the tip, but I did not start the the responses - I got this in my email notifications because people had been writing in it.

The racks are coated ... ? I've already dried 4 batches on them and had no discoloration problems. And thanks. The individual molds I have are new, prior batches have been entirely in the log molds. Those I got off of Amazon, the wooden box with flexible silicone liner, maybe 3 lb. size...

I made Castile soap this month but it wasn't pure olive oil - the recipe I have was a mix of lard and olive oil. It came out white and odorless.

Is that the only option? I've bought fragrance oils before and am fine with them, but I really thought that this was something I could do with supplies on hand. :(

Okay, so what does one do to get the scent they want?!

I made a "single bar" recipe designed so you can try out new stuff as you experiment with soaping. I make my soap from recipes in the Basic to Basics book I got from Readers Digest back around 1990. Essentially these are soaps containing lard or tallow and are cold process. The recipe I wanted...