Recent content by David1pro

To hold the non-tuner end of the guitar string, I simply drilled a hole through the wood and used a larger washer with a small hole in it. The hole in the washer will stop the end of the guitar string from passing through and the large diameter of the washer will keep the washer solid against...

First, let me say I'm envious of everyone who has posted pictures. I just live in a simple plat filled with "little boxes" in Southern Ohio, but I've worked for the last decade making my back yard my oasis. It's pretty private behind my property with larger lots for the wealthy. I bought the...

I agree... I've darkened both indigo powder and soap safe mica colorants with activated charcoal to great success (don't buy micas from Amazon - use a real supplier so you know they are soap steady - Nurture Soap is a good place). In fact, you can get a nice multi-blue effect by leaving some of...

I've tried Burboned Tobacco from wholesalesuppliesplus.com. I really like it - AFTER at least 6 weeks. It's really strong at first, and it actively off-gasses for the first week, so you'll want a place to stash it until it's done doing that. After some time, though, it's mild, manly, with a...

For those who don't know (like I didn't - abbreviations are a PIA for new soapers), BCN apparently stands for Bitter Creek North (per other posts on this forum, though Google says no such place exists (it defaults to www.candlesupply.com and "North" is nowhere in that name). Could someone clarify?

I like the subtle but attractive texture on the top of the bars. I'm not good at doing that *yet*.

DeeAnna and LillyJo make wise points. Sometimes it's better to use something made to be safe in a laboratory over something made by nature. No one is making essential oil of poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac soap even though it'd be perfectly natural - possibly even organic, and vegan to...

Thanks, Saponificarian, that's a good site to study. Answers the question perfectly.

When one is going through their local store looking for affordable oils, how does one know if an oil is High Oleic? For instance, here's Walmart's Sunflower Oil's label: Like most labels for oils, the word Oleic does not appear anywhere. Or maybe better asked, when looking at the Poly... and...

I just have to give a bit of reality here... If you honestly believe that things like cosmetics and especially simple things like activated charcoal are not "drop shipped from China" just because they are in a retail store, you are fooling yourself. The only difference is that instead of being...

Rune, I don't think your idea will work. Pine tar used in soap is 100% pine tar - there should be no additives. To try to chemically change the pine tar will result in something else. Besides, Pine tar is not something I can imagine trying to alter in my own kitchen.

I've now tried three different pine tar cold process recipes (30% in one) and I've not had any issue. They were my first soaps. If anything, I find them easier than more traditional slower soaps because there's no guesswork as to when it's ready and there's no waiting around either. Once that...

Possibly you hadn't stirred it in fully to begin with? If you just dump the lye into the water and don't fully stir it in until dissolved, you'll get undissolved lye that sits flat on the bottom of a container. You should be able to carefully break it up and get it to dissolve.

A lot of micas out there have TD as an ingredient along with whatever is used for the color, so in that sense, colored micas could (and do) cause glycerin rivers - but it is because of the TD in the mix.

Thanks, SunRiseArts. I too can't find a way to buy it on Save on Scents... they don't seem to really have it. While Simplygoodstuff has it, I'm not sure I'm comfortable using anything that doesn't give IFRA Maximum Skin Exposure Levels and such. I'm thinking I may need to ask if anyone has an...