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I only do HP, and for fluidity I finally settled on a 3:1 liquid to lye concentration. I add superfat after the cook along with milk...

I don’t do HP, but I feel the same about wishing I’d paid more attention in science! 🌸

If you stir a lot, or don't keep it covered, or cook it a long time, you will want more water, like 25% lye concentration. If you don't...

Sometimes I get swirls. Sometimes I can barely get the soap in the mold. Coconut oil helps keep the soap fluid enough to swirl but I...

I do everything warm as well. But I obviously was deducting way too much. Thank you for sharing what works for you. I love the pointers...

I mix in yogurt, extra water for clays/sometimes mica, sugar, sodium lactate, extra oil and 3% glycerine after the cook. If you have a...

I read vinegar helps with fluidity in HP. But I used white wine vinegar which turned my soaps brown. The soaps are performing very...

I will change the concentration and not subtract from the batch water. I try not to stir it after the trace and let it volcano. Thats...

If you have selected "38% water as percent of oils" as your lye setting, I recommend that you switch to "lye concentration." Your...

Cool experiment! And I love how you can just borrow high-grade some screen "from a science lab" like the rest of us borrow sugar from...

Each bar is beautiful!

I remembered that I have 150 ml syringes sitting around the house for some long gone soaping idea. It was easy to collect the clay-laden...

Thanks @Zing I like them all, but it would be nice to get just a tiny bit more color out of the clay. I didn’t want to add more...

I’m not discouraged just being truthful. You can’t win them all. I could not wait to start today. I have been making HP soaps and...

I had a doe give birth on Monday to quadruplets. Hopefully a little baby goat will give you a smile. 🙂