Recent content by gemsupthepoley

Mine has a picture on the side giving distances etc.

I have some CDO traits, but usually I can't be bothered. I would love lists and spread sheets but..... If you like it and get satisfatction then well done. :)

Soda ash doesn't bother me as I don't sell (or make as pretty soaps!) but I'll give it a go. I'm good at soda ash!!!!!!!!

So, getting back into soaping. Need more castille so I'll whip up a batch. Most of you will probably know this but 1000ml of olive oil is not 1000 g. (search for another bottle of O.O begins). So, things went well, I went down to 30% lye concentration, then read a bit more here and...

can comment on that particular supplier but I recently open 2 bottles (purchased from B&Q hardware shop UK) and one was nice and white but the other was greyish and had a couple of odd floaters in it. Im wondering if it's sold as drain cleaner then they don't worry about how clean it is! Just...

I got one from eBay. The batteries don't last long!!!!!!! but that could be from me 'shooting' everything with the lazer sight:) You can check ares for hot/cold spots. Great fun too.

That post stopped my swearing!!! I just did a CPOP yesterday and thought I'd done it wrong.:)

Don't like that :)

I'm nowhere asexperienced as you folks but thats what hit me right away. Thanks very much.

Okay, that's brill. I'll try the ye/water solution at room temp and reduce the oils slowly to see what works. Thanks very much.

Hi folks. a couple of the soaps I've tried have kind of gone a little too firm a little too quickly. I'm aiming at lye about 100F and oils about 110F. Am I way off or can I go lower. I read references to 'room temp' soaping. That's about 68F so can I go that low. Obviously looking to slow...

That's great thanks. Just some extra curing due to the water content!!!!!

Thanks. The glycerine is in. Maybe I should have warmed it up first. Kept heating but nothing. Added a bit extra water (not in recipe) but it seemed to get thicker!! 45% SA. 25% CO. 20% Deer tallow. 5% Lanolin 2.5% Shea. 2.5% Avacado KOH 229g Water 465g. 1000g oils in total. I kept half the...

Cheers. I did let it heat. I added more water (panic stations) and it just seemed to get harder. Ah wel, it's in the mold and tastes like soap!! I used a potato masher and it was still hard work to get the S/F blended.

Well it was all going fine. A double batch trying a new lye calc. to make superfatting easier. The cook looked great and better than before (more water I think) and then I happened. My brain caught up and I had forgotten to add the GLYCERINE. Ah well, what's the worst than could...