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Thank you, I'll look it up! Thank you linne1gi for the tip!

Thank you for your reply. How do I know how much to use when the lye is less pure? I have a previous lye purchase that I thought it has gone "bad" , it might be still usable with some adjustments. I have a lot that I don't know what to do with it.

Thank you DeeAnna. I got a few bottles fully clumped, when I shook them they were ok. The rest are having some lumps not much. It looks like that the water cooler was not a good option to prevent humidity from getting to the bottles even though it was closed tightly for a long time. I'll buy 5...

I bought 32lb of lye from Essential Depot in in May of 2019 because it was on sale, hoping that I can keep it for a long time. I stored them in an old water cooler in my storage room, I barely used 1/4 of the first bottle. Today I figured out that they are having clumps, and the expiration date...

Actually I have to say that maybe I shouldn’t have posted anything that is not related directly to soap making, I do apologize for all the readers for wasting their time reading this subject. Vonna I apologize for ruining your thread with such conversation I honestly didn’t mean to. I would...

Susie, wherever I am living I am not violating any rules or regulation. Thank you for caring. I didn't mention the term "medical treatment" where did you get it from?

SoapBro, do you mean by regular olive oil is the yellow or light yellow color oil that usually labeled as Olive Olive only? Why some times the same quality comes with dark color? I used EVOO all my life, and when I started making soap my soap makers friends referred me to pomace oo, but I am not...

I don't know where did you read about wrapping children with plastic foil? What I said is that I add one layer of very soft thin plastic like clear wrapping plastic over a soft gauze pad with double thick layers for extra cushioning so the oil will not get on their clothes. The plastic goes...

Same here, I use FO, the only scent that comes in the finished soap. I never had any natural coffee scent in my soap. It goes away.

Thank you Susie, I thought maybe your water discount is big. I talked to my friend last week, he said that he didn't feel he likes to have to soap curing inside the fridge, so he just had them spread over a cotton towel in one of his rooms that he doesn't use. The area over there gets dust...

I do the same as DeeAnna ,Shunt and Ann , but I leave my soap towels for few days then toss them in the washer with dirty load that has similar colors. I noticed that my loads become cleaner. I stopped using paper towels as using cotton towels is greener and less waste.

Actually whether I CP it or HP 100 % EVOO it turns white it's not green.

Me, too. My 100% evoo baby style soap I make is mostly very light cream like white but my pure pomace oo is whiter. I don't use any TD at all to make it white. My EVOO is very dark green.

This is the recipe I use when I have large amounts of tallow, Olive Oil 20% Coconut Oil 20% Tallow Beef 55% Castor oil 5% When I HP the recipe I use 42% water discount with 5% SF. It gives very good hard bar.