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Can no-stir palm oil be substituted for regular palm oil? Do they have the same saponification value? Thank you in advance for your advice

I have used crushed walnut shells

I'll put my two cents in here as a retired eye dr. WEAR GOGGLES. People think the worst thing they can get in their eye is acid but its actually alkaline. I've gotten a few minor skin irritations (one on my foot when i spilled fresh soap on my flip flop!) but I will never let lye solution...

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Thanks for your reply...Will this soap be usable?

A beginner's mistake. Added wrong amount of oil. can this soap be saved? 9.6 oz coconut oil 9.6 oz palm oil (should have been 6.4 oz) 15.04 oz olive oil 0.64 oz cocoa butter 4.5 oz lye 10.45 oz water Thanks in advance for your help

Being a relatively new soapmaker, I've never heard of using vinegar in soap. Do you substitute 1:1 for water?

Avoid reusing those disposable water bottles. I haven't checked recently, but in the recent past there was concern that reuse could lead to the release of a plasticizer. I have had to buy those cases of bottles too, to ensure I had water when I needed it. They expand when they freeze and...

unfortunately there is a shortage of distilled water where I live in NJ. I have some, but my husband needs it for his CPAP, which takes precedence over my soapmaking hobby! I was hoping to fill a lot of my down time making soap but I think that's not going to happen...

I use these! Love them!

I've been soaping for about two years. Strictly hobby--no sales. Recently I made a bar of peppermint soap (using peppermint essential oil) with the same recipe I've been using for most of my other soap. I wanted to keep this soap really white so I put it in freezer to avoid gel phase. It...

for this reason, I order my palm oil from Brambleberry. It comes in a microwaveable bag. Perhaps more expensive but it is more convenient

I this more of a problem in individual molds than loaf molds?

I forgot to mention ( I just edited my post) that I sprayed the surface with 99% alcohol. The white areas are not limited to the exposed surfaces and they can't be scrubbed off