Recent content by jettibo

I just rebatched a couple of soaps, this is my first time, but I must tell you that one batch melted well but it was soft and the other batch was a hard soap and did not melt very well at all. I think I should have grated it, but since the softer batch just melted down without grating I didn't...

It should harden some though. It's the consistency of cool (but not completely chilled) butter and when I tried to take it out of the mold large portions stayed on the mold. I guess I'll just try, if it doesn't work then there won't be peppermint for Christmas and I'll have to move on to the...

Is the "non-toxic" embossing powders at the craft store the same as mica?? Is there a way to get them without ordering online?

Will it fix the soft soap? Most of those methods call for liquid to "soften" the soap, so do I leave that out? My problem is that I don't know what additional things need to be done to make a soft soap batch harder. Do I need to take out extra water? Add something? Or will rebatching just...

OK, I searched and couldn't get much help on this, I got tired of reading after several pages of threads. Anyways, 3 weeks ago I made some Peppermint soap. It has 12 oz each of coconut and olive oil and 8 oz each of Wheat Germ and Castor oil and I got the lye and water amount from plugging...

I use a 100% olive oil soap.

Even some cooking recipes can't be doubled, specifically baking.

These are what I'd be interested in, depending on price and sizes. Coconut oil palm oil Shea Butter Avocado oil Tons of micas and oxides FOs: Sweet Pumpkin Spice Warm Vanilla Sugar White Tea and Ginger Stargazer Lily Green Grass Icy Water Key Lime Day Spa Cinnamon Spice...

OHHHH, I might want to do this with my munchkins! How much hot water and how much soap to do process #3 there? Or just a link would be helpful.

One of our schools went to uniforms (this is a school issue not a county issue around here) specifically to try to thwart gangs. So they decided on red, white and blue!! Some stupid parent running the PTA didn't know that read and blue are the main gang colors!! So now the ONLY kids in the...

It's just the 10 oz of soap in 40 oz water. Melt and add EO of choice.

OK, so I tried a recipe in a book for laundry soap. I took 10 oz of my Beef Tallow soap and melted in 40 oz of water (I used a crock pot like suggested on here in another thread). The soap is not fully melting so I got frustrated and turned the crock pot off before bed. I woke up to a white...

It has gotten so humid the last week or so that my bars of soap that have been curing for 3 weeks have gone back to being damp and kind of greasy feeling!

You obviously live near me! I'm just south of you in the next big town.

I made them 3 weeks ago, so maybe that's my problem. I'm horribly impatient, but once I get a few batches curing I'll probably stop obsessing with how they are curing and obsess with the next batch. The soaps I made are 100% castile and they are definitely not cured yet. I want to do a salt...