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  1. K

    Testing for lye strength

    🤔Maybe she's using vintage pyrex🤔??? Back in the day, Pyrex measuring cups were made from borosilicate glass...
  2. K

    Testing for lye strength

    Here's the link: The title of the YouTube video is HSCG How-To: Cream Soap with Jackie Thompson - Advanced Technique
  3. K

    Testing for lye strength

    Thank you for your reply... Adjusting the SAP didn't make sense to me either... I've taken a fair number of chemistry classes in my lifetime but the last one was more than 40 years ago (yes, I'm old)... there were a couple of other statements during the video that didn't make sense... although I...
  4. K

    Testing for lye strength

    Anybody watch HSCGs how-to YouTube Cream Soap video by JThompson? In it she talks about the need to test the strength of opened containers of NaOH & KOH since they can become weak over time - especially KOH. She doesn't explain how to test but says SAP would need to be adjusted. Anybody know...
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    Should i give up?

    I'm sorry but I don't know what "OP" means... I did a search on this forum for allanblackia because I also didn't know how I should otherwise let others know that, after having sent a request to several "lye calculator" sites requesting that the SAPs and fatty acid composition for allanblackia...
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    Should i give up?

    The Sage just added SAP values for Allanblackia Butter to their lye calculator!
  7. K

    December 2019 Un-Challenge - New to You

    So sorry for your losses...
  8. K

    Dragon's Blood

    I'm interested in a pound....
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    HP soapers.....a question for you

    I follow Valerie Mosher of Shakebrook Soaps in Nova Scotia's method for making my HP soap because i'm too impatient to wait for a longer cook. Although she doesn't make liquid soaps, i've used the same principles she shows when making my liquid soap paste.. The swirls she's able to achieve are...
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