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OMGolly! You are right! I knew I was doing something wrong with my math! :oops: Thank you! How you do it is great too. Thanks!

I love to make a coconut oil/coconut milk salt soap, but I'd like to try POWDERED coconut milk. How much to use? I have searched and have found 1 Tbsp. ppo. But that's 32 Tbsp. for my 32 oz. of coconut oil, which, if my math is correct, works out to be 2 cups of coconut milk. That seems...

Great and great!! Thanks for your help! Now the LOOOOONG wait begins...

I did it! Will the bars shrink? They are 3.5 inches square by approx. an inch thick and pretty darn big. Or should I cut them in half maybe? There's definitely a "chemical" smell to them when I was cutting them. I'm assuming that's OK at this stage. So, just leave them on the...

OK, so I should cut really soon then, huh?! I'm irrationally scared of this! :lol:

63 oz. of oil was JUST the right amount! It fit perfectly in my mold. Whew! I'm really nervous about this soap! 1) I'm afraid I waited a little too long to stir in the fragrance and salt b/c by the time I poured it into the mold, it was a little gloppy. 2) The soap did gel. That...

Today's the day for making salt soap! Since I never heard back from anyone on my previous questions, I'm going with what I posted. I'll be using a little less coconut milk (13.5 oz.) and a little more water b/c I didn't want to buy two cans of milk for needing an ounce more. I'm a little...

Frankly, we're very happy that it was a discrepancy in supplies. We spent an entire day trying to figure out where we could've messed up while making each individual batch. It was crazy-making!

After using SoapCalc, this is what I come up with (20% SF): 63 oz. CO 23.94 oz. water (using the split method should be 9.236 oz.) 9.236 oz. lye 14.704 oz. coconut milk (split) 15.75 oz. salt Fragrance I'm not sure about yet. Do these numbers look right then? Thanks!

What's a good general rule of thumb for fragrance (either FO or EO) in CP soap? Especially, if the FO or EO does not specify or give a recommendation.

I'm the SIL. We figured out that she was using potassium hydroxide that neither of us noticed! Whoops! We're gearing up for another soaping next week and she now has sodium hydroxide with which to soap. This one WILL be successful! :D

And then fragrance! How much for almost 4 lbs. of soap? I have the EO sampler from Bramble Berry, so that's about 1/2 oz. each. Otherwise, I have access to purchase only a few EOs like Lavender & Rosemary and some FOs. The FOs say they are skin safe for M&P soap. Would that be OK...

Also, does this recipe use 38% water?

Based on the measurements of my mold, I come out with needing 71.96 oz. of oil. That seems like a LOT! What would be a more manageable amount? Two containers of Louana coconut oils is 63 oz. Would that work out right?

Great! Thanks so much for the help! :D I don't particularly care about my soap gelling at this point in my soaping "career." It's just for home and gift use. Should I cover it at all then? Or just leave it uncovered? I probably won't have room in my fridge. I'm off to measure my...