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Hi Bootsie, thanks for the reply - in all honesty I haven’t been able to tell as I make sure the extractor fan is on full while I’m adding the compound to the water... When I try my next batch I’ll hold off the fan and see if the reaction is audible :)

Thanks for your replies DeeAnna. I’m leaning more and more towards believing it’s NaOH despite the stuff sounding like your description of KOH.. :beatinghead: I’m going to head out and try buying some (actual) KOH from a more reputable place this time around. Will come back with a successful...

thanks morph :videovisit:

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Well I'm confused now as your description of KOH matches up nicely with what I've been using, compared to what you said for NaOH. Surely if I seem to be getting the same result regardless of the recipe used, the problem has to be the alkali? Is there anything else at all that you might be able...

Thanks so much for the reply! Sorry, completely forgot to mention the glycerine -- I was adding glycerine in every other recipe I've attempted so far and today is the first attempt I make without it using a 1:1 ratio (I guess that's a double whammy for failure). And regarding the calculators...

Hi everybody, I'm new to soapmaking and have jumped straight into LS for a project that specifically requires it. I've tried a bunch of recipes I've found on Youtube and on here (the username IrishLass jumps to mind!); every single time I reach trace successfully and come to a mashed potato...

Hey all :) Started the journey out a couple weeks back and constantly end up on SMF reading through posts so figured it's time to join. Have a good one