Recent content by newdoug

Can anyone recommend a soap planer?

When one of your designs crosses over and becomes a piece of art (that someone wants to purchase), is there anything you can do to preserve it? Or will it be fine just as it is? How long can soap last if it's simply ,framed and sitting unbothered on a shelf?

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I am looking for a well made soap cutter to cut the horizontal designs such as wood grain and Mantra Swirl. Any ideas?

Thanks for the guidance. Yes, attempting to navigate this/these threads as well.

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Wow, 3 months.

Great advice. Thank you for taking the time to address my issues. It helps!

Hello Everyone. Today is my first post here. I am on eastern Long Island and have been making soap for about 2 years now. i absolutely love learning new and old techniques about soap. Currently, I am learning how to make transparent soap and tried it for the first time yesterday. i purchased an...

I first heard of this forum when I enrolled in Soapmaker to Moneymaker over at Modern Soapmaking. Introducing yourself to this community is a part of the "To Do" list.

I chose the name newdoug because Douglas is my first name and I've decided to do something different and new, for a change, like introducing myself to the soaping community.

I am following the alcohol/lye procedure for making transparent soap from the 'Making Transparent Soap" book by Catherine Failor. After simmering the ingredients at a constant 140 degrees F, for 2 hours on my induction burner ( the weight difference from start to this point was 1.75 oz) , I...