Recent content by olivebranchfarms

I'm glad I was reading this thread because I too am an East Coast soaper that cringes every time I see the shipping prices from all the West Coast suppliers. THANK YOU for posting the FS Soapworks link! I'm most likely going to check out their base since their prices and shipping are...

Thanks everyone for the input and the links for the calculators! Ok, so I'm going to try the zap test. If I get zapped then I need to scrap everything right? If I don't get zapped then I can let this dry for say......6 years........ or something like that and it will be ok? lol :lol...

Thanks everyone for your input. This is a very friendly forum! I do have a very good digital food scale that I use for my other bath products. So I'm guessing my 1st batch may need to be scrapped then. Not a problem since after all it was only a 1st attempt. I figured it would take...

LOL thanks for the welcome. I can see where this could become an addiction! Ok here is the super basic recipe I used. 3C Olive Oil 3C Cold Water 3/4C Lye Crystals 1/2t Fragrance Oil 1/8t Mica Powder My lye mixture & oil were mixed at around 96 degrees. I covered the mold with...

I made my 1st ever batch of CP soap (100% olive oil) and thought initially that everything went well. The recipe I used said I could unmold and cut the soap in 48 hours. When I checked at 48 hours it seemed too soft to unmold without destroying the loaf, so I waited another 24 hours. Ok so...