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  1. omdougherty

    100% Coconut Oil Soap Not Tracing!

    Thank you all for your responses. So so wonderful community <3 I'll try and answer all. 1. My lye is less than a year old and should still be 'fresh' . One can only hope! 2. I do sometimes do what you said Obsidian and let is sit for 5-10 minutes than come back and mix again.. Certainly...
  2. omdougherty

    100% Coconut Oil Soap Not Tracing!

    Hello Fellow Soapmakers! I have been having this trouble for the past week with three different batches of 100% Coconut Oil Soap. Please if you can give me any advise or input I would be highyl appreciative : ) My Recipe is very basic: 100% Coconut Oil ( weights varying per batch.. sometimes...
  3. omdougherty

    Help rebatching three week old crumbling soap

    Yeah I will try to use the electric mixer.. actually usually I am using it anyway instead of the stick blender for hot and cold process. Do you suggest using it only after it melts down? Or maybe during the melting process and also after? 🤪🤭🤔😅
  4. omdougherty

    Help rebatching three week old crumbling soap

    Thank you both! Will give it a go 👍
  5. omdougherty

    Help rebatching three week old crumbling soap

    Thanks for response! Yes.. It was a 50% Lye solution to dissolve the lye, then I added the rest of the liquid (coconut milk) at beginning of the cook.. sorry for mistake. I do not think the soap is lye heavy, just very very dry and brittle.. I will certainly try remelting and adding some water...
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    Help rebatching three week old crumbling soap

    Hello All! I have a question about rebatching because Im very new to soapmaking and it seems im learning a lot along the way. This recipe I am trying to rebatch after three weeks was a Hot Process soap recipe with 15 oz of Oil with 40% lye solution (I mad 100% solution at first with water and...
  7. omdougherty

    First Timer :D

    Hey all, so it's been a few days and I have the result of the soap after hardening. Just took it out of the mold and it is quite hard, but it's a bit whitish in parts, flaky, sticky/moist and a bit "rubbery".. I took a pic of my hands after touching it because some small pieces come off the top...
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    First Timer :D

    Thanks so much! Can I still add more lye even after mixing all of it together? I can figure out how much more I would need but may also just scratch this batch and start over with more hard oils.. I also had a question about curing the soap in cold temp rather than room temp? Would it make it...
  9. omdougherty

    First Timer :D

    Thank you all for your great responses. You're all awesome With all this help I'll be making great soaps in no time for sure! A few quick questions about this The soap thickened a bit, which I think is in trace? Idk.. But now it's in the mold, how much time do you think is good enough for me...
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    First Timer :D

    Wow! No wonder why its been throwing me off.. Makes so much more sense that's its by weight and not volume!! I really don't want to scrap this batch LOL might be because i'm attached to my first try ;) I converted lye crystal Oz to Tsp because 1.57 oz of lye is 3.14 Tablespoon converted, and...
  11. omdougherty

    First Timer :D

    Hello All <3 :bunny: This is my first time experimenting with the soap making process and I've got a couple newbie questions which i'm sure were answered somewhere but seem a bit specific to this experiment of a recipe - I didn't want to wait another few days for some of the other oils I...
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