Recent content by rcreger

Hello friends! I recently reloaded my warming tank with my base oil recipe containing 33% Pomace Olive Oil. The first two soap batches after the reload have been disasters. A 100% loss. In both instances, I used what I knew was a problematic FO. So, I was prepared to move quickly. Both of them...

Sign up list: (Please copy & paste the list into a new post, then add your name along with the next appropriate number.) 1. AliOop - Now to decide which one to make! I have a long list :) 2. Catscankim - This is one I will definitely get around to 3. Marsi - Inspiration needed ... must watch...

Where in Minneapolis are you? I'm in NE, about 3 miles above downtown.

Finally! The molds I ordered from For Crafts Sake arrived yesterday. I am like a kid with a new bike at Christmas. 😁😁😁

Update with pics attached. The EPDM washers are installed, and the Milk Can Lye Tank is in the shop. I ended up buying two thickness sizes of washers. That was a good thing in the end. You can see in the second picture one is white and the other is black.

Hello and welcome! I came to it sideways. I started out wanting to learn how to make shaving soap nearly seven years ago. I hated paying what amounts to extorsion, as far as I am concerned, for small bits of metal and plastic, aka cartridge razors. I struggled with razor burn and irritation...

I am anxious to get it up and running to be sure. Right now I have 100 or so bars of soap I need to trim and box and a couple of other batches that will be ready in another week or so. AND, I ordered a couple of molds from For Crafts Sake that should be coming in another couple of weeks. I am...

I don't have any pics of my own yet, but this is it on the Shenandoah Homestead Supply website. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1871/4193/products/IMG_1261_1024x1024.jpg?v=1549386727 The stainless steel tap is a $29 add-on, which IMO is worth every penny if I don't have to do it. I haven't...

Thank you for that link, it was quite informative! I also emailed Shenandoah Homestead Supply and they confirmed that the washer for the spout is indeed silicone, and the stem of the spout is 16mm in diameter. I found FDA compliant EPDM washers at McMaster-Carr and ordered some.

Hey everyone - I have a bit of a dilemma. I recently purchased a 5-gallon stainless steel milk can with a stainless steel spout from Shenandoah Homestead Supply with the intent of using it as a small lye tank. This is definitely an off-label use, their customers are dairy farmers. My concern is...

I have been on a similar journey. I started with HP shaving soap and moved into CP in part because it's a natural pairing, and I really dislike how commercial syndet soaps feel on my skin. Likewise, I don't do any of the above. No colors, shapes, embeds, blah, blah, blah. I don't even do markets...

Trimmed and boxed 80 CP bar soaps. Only 3 full trays of 80 to go!

I replaced my original el cheapo stick blender recently. Got a Kitchen Aid from Target for $40. Two speeds and the immersion end is metal. Works like a champ.

I don't have any ROE to add to the Soybean Oil, however, because it is a consumer grade additive, it already has some preservatives in it. I am hoping that will be enough to ward off DOS. Once I plugged my numbers into SoapCalc, I realized that the CO was too high. I revised my numbers and...

Fellow soapers - I am here to share what I think are a couple of noob lessons learned. A little back story first: For last Christmas my father in-law, ever the man to go overboard with everything, bought my DW and I a huge bag of popcorn kernels and a gallon of soybean oil based butter...