These situations are becoming an epidemic. I tripped in front of a store last month and hit the ground HARD! Nothing broke but my left wrist tendons remined me I'll be 69 years old next month. Your pain and disappointment is well known but follow doctor's orders to get back in the game...
There a so many fragrance oils I skip over because of discoloration. Some I would love to use but won't because of discoloration. I need ideas how to incorporate fragrance oil discoloration into my soap projects.
I have a BS in Biology and a minor in Chemistry and Mathematics. Don't freak out about Fragrance Oils(FO). Yes they are synthesized in a factory but they are also duplicates of what the natural world creates in flowers, roots, fruits, etc. Every chemical in a FO has been tested a is...
Greetings CecileBC: It's good you are French because working in the metric system makes life so much easier in soapmaking. I use both EO and FOs in my soap making and my concious is not bothered one bit. The concentration of an average soap recipe is 31g per kg which is a tiny amount. Also...
The problem you described just "happened" recently. I've tried everything you described but I had two ruined batches last week. Then I remembered I was using an untried fragrance oil, Nature's Garden Wild Elderberry. I checked the Fragrance Usage and discovered I was using twice the...
You caught me on a good weekend. I just purchased a 50 lb bag of lye and did transfer it to a plastic bucket. Do what Kitti says. Put the bag of lye on a chair or bench so you transfers are down from up. Wear a mask and cover the floor with a layer of wax paper and old newspaper. When it's...
Greetings all:
I have Cofolo silicon molds and they are becoming unusable. Soap stick to the bottom and ruins the project, the sides bulge (I fixed that one with two pickle jars filled with water), and lately soda ash is apearing on the bottom of my soap (a new frustration). I religiously use...