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The wedding itself is June 12 but we are decorating/assembling the favors on June 4. I haven't made soap in a few months (since the fall), but I'm picking the hobby back up. that being said, I don't have a sixth sense feel yet for how much water should be in a recipe, etc. Is there a tweek I...

Lye & oils were room temperature

The recipe generated was 8.9 oz lye 24.3 oz water I measured 17.9 oz of the water/lye mixture (that was HALF water, HALF lye, previously mixed), and measured 15.3 oz of water (24.3 - 8.9 = 15.3 oz of water to add. Was I wrong in this? If so, that makes sense, but I believe my math is...

I guess its possible. I mixed the oils in the fall, so here's no way for me to know. The olive oil was fresh though when I mixed it. What causes it to get adulterated? If I make regular cold process, will it have the same effect?

yes - it gelled. oils (which I've used over and over for regular CP - always comes out fine): olive oil 50% coconut oil 25% cocoa butter 15% avocado oil 10% 5% super fat (default on soap calc) and it had already been a few days... I made it saturday. sorry, stick blender! I was a...

Hi all! TIA for your help... ...long time lurker, probably first time posting. I just tried my first batch of RTCP a few days ago. I took it out of the mold and its extremely moist. I ran it through the soap calc, and got this: (4 lb batch) 8.9 oz lye 24.3 oz water I measured 17.9...

Hi all, I'm sort of a new soapmaker... I started in the fall of 08 with 15 or so batches under my belt. I haven't made that much soap over the winter, but 2 of my batches acted oddly when I cut them. I made a batch of coffee kitchen soap made w/ coffee in place of water and cocoa powder. I...

Hello - somewhat newbie here. Made 10 or so batches of CP. I made a great batch of HP liquid soap a few weeks ago. I read Catherine Failor's "Making Natural Liquid Soap" - found it really really confusing but took lots of notes. no preservatives or SLS! It's the same as CP but with potassium...