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UPDATE: I went to clean the jugs etc that I used to make the batch with and noticed that the leftover soap on the jug etc is perfectly fine and not 'sweating' at all. The only difference is the CPOP process. Could I have CPOPd at too high a temperature? Or not long enough? Too long? etc...

@KiwiMoose, the only reason I was using such expensive oils is because they are coming up to expire :-( I think I went a bit over the top when I first bought some oils to try (both in types and quantity) and didn't think through the effect on price at the time. I've even had to bake some Cocoa...

Hi, thanks for the reply. It does smell like the fragrance. I've only just starting to add them into my soaps so maybe I put too much. I had also pre-mixed everything the day before (ran out of time so didn't make it until the next day) so everything was at room temperature. I CPOPd it in an...

Hi, I made a batch of soap and have had my first real failure. It's 'leaking' oil. I'm presuming that I must had gotten a false trace. I was trying to use some butters and oils that are about to expire so a recipe I haven't used before. Am I right that the issue is that I didn't get trace...

Hi, New to soaping so trying to catch up on the acronyms. "3 parts ST, 3 parts SM". What is SM? Thanks,

Hi, I can't stand oily lotions. This is my recipe. It absorbs quickly and isn't oily at all. I never add fragrance to anything, so can't help if you want to do that :-) Water 75.0% Polawax GP 200 5.0% Almond 4.0% Avocado 4.0% Coconut 4.0% Stearic Acid 4.0% Eve Primrose 3.0% Euxyl PE 9010...

Thank you very much for your answer. I've worked out how to add it as a base oil and have entered the figures you've provided. :)

Hi, I haven't been using the Soapmaker app for very long and have decided to try my hand had making Pine Tar soap. I can see on SoapCalc that Pine Tar is listed, so that it will account for it when calculating the lye solution, but how do I do that in Soapmaker? I'm stuck on how to create the...