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Oh the same thing happened to me! in the beginning i was making only 100% CO soap and even after 1 week i felt what you describe when testing. so i threw away 2 batches! painful... Then i posted this same question here and thanks to everyones answers i realized it was not a zap i was feeling as...

loofah Hi, I have grown tons of loofahs in my garden and so they ended up in my soap. Problem is i have cut them shredded them presoaked them in water- basically tried almost everything but my husband and friends say it hurts them in the shower( i must be a masochist- i like the scratching...

storing soap in humid climate I am starting to put my cured cp soap bars in sealed plastic boxes. Here we are entering the humid season (reaching 90% humidity) so i thought it's better to seal them before. Is that a bad idea? do they still need to breathe? help. i don't want them all to get...

Don't really know if this is the case with this soap but i have had ants come and eat holes that look like that into the soap..... did you see any naughty ants around?

Good news! my husband already told me he believes it will be the same, but i wanted to hear it from you over here. I truly appreciate everybody's help. I am so happy i have a place to ask my questions and you guys here actually take the time to answer, that is brilliant, THANK YOU! loving my...

Thank you deeAnna. I guess this is the answer.As i got almost the end of the 20ltr bucket from a local seller. I guess it has been there for a while and for sure it got hot. it is very hot here now. so the question now is- will the soap be good? it looks good. i have just taken it out of mold...

ok mr. gentelman, you are right. i did everything the same as always- same pots same lye dealer (new bag though), same temp. lye and oil at same temp. The only difference is the oil, i got it from a different guy. thinking that must be it...? but why would that happen?

No fragrance shunt2011. it just immediately seized as i was pouring the lye solution. I have made this soap many times before at same temp. this has never happened...

Hi, I have just made my usual 100% coconut oil soap, but this time, as soon as i added the lye solution it became a thick mess, like heavy trace. i mixed fast and ladled the mixture into molds. it hardened in a few hours and looks good... any ideas? is it the oil? i asked the seller if...

Thank you for answering! Lion Of Judah-I am not ordering it, i get it straight from the farm where they grow and they press the oil. the butter is extracted a different way(i think they boil the seeds for that), and they,obviously, don't know about sap values. judymoody-the oil is liquid at...

Hi there, forgive me for a (maybe) stupid question- is kokum oil the same as kokum butter? on the soapcalc i find only kokum butter, but i can get kokum oil and don't know if the calculation is the same.... thanks for anyone who can answer:crazy:

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Hi rics, I used a pre built wooden open cupboard with 5 shelves. basically 5 shelves with legs,no walls,no doors. the shelves have gaps so the light can go through. and i covered it with a sheet. i will try to upload a photo sometime today as it will explain way better. the wood stained the...

Hi, I am also soaping in hot/humid climate and had the same sweating problem. I am now curing the soap on racks, with 1 lightbulb on the bottom. i cover most of the contraption but leave enough gaps for air circulation and it is working great.

People i apologize. today i took out of molds the third batch (full amount of water) and checked. like all the other ones (i have made 5 batches) i taste the soap and then get this burning feeling on my tongue. so, my conclusion, like deeana's is that i am sensitive to the soap and the soap is...

good morning everyone, yesterday i made a small batch of 100%coconut soap with a 40% lye discount, just for experiment's sake. it traced and today i took it out of molds and it was hard and beautiful.SURPRISE! i felt the zap though... so today i made another batch, with the original...

Thanks judymoody- i didn't use any EO or color. want to get it right before adding things to it... i will leave it there for a while more and keep checking. i will try to see about the saponification value. it seems to me it is either this or undissolved lye that are the problems. but...

just went to have another lick. so -at first i just taste the soap taste but after 2 seconds i get a burning/tingeling sensation on my tongue. i dont get that from the other soaps..... and robert - i use the PH paper like this- take a bit of soap and wet it with filtered water(other wise it...

thanks sistrum, just saw this before making another try! any idea of how i can calculate or find the saponification value of this oil? i really want to use THIS oil as i get it for free from an organic farm to transform into soap and they have basically unlimited amounts. MUST.FIND.SAP.VAL........