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OK, I searched and couldn't get much help on this, I got tired of reading after several pages of threads. Anyways, 3 weeks ago I made some Peppermint soap. It has 12 oz each of coconut and olive oil and 8 oz each of Wheat Germ and Castor oil and I got the lye and water amount from plugging...

OK, so I tried a recipe in a book for laundry soap. I took 10 oz of my Beef Tallow soap and melted in 40 oz of water (I used a crock pot like suggested on here in another thread). The soap is not fully melting so I got frustrated and turned the crock pot off before bed. I woke up to a white...

It has gotten so humid the last week or so that my bars of soap that have been curing for 3 weeks have gone back to being damp and kind of greasy feeling!

ACKKK! There are so many of us asking salt questions! OK, so I was thinking that my castile soap could certainly use some hardening. Would making it into a salt bar work, or is there some reason I shouldn't do this?

My grocery store had some bottles of these on clearance so I snatched some up. I got 35 oz of Almond oil for $14 and 17.5 oz of Walnut oil for $7. Now I'm not completely sure what to do with it. Do these ad a scent? If so what other scents should I ad? Maybe vanilla and call the walnut one...

OK, so if I can make laundry detergent by melting 10 oz of my tallow soap into 40 oz. of water, then can I make hand soaps or other liquid soaps the same way? I just really am intimidated by the liquid soap making process in the book that I bought and there seems to be a lot more chemistry...

I know this may not be a great place to ask this since you are all using your molds. But I also know that some of you have been buying new molds, so if you have some old molds that would be good for a beginner CPer who doesn't want to spend a lot of money then I'd be happy to take it off your...

So I'm looking on eBay for some supplies and I keep seeing large lots of stuff with lots of waxes. What are these used for? Is that for M&P, because I am doing CP.

I made a batch of Tallow soap last night and I was thinking of taking part of it and handmilling it to add cedar oil (that I use in my yard to control biting insects) for a pet shampoo. The dogs already get the oil dosed on them so I know it's safe, but I'm more curious as to whether or not the...

Why do the soaps have to cure? Is there anything wrong with using them early. It's been a week and I REALLY want to try some of my new soap. I'm trying to be patient but I don't know if I can handle it anymore.

So I was rendering beef tallow this weekend. I put 8 pounds of beef fat in a roasting pan and covered with water. I put it in a 200 degree oven for 12 hours, then left it on the counter to cool. I finally ended up having to transfer the top layer to a rubbermaid container and adding water to...

I've read on here a bit but only registered today! A friend came over on Sat to make soap and we didn't know what to expect. We planned to do 4 batches then when we go together we started to freak and were saying that if we get one batch done we'll be happy. Turns out we did 3 40 oz batches...