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Well, yesterday I decided to make my final soap for Christmas. It was a new Sandalwood FO that I've never used before. Everything went well enough; however, after about 10min in the mold, I noticed that the soap had risen by about 1.5" and was extremely hot to the touch. I typically insulate...

I have a large pot that I use exclusively for soap making. However, for very small batches (i.e., 2lbs) I use a small pot from my kitchen. After I use it, I wash it by hand and then run it through my dishwasher a second time to ensure it's sparkly clean. I've seen some posts were people state...

I purchased a number of fragrant oils from NDA last December, which I used in January and February without any issues. However, I recently made a few batches of soap using the same fragrances, but the smell now seems to fade within a few days of curing. This has never happened to me before...

I've recently noticed something... If I formulate a recipe on SoapCalc which doesn't use any added fragrance oils, and then formulate the exact same recipe with added fragrance, both recipes come out being exactly the same. (Same water amount, same lye amount, etc.) This seems to indicate...

I've not used a lot of essential oils before (mostly due to cost), but I've always wanted to. So I decided to purchased a few smaller bottles at reasonable prices with my last supply order, including Patchouli (requested by a friend) and Lemongrass. Straight out of the bottle, I...

OK... I've been at odds with the local by-law office since I began considering selling my soaps. Where I live (in Canada), the local by-laws forbid the operation of any manufacturing business within a residential area. As soap making is considered manufacturing, I'm basically stopped as I...

My digital kitchen scale is in need of replacing... Does anyone have any recommendations re: brand / model for a new scale?

Well, today it finally happened... I broke down and re-batched two small batches of soap (2 lbs each) that I made last week. I've been using the same recipe for years (50% Lard, 33% Olive Oil, 10% Canola Oil, and 7% Castor Oil). I typically super-fat at 8%, but only did 5% in these batches...

OK, so I always thought that Castile Soap's were strictly Olive Oil, Water, and Lye. But I keep reading all over the internet that as long as a soap uses only non-animal fats that it also qualifies as Castile. This doesn't sit well with me. I'm pretty certain there were no Coconut Oil, Shea...

Just wanted to introduce myself. I'm 42ys old and grew up hating soap. I hated the way they smelled; I hated the way they felt; I hated the way they dried out my skin. It wasn't until decades later that I realized the products I was using weren't "real" soaps at all, they were detergents. So...

Hi everyone, I live in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. I checked with my local by-law office and they stated that I cannot start a soap business in my home because they consider it to be manufacturing. I challenged them on this and they told me "making soap is manufacturing, making a quilt is a...