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Hello! I am following Catherine Failor's process for making liquid soap, where you mix your oils with excess KOH to ensure that all the fatty acids are saponified, and then during the dilution phase, you add citric acid (or borax, or boric acid) to 'neutralize' the excess KOH. I am using...

Hello fellow soapers! So I've been out of the loop for over a year now - these darn responsibilities were keeping me away from the important things - and now I come back, like the prodigal son! Even my SMF membership expired :cry: Anyway, as I dust off my soapmaking equipment and get my...

Hi All, Here's hoping I can make more contributions to this great forum! I wanted to share a photo of a soap I made a few months back. It was made with: Cocoa butter, 5% Coconut oil, 20% Olive oil, 30% Sunflower oil, 45% I superfatted @ 5%, added no colorant, but did add Tahitian...

Hi All, So I made this soap that was a replica of the Colombian flag. Relatively happy with the colours until I noticed some dark spots in the blue portion that seemed to be weeping with liquid. When I split the soaps at those weeping spots, I noticed a bit of liquid pooled within. Soap...

Hi all! I haven't been soaping since December for a number of reasons, and finally got back into it a few weeks ago. Boy had I become rusty (or should I say "Boy, did I ever develop a ton of DOS!!" (waits for laughter, hears nothing but crickets and the occasional cough). :eh: Anyway, I...

Hey Soap-Gurus, So I've started experimenting with the hot process method. I bought a slow cooker like this one - it only has a "Low" and "High" temperature setting. Nothing too fancy, but not too expensive either Anyway, during my first batch, I cooked it for a few hours and toward the...

Hey all! I'll be on vacation in Sunny and wonderful Southern California in about a month's time! We'll be in San Diego, Santa Barbara, Solvang and Santa Monica.8-) I've got my reading material lined up (Scientific Soapmaking), and now to make the vacation a truly memorable one, I am...