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  1. J

    Question about rebatching

    I've searched on this site and read lots on rebatching but haven't found an answer to this question. I am going to rebatch some soap I made yesterday. I didn't realize until too late that I had misread the instructions and not added enough olive oil. I was 5 oz. short, so it is lye-heavy. So...
  2. J

    Is this soap going to be useable?

    Still a newbie. Sigh, I misread the amounts of oils to put in and I used the following: 4.8 oz. coconut oil 4.8 oz. palm oil 9 oz. olive oil (should have been 14.4) 3.32 oz. lye 6 oz. water. It came to trace very quickly, and I couldn't figure out why there wasn't as much soap as usual when I...
  3. J

    First Batch

    Successful unmolding and cutting of my very first batch of handmade soap! Took a little longer to set than I expected, and I sure learned a lot during the process. It's a lavender citrus scent, but I used essential oils because that's all I had, and already the smell is fading.:-( But I'm...
  4. J

    How much do I use?

    I am very new to soap making, and am going to be making my 2nd ever batch. I would like to mix grapefruit essential oil, sweet orange essential oil, and lavender fragrance oil. I am making a 4 pound batch of cold process soap. I have been trying to research how much of the oils (in oz. or...
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