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It is a slab mold separated into individual bars. I added fragrance after trace. The bars are a little powdery after curing a couple weeks but it smells awesome.

I made a batch of soap. The lye was a little old but it did set up and work like the soap normally goes but something weird happened. I know the fragrance accelerates so I added it at thin trace mixed slightly and then colored the bottles of soap I did not fragrance. It took only a few minutes...

Hunting soap I have made actually used anise. It actually masks the human scent. You obviously have to make a spray too

I have a quick question. I washed my soap top just before unmolding and it looked great but after a few weeks it grew soda ash again. Any idea why that happened. It is a slow moving soap base (unmold after 3 days kinda slow).

If anyone is interested in the recipe I used it was 8 oz coconut oil 8 oz pomace olive oil 8 oz palm oil 1 oz castor oil 3 oz ground chia seeds .4 oz grapefruit seed extract (with fragrance) .7 oz scent 9.5 oz water 3.6 oz lye A small cotton ball of tussah silk Follow process for hot process...

So I have made the hot process soap. I ground up the seeds and added them after reaching pH. I then waited for soap to cool to 160 and added grapefruit seed extract and essential oils. The seeds have not gelled. Just have to try out the soap. I suspect as long as the soap is well drained this...

Chia seeds in soap? I found this thread while looking for chia ideas and wondering if I could use in soap. I decided to experiment to see if soaking the seeds in oil creates the gel too. I have soaked some seeds in olive oil over night and no gel has formed. It could be possible that adding...

Hi everyone I made a rather large batch of soap yesterday. It is bigger than usual because my moulds (baking pans) are too big for my regular batch. So I went to my handy soap calculator and increased the fats based on what I had in the house. I melted my oils in the crock pot and used the lye...