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I usually make all my own equipment for soap making whenever possible as it tends to save me a good deal of money and honestly I just like building things. I'm working on building a soap loaf cutter as well as a planer/beveler. I had a couple quick questions for those of you who also make your...

So today I de-molded part 1 of a 3 part batch I am putting together for a new commercial client's first order. They wanted 3 bars each of 12 different scents as they want to see which ones sell the best in their salons and narrow it down to the 4 or 5 best sellers for their next order. So I...

So I had a couple possible ideas for soap molds to address specific issues that many soap makers have experienced. I did a lot of searching online and couldn't find a single example of one of these ideas being implemented into the design of a soap mold. This leads me to consider a few...

I've been experimenting with different additives in my soap lately. Not because I find my soaps are lacking in anything. It's more just for fun than anything else. I have a curious mind and always like to experiment with different things. One of the additives I've been playing with lately is...

So I've been making soap for quite some time now but as of yet have not made a true Castile soap. Sure, I've made plenty of "Bastile" soaps but always put off making a Castile for a couple reasons. The first, and foremost, is the incredibly long cure time. I am, at my core, a very impatient...

Anybody here sell large bars of soap? Like 10+ ounces? If so, do you find that they sell well as opposed to the smaller bars? I picked up a couple of 10oz handmade bars from a local farmers market and I rater like them. I was thinking of making some big ones and selling them as part of a gift...

Been working on making a new loaf mold this week. Finally have the exterior of the mold and the lid more or less complete. All I have left to do is fashion a polycarbonate liner with removable dividers. That'll be a project for this weekend. Thinking of hitting it with a nice stain and a good...

So I built this decent size mold last night to accommodate a custom size request from a client and I need to test it today to make sure it works properly. The mold holds a fair amount(5.5lbs oils, over 8lbs finished soap batter). Because this would be a fairly sizable test batch, and potentially...

I have a client that wants a specific dimension to the soaps they are ordering from me so last night a slapped together a quick wooden loaf mold to accommodate this. From start to finish it only took me about 3 hours. My band saw needs some adjustments and I used cheap pine plywood so it's not...

Has anybody here used this software before? Especially interested if anybody has used the professional version. It looks really cool and seems like it would be a great help in organizing everything...instead of the pile of notebooks with pages upon pages of handwritten notes, recipes, costing...

I recently obtained my first commercial client. They own a pair of high-end salon/spas and were sufficiently impressed with my soap that they now want to stock it on their shelves and are willing to buy it wholesale from me at almost my retail price. The only caveat is that they want the front...

I'd been wanting to try using silk in cp soap for a while now and finally got around to it tonight. I read in many places that you can use 100% silk cloth in place of the liquid or powdered silk amino acids so that's what I did. I went to Joanne fabrics and picked up a half yard of natural...

Finally gave in and made my first salt bars. I just took a new day job and have been working nonstop and have very little free time so the fact that I could make the soap, remove it from the mold, and cut the bars all in the span of a few hours appealed to me. I'm also in the process of...

So I'm thinking I want to play around with some embeds today. Haven't ever done embeds before but I have some old white and clear mp base lying around doing nothing so I figured what the hell right? I've seen all the ball, square, and heart embeds but I wanna try something a little more funky...

Ok, so this is my second time trying the tiger stripe technique. I wanted to go for a zebra stripe so I used some TD for the white and some pearl black mica for the black...er...grey. Yup, the black stripes came out dark gray as I feared they might. It was my first time using black mica(a decent...

I've always bought my lye locally. When I lived in Philadelphia there were plenty of places where I could find it. Now I live in Florida and the only place close to me that carries it is the Lowes hardware store a couple towns over. The one in my town doesn't stock it and won't order it for me...

Just a few quick questions. I am a professional chef and have access to a steady supply of free bacon grease. If I were to purify and filter said grease, would if behave the same way in cp soap as traditional lard? Would it have the same saponification value as lard? I use lard in soap...

Tried the tiger stripe technique for the first time. The soap is lard, coconut oil, olive oil, castor oil, red palm butter, and cocoa butter. The fragrance is clean and masculine. Inspired by the green irish tweed fragrance by creed.