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Ok, thanks, IrishLass

Is it ok to use the soap if there are undissoved speckles of color?

Appreciate input! Irish Lass, yes, i did try hot process too, and it was easier; you're right! I do think I like the smoother soaps with cp though too. Well, I had disappointing results recently with adding clays for color, so I think I will search threads for this new issue with coloring...

Looking over the threads, I am wondering if too much water caused the soap to ball up like kneaded bread. The cp soap I shredded was only about two weeks old......hm.....? one thread said you don't need to add any water to "new" cp- but I am not sure if new means days old or weeks old. Has...

Thanks, all. I will try using crockpot today! I guess " hand milling" is a better term. I am hand milling my successful cold process soap just to try it out! I made the basic soap for this purpose. I like the idea that you can use less fragrance and that the color stays truer with the hand...

I have tried to rebatch soap, carefully following directions I've read in books. (I am trying to rebatch a successful basic cold- precessed soap. My soap goes from slightly melted to suddenly balled up like bread dough that is ready to be kneaded! It never reaches the watery cottage cheese or "...

Crystals It's very odd; it looks nothing like soda ash. It looks like tiny little prickles that you would see on a cactus plant, vertically oriented and shiny- lye or salt -like in appearance. I did finally get the nerve to touch my tongue to this soap. No zing at all!!! Bigger, braver lick: no...

Hi, please advise : I have made several batches of soap without problems. However, I recently made a batch using frozen 1/2 and 1/2. I'm sure I measured everything correctly, so perhaps the lye did not fully dissolve. There are only very tiny crystals sticking out of the top, some slightly...