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I've been at my Mom's all summer and haven't been soaping at all up here. I got some lye (rooto 100% lye drain opener from the hardware store), lard, CO (crisco organic brand) and some OO. 65% Lard, 15% CO and 20% OO, lye wt from soapcalc. No color, fragrance, or other additives...

Ugh, I just cant seem to get goat milk soap working. I made a GM batch a few weeks ago, scented it with lemon & litsea EOs. It over heated quite a bit, full gel, but no explosion. It had the usual ammonia smell when tracing. Today when I smelt it, it still smells good and lemony, but after...

Is it possible to HP accidently? I made some CP GM soap. It got to about 140 F at trace, I added GM and then it took off. In about 15 minutes from light trace it started gelling, changed texture, got thick, took in air, and had to be spooned into the mold. I put it outside in a blizzard...

/* start rant I just moved back to Colorado, and started up soaping here. I really want to use lard. The City Market didn't carry it, so I went to Whole Foods. I had to ask someone if they carried lard, and they gave me the dirtiest look, and practically threw me out to never come back...

What's this? Why? Now what? I made a loaf of GM soap yesterday. It hardened up and was ready to take out of the mold. When I turned it over ... 40% lard , 18%CO, 22%Crisco, 10%Avocado O, 10%Apricot Kernl O. Superfat 10% Used 1/2 the water amount to mix the lye, added the same amt of...

Surely this has been done... what would you use to clean up your hands after making a batch of soap? Something to get the EO scent off, and counteract the drying that happened from getting your hands in soap solution and washing all those dishes?

I made a batch of soap and put some awful lavender FO in it. Then I put the box outside because I can't stand the smell of it. I was cleaning up toady, and saw that there are only 2 bars left. All I can think of is that the deer ate it. would they do that? They never ate any of...

I have some wire shelves that are coated with white (paint? plastic?). The kind that are in the closet area of Lowe's and Home Depot. Are they OK to dry soap on, or will the metal get through the covering and react with the soap?

This is the trouble loaf I've been waiting for all week. I cut it (still too soft to cut, see how it smooshes). what are all this tiny white irregular specs? they are tip-of-toothpick size. I dug some of them out and zap tested, they are fine. Could they be air bubbles?? There is kaolin...

The first few batches of soap I made came from a recipe in a published book. Pretty pictures, text seemed to make sense. I've been using the soap, and gave some away for testing. Started wondering why my skin felt so dry, so I ran the recipe through the soapcalc. Turns out it was pretty Lye...

I made this soap 2 days ago. It is still very soft, like yogurt. It zaps and the pH tape is off the top of the chart. It hasn't separated. In the mold it looks just like it should. I have a lot of soft oils, and it never got very hot. The nights have been in the 60's, too. So if I...

I do summertime in my RV, but close it up, winterize, and leave for the winter. It freezes and thaws with the weather. (Ohio). What do you think will happen to the cp soap I keep there? Will it freeze and thaw OK? It shouldn't be subject to quick temp changes like when you take something...

I just finished my ninth batch of CP soap. I have a question about measurements. When I started, everything I read said it was very important to measure very carefully, use grams instead of oz for more precision. The implication was that you would have a chemical weapon on your hands if you...

WSP mis-labelled FO? Has anyone had problems with WSP orders? I got my box of goodies from WSP today. I opened the bergamot-mandarin FO, and got a strong spot-on scent of Bazooka Bubblegum. Not citrusy at all. Not gentle. I know it's oob, but I don't think it's gonna morph...

It's the best thing ever! Anyone else know the slapstick routine where you leave the blender standing up in the pot to go get something and when you come back you trip and and hit the blender and it cartwheels across the kitchen spewing hot oil and lye? It's hilarious, believe me.

I made my first batch of soap a little more than a month ago. I just finished batch 5. So what do I do with all these cured bars of soap I'm accumulating? I imagine some will end up in the trash like batch #2 did; but other will be perfectly good. I can already see that what I've made is...

How can I get the FO smell out of my kitchen? I made a batch of soap with my daughter, she used lots of jasmine FO. I'm very sensitive to scents, and it's giving me headaches. I moved the soap outside, but cleanup did not get rid of the scent that is still everywhere inside (it's a very...