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So I'm used to making hot process soap: 925 G Lard 250 G Coconut Oil 250 G Olive Oil 75 G Castor Oil 570 G Goats Milk 208.9 G Lye 46.5 G Fragrance Dump all oils into crock pot to melt. Mix milk and lye to get the reaction going and start cooling off. After, mix together until reaction...

I don't know if this has happened to any of you, but I started this whole soap making thing as a curious little hobby, something I saw on a YouTube video that I wanted to try (this video to be exact: https://youtu.be/4_c4HjVGk3I). I kept improving on the methods and the recipe, a few examples...

When I first started, I was buying from Brambleberry (scents and lye). But after making several batches I found the amount of lye I was buying (at their cost) was far too high. I've recently switched to using Bulk Apothecary. I bought a 50 lbs drum of lye that should last me quite a...

Tis' the time of year to start using my fireplace/wood furnace. When I use it, it dries out the air in the house to near extreme levels. Gave me a thought, can curing soap cure better/faster in really dry air (on the mantle for instance)?

After I began making soap, I thought back to Fight Club... then I started to wonder... and it looks like someone did just that: http://www.odditycentral.com/news/miami-artist-uses-his-own-body-fat-to-make-soap.html Beware the video shows the soap making process... and the fat removal...

Right now the top of my fridge is getting on my wife's nerves. Where/how do you store your soap to cure?

I have been lining my soap trays with saran wrap, and my word is it an annoying process. Any tips to bypass/make this step easier? As to why I do it, when I made pure lard soap it always leaked a clear substance (I assumed it was either fragrance or glycerin). Wrapping the trays contained...

I've gotten to the point where I can reliably make a large batch of pure lard soap without issues, spillage, or mistakes. I feel like I can move on to better recipes. I've been using SoapCalc for my recipes, and I think a mix of 66.6% lard, 16.6% olive oil, and 16.6% coconut oil would be a...