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Hi Folks. Hope all is fine and dandy in Soap World. I've been trying to make round bars by re-using old plastic bottles for moulds. The results are inconsistent. Some come out fine, but there's a lot of sticking going on and unmoulding them is wasteful and very unsatisfying. I've tried...

Hi all. I've recently had a wee side project where for every loaf of soap I made I poured a little layer of that mix into another mould. Over the course of around 6 batches this built up into a layered loaf which I was quite excited about. This morning I sliced it up and nearly all of the...

Hi all. Happy new year to everyone. I recently made a batch of soap that was too brittle to cut properly. When I went back over my recipe I immediately spotted that I had mis-written the amount of lye required. So not only do I have a lye heavy soap; I know exactly how lye heavy it is. My base...

Hi all. I have a few batches curing in a cupboard. They have been there for a couple of months and would normally be ready. When I have gone to wrap them I found a few of them are wet/oily. It's bars from a few different batches, and from recipes that have been a success before so I don't think...

Hi all. I'm sure this subject has probably been covered here, but I can't find it anywhere. I have a few people telling me they are allergic to coconut oil. What would make a good replacement for it? I have read about Babassu oil but it is pretty expensive. Is there a more affordable option...

Hi all This is my first post to the forum. I've been making soap for a wee while now, about 30 batches, and mostly with success. I have run into this problem with my last batch though, and it was to my own recipe so I'm not sure whether the problem is in the process or the recipe. Maybe...