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I want to begin marketing specific carriers oils to help a women's group. How do you weigh out carrier oils or essential oils? Is there a particular digital scale I can utilize that will weigh the oil as I pour it into various size containers I'm going to be offering? I don't know how to weigh...

Which type of wood should I utilize to make a wood soap mold? I'm worry about the mold retaining the necessary heat to properly cook or cure the soap after I've poured it into the mold.

How does the Sat : Unsat ratio affects the soap's qualities?

DISCLAIMER: SMF is not responsible for any sale, trade, co-op, pre-buy, fast buy, garage sale, ad or other transactions between members. All parties enter into transactions at their own will/risk. Placing a bulk order soon for Marula Oil source from Namibia, Africa. Anyone is interested...

How current (recent) should the certificate of analysis be when considering whether to purchase an essential oil or other conventional oil (plant/animal) from a supplier?

Do you still have to use some form of tallow in CP (or liquid soap) recipe for hardiness, if you're going to make a soap using sodium cocoate (saponify coconut oil) & other plant oils? Do you get the same lathering affect from soap bar (or liquid soap) made using only sodium cocoate, as base...

Here's my first soap, with GM added in at trace, that I made early early in morning hours; here's picture of the whole log; I haven't came up with appropriate name for it yet... But like any, First soap baby, I still proud mom!

Can somebody help me; I use soapcalc to check my recipe, my only concern is the milk fat (bovine) that I want to use in my recipe. Is that the same thing as using goat milk, cow's milk, butterfat? Or do I have that all wrong? I'm CPHP my oils right now, I've dissolved my lye in partial amount of...

Ok I don't have a thermometer to check my lye temperatures, I know, I sometimes do things backwards--I know y'all probably saying this chick is out of her mind, well I am, Nuts for Soaps that is--anyways I mix up the lye with partial amount of water/aloe vera juice (that my recipe called for &...

http://www.tradekey.com has anyone use this website, to try ordering supplies (e.g. butters & oils) through this site, using some of companies, exporters, distributors, etc?

Does anyone own Escali, MyWeigh or Proscale digital scale? How do these manufacturers compare to each one another? If you had to purchase a New or Replacement digital scale what brand (manufacturer) would you purchase? Which digital scale brand (manufacturer) would you avoid like the plague?

Will using a GM with cultures (e.g. Kefir) affect the quality of the soap?

Does anyone know of some, U.S. base distributors, that sell Sapote Oil and other exotic African skin/hair oils/butters? I've notice some the oils and butters that I would like to try out; the sources/vendors for those oils are all located overseas in UK and right now the exchange rate is a deal...

I went to Whole Foods this afternoon & pick up some organic oils and fresh ingredients to go into my Buffalo soap recipe. :) I don't own a food dehydrator :( ; trying to safe $$ by resorting to unconventional methods. How do you dehydrate fruit seeds in the oven (without them burning)? If...

Will lye react with 18/10 or 18/8 stainless steel? Can I use a stock pot or mold made from this material to safety mix AO/VO and lye/water solution and mold my soaps in?

I was in n'hood Goodwill store, when I spotted this piece in kitchen ware & figure I could give it a new life as a soap mold. Does anybody have one of these in their collection of kitchen gadgets & knows what it is? More importantly, is it made of stainless steel?

Anyone on Smf own molds from these two producers? What size is your mold & how many bars does it produce? How do they compare to each other or other molds that you have use in molding your soaps?

Does anybody know of online resource that sells buffalo or deer tallow?

I'm totally new to soaping, I haven't even made my first batch yet, cause I'm still in the gathering supplies and researching stages for which soap making process I want to pursue. I curious to know when y'all are making up your soap recipes, are you choosing oils that share a similar SAP or...

What were your favorite soap making books (authors) to read regarding the various methods of soap making, when you first started? A compiled list of soap making books would help those that are new (like myself, who never made soap) have a reference list to go for further research, and to add to...