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Thanks for the link. The article says, "If you get them, don’t worry. As long as they don’t zap or ooze, then you are probably okay. They are simply a cosmetic issue." Good to know.

It may be the sugar and/or salt I added to increase lather/bubbles. Maybe it wasn't dissolved enough.

What other reasons?

20190609_163436 by kmkieva posted Jun 9, 2019 at 8:44 PM I recently made a "mostly olive oil" soap, and I have white spots that I've never seen before. I've used the soap and have encountered no problems with it, i.e., lye pockets, but I want to ask if it is safe to sell this soap.

Thanks. After much searching I found a "hazardous waste recycling" event at our local county fair in June.

I have to dispose of "old" lye that has clumped together. I contacted my waste disposal company and they say they don't handle hazardous waste. I went to earth911.com and couldn't find a listing for "lye" or "sodium hydroxide." Can someone help me figure this out? I want to do the right thing by...

That's too bad...I have four unopened containers of lye that were still in the heavy plastic bag they came in...8 (

It's been about a year since I made soap and I'm restarting, but the lye I have (crystal beads) has solidified. Is there a way to get it back into bead form? I can break it up into chunks, but that makes precise measuring very difficult.

Thanks...I think the image was too big. I'll try again.

Anyone else having trouble? I can't seem to figure out how to insert an image on my desktop.

Epic failure yesterday with a cream soap (bar soap made with cream). I know what I did wrong, so that's not a problem. But I was washing the dishes this morning and found this stuff, a jelly-like, translucent gunk. Can you tell me what it is? No, I'm not dumping it down the drain; I just wanted...

I calculate a total of 15.2 g of fat, which seems hardly worth including in the oils.

Can't interpret nutritional info for heavy cream I'm trying to calculate how much milkfat I need to add to my oils when using heavy cream to replace the water. The base recipe needs 190 g of water. The nutrition info on the carton says total fat per serving size (15 mL) is 5 g. I also see...

I do use gloves, I've worked with lavender, eucalyptus, pine, and geranium and I've tried making mixtures, so they're open for maybe 10-15 minutes. I work in a small area of the laundry room, big window open behind me and a fan blowing across the table (but not directly on the work surface). I...

I've tried working with EOs but I found I get a wicked headache, even with windows open and fan blowing. I thought about getting a respirator, but now I'm wondering whether FOs would have the same effect. Thoughts? I'm also going to get the BB fragrance sampler.

Crafting traditional olive oil soap in Nablus Here's a link to traditional olive oil soap:

I mixed up the lye solution for a "mostly olive oil" soap before I remembered I need to add salt and sugar. I added it AFTER adding the lye and now the salt and sugar won't dissolve. Do I throw out the lye solution and start over? If so, what is the safest way to dump it?

Thank you so much!

I looked for this topic but couldn't find what I was looking for....Can anyone recommend a respirator to use with essential oils? I get a wicked headache as soon as I open the container. I'd rather not work with them at all but of course people like scents, so I'm shopping around.