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An outstanding guide for beginners! A couple of suggestions to clarify for beginners that might be helpful: Define what "nonreactive" means for the beginner You might include pictures of non-common items for a beginner like an immersion blender or examples of soap molds I would change the font...

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Thanks Krista! It's a thriving hobby. There's a guy in Canada who started making his own rings about 15 years back and within a few years he was making and selling enough rings that he was able to quit his job. Today I know he has over 4 large industrial ring making machines and a lot more. His...

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I'd have to say GSG. I love the flat, tight form that makes a great bracelet but Jen's Pind is great weave that makes a beautiful necklace. Another I love but have difficulty weaving is Dragon Scale.

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Thanks! But no cosplay, only jewelry making or those pouches or books about it.

As someone being new to soap making, soapcalc has been invaluable so far so if you had a version here, that would be awesome. Then the soapmakingforum becomes a one-stop website :D

If I remember correctly it was 1.2 oz but the FO I had was probably 4 years old. It smelled very good after pouring the soap but dissipated after curing. I'll purchase a newer FO and give that a shot.

Thanks for the heads up dibbles. I thought something was off and once you gave the total soap weight (oils+lye+water) I went back to my first batch recipe and that total matched the first mold. The adjusted recipe is below:

Craig, I'm using the default 38% water from soapcalc with the lye concentration being 26.417% or a 2.7855 to 1 ratio of water/lye. You are correct, no swirling. Given the larger amount of olive oil, what do you recommend for the water %? I found an old thread by IrishLass where she mostly uses...

Thanks for that tip cmzaha. As I mentioned in my original post, after a month of curing the scent was almost gone so I've updated my recipe based on your numbers and KristaY's ideas. The update recipe is as follows: Oatmeal Soap with Almond FO Batch size: 3 lbs (48 oz) Mold: Tall 12" silicone...

Thanks KristaY! That's exactly the kind of advice I was looking for. I started by going off the original recipe which used 1/4 c oatmeal per 16 oz of oils so I had no real-world knowledge of the amount. And I'll drop the CO to OO as suggested, thanks!

I'm about to make my 2nd ever batch of CP soap. Pictures of that first batch can be found here. The only "issue" I had with that first batch is after a month of curing, the almond scent is almost gone. For my second batch, my wife wanted a soap with oatmeal in it. I found an old oatmeal soap...

Thanks! And thanks for the tip on the fragrance, checking it out now.

Susie, that totally makes sense but what I'm trying to reproduce is a small commercially manufactured hand soap I found at a bed and breakfast that left a wonderful almond aroma on my hands even after washing off the soap and drying.

It's been about two weeks so I decided to try one of the sticks of soap I cut from my first batch ever. It lathered up very nicely and quickly and left a wonderful soft feeling because of the shea butter. As long as I didn't let it set in a puddle of water it dried right up. Not bad after two...

Thanks for the info green soap! I was aware of #2 as far as the lemon grass but will attempt a cooler mixture too. I love rosemary so I think I'll give that a shot with the other suggestions.

Thanks for the info dixiedragon. I looked up their Energy FO and I don't think it's what I'm looking for. I want to try to stick with only a lemony scent. Thanks Cindy2428. I'll keep that in mind. My first and only batch of soap so far I used an almond FO so it's nice to know that EOs tend to...

I apologize if this has been answered already but being new my forum search-fu is currently weak. For my second soap, I'd like to give it a refreshing lemony scent. But I've read on other sites that citrus EOs or FOs are difficult to bind with the potential exception of lemon grass EO. Does...