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I enjoy Jedward’s. Their palm oil has multiple certificates, including sustainable farmers. https://bulknaturaloils.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=Palm+oil

I have customers who live my coffee soap. I buy local whole beans, so I can grind them fine for a little exfoliating action, or coarse for those who like it a bit extra.

I work with CP, so my experience is with that, not HP. How I understand the process is that the superfat is the end result of the oil to lye water ratio. During the 24-48 hours of cure time after your pour, the lye water converts as much oil as it can into soap. The saponification process...

That was a cool read. Made me think about where I might want to keep my soap while molding during the summer. Making some silicone molds for the tops might be such a bad idea either. And I just might be un-molding too soon. 1-2 days after pouring. Need to remember, just because I can doesn't...

Thanks Susie. Even though I've taken things slowly and read the book, I still feel like I don't know anything. Thank you everyone for helping me. You guys are proving to be awesome.

Thanks Steve85569, that post was a really interesting read. I didn't read all 600+ replies to it, but a dozen or so was definitely worth it. I think the lye will eventually level out. I'll keep testing it every week or every other week to see how it comes along. I guess some soaps you gotta...

I didn't even think of that lenarenee, thanks for opening my eyes to that. After reading DeeAnna's reply I decided to cut a bar in half and zap test it. (Thanks DeeAnna ) Yeah, it's definitely zappy.

Thanks! I'm looking forward to see how this turns out.

ZAP TEST!!! Why did I forget to do a zap test? I did use lavender EO. But you're right Shunt2011, it's a little zappy. I had never run into that with the olive oil. Since this is my first lye heavy batch, would it be okay to keep an eye (or a tongue) on it and see if it corrects itself by the...

Hi everyone. I've been soaping for a little over 6 months. Started real slow with an olive oil cp Soap recipe I learned from the how to book that I started with. Became so familiar I decided to branch out into a palm oil recipe I found online. Here's my question. When I made my first 4 lb batch...