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I have soaped with beer for several years with no problem. I made a batch today and i noticed the cover on the loaf mold was raised very shortly after poring. I looked and the top of soap was crack as if over heated. i prep beer by boiling and cooling then freezing in ice trays. I have never had...

I changed what I normally do which is covering each mold in a towel. This seems to have stopped the problem. Thanks

I have been soaping for several years. For the past several months I have noticed my silicone loaf molds producing orange peels texture of side of loads as I unfold them. it is doing it in brand new molds as well. Am I removing them too soon from mold? Puzzled by this one.

So basically, I need to drastically raise my coconut percentage while reducing overall batter amount to fit into existing mold size relative to my old recipe. If I use 100% salt amount to soap I need to reduce my soap batter by half or whatever salt amount I choose?

Ive been making soap for quite a while now. I make cold process using 30% coconut, 30% olive, 30% palm and 10% castor. Great results in all my variations. I have several people wanting me to make a salt soap. The type that has the actual crystal in the bar not the brine type. My question is ...

I have used red palm oil with great success. I usually use about %40-50 of my palm oil component with red palm and use regular responsibly harvested palm oil for rest in addition to my other oils. Since most oil combinations will have a rather yellow color, the red palm turns the batch a...

Thanks, anyone else have more wonderful tips. I'm open for all you guys wisdom.

I have successfully made several batches of soap with good results. I understand all the basic properties and how the process works fairly well. I am always open to the wisdom of you guys who are much more experiences thank I am. My main concern here is I am wanting to use oxide colorants...

Thanks for,the response. I'll check them out. If anyone else has any please feel free to send them.:clap:

Thnaks so much for the info. This is a really good article. The one thing I need in addition to the description she gives is measurements. The few articles or posts I have found seen to lack this. I guess I'm just being too male but not real sure on the spacing on bottom platform pieces and...

I'm new to soaping. I have learned a lot from this forum and I'm willing to learn much more. The problem I'm having is common I'm sure to many others, it is trying to obtain or make equipment to soaping, specifically cutters. I've been using a "miter box" style cutter box with fair results. I'm...

Kinda new to this and I'm taking in all that everyone says. Great stuff. Just completed my first batch of GM soap. Added lye to frozen milk in ice bath, beautiful ivory cream colored milk. Actually almost too cool to add to oil for a little while , let it warm up just a little. I added and...