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So I am frustrated....I know this has happened to me in the past, and I don't remember why it happened. I had to take about a 10 year break from making soap to care for my husband who was very ill. I made my first batches of soap (4) in 10 years in December, and they were perfect. However, I...

How long would you insulate a 12lb. soap mold? with a blanket?

Accidentally I ordered a 50lb bag of lye instead of a 5lb. The manufacturer would not take it back. I have been afraid to open it. How would you use the 50lb bag of lye? Is it possible to move the lye into other, say 2lb., containers without it attracting too much moisture? Your...

I made four batches of soap yesterday for the first time in 7 years. Each batch is poured into a wooden soap mold with a plastic liner. Each batch is 12 lbs. Each batch makes 44 bars. I stack the molds one on top of each other with a plexiglass sheet between them and a blanket. Now it...

I was blessed to buy my eo's from CH-Imports in nearby Greensboro, NC for all the years I made body care products. Jack Bolini was a great teacher as well as trusted friend. Unfortunately he passed away, and now that I am going back into the marketplace, I don't know who to trust. Who do you...

I began making cold process bar soap in 1996, and continued until 2010 when my husband became very ill, and I had less and less time to make soap. Now I want to begin again. During all of those years I used Rosemary Oil and Grapefruit Seed Extracts as my natural preservative. What is everyone...