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    Soap reacting with town water?

    Thank you everyone for your wonderful advice. To answer some questions My lye concentration is normally 35% My water is about 25% of my oil weight I use soapcalc, I love it so much. I will give your suggestions a try and see how things go. My last batch I made was 75% Lard 20% CO 5%...
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    Soap reacting with town water?

    My recipe was 40% OO 30% CO 20% PO 5% Sweet almond 5% Castor oil But the last batches I made I did with lard to see if that would help. I haven't started on added additives to much to my bars yet, I can't even get a hard bar down lol, but salt might be an option. My cure time is 12 weeks...
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    Soap reacting with town water?

    So I'm only really a beginner and have only been making small 1 pound batches as test batches for family and friends for about a year now and I have found that our town water, Roma, Queensland, Australia, seems to be either eating away at my soap or making it soft or something. Whatever it is...
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    Question and probably help needed.

    Thanks, I do have it sitting on a rack that is meant to let it air out, I was a bit confused as my first batch doesn't seem to do it.
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    Question and probably help needed.

    Hi, this question has probably been asked a million times but I have no idea what to search to find the answer I need so I thought it would be best to just ask. I have now made a total of 3 batches of CP soap and all of them have turned out differently with the only difference between the first...
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    Help from the Aussies

    Hi all, I was wondering where the Australian soap makers get their supplies. Do you have a curtain supplier that does it all or do you get your stuff all over the place? I'm looking for recommendations for oils, fragrance, mica and colours, and anything else you can think of. Thanks...
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    So very new and in need of help.

    Thanks everyone for getting back to me all of your advice has been very helpful. A few things that I have been doing. I am using a glass measuring jug and I have been melting it in the microwave. My soap bases are from a soaping supply store, I'm from Australia so I don't know if that would...
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    So very new and in need of help.

    Hi there, As you see above I am very new to the soap making game and am looking for some help or tips. I'm starting myself with melt and pour as it seemed like a good place to dip my toe in but I am having issues with my base. My bases seem to be hardening to quickly, and by this I mean...
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