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    Just in case you haven't heard

    Reading this, it seems very sensationalized. All foods have a level of heavy metals in them from the soil they are grown in, including ones you grow in your own yard. I have a 1 year old infant, and while I almost exclusively fed her homemade purees for cost purposes, I have no qualms about the...
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    Forgot to add one oil to cp, rebaching?

    I was attempting my first soapmaking in about a year and a half, and the next day, I realized I forgot to add one of my oils. Can I shread the soap, melt it down via hot process, add the extra oil and then rebatch? or is my soap ruined?
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    superfatting question

    I have dry skin that is itchy in the winter time. I personally prefer a low cleansing number (around 7 or 8) and a higher superfat (around 8-10). I add 1 tsp. sugar per lb oil to my lye water to compensate for decreased lather of the higher superfat, and add 1 tsp. per lb oil of salt to my lye...
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    Speed up drying/curing time of CP soap?

    Whatever you do, don't put them in a food dehydrator. I stupidly made the mistake of trying to speed the hardening time of some rebatch soap that I added too much liquid to by putting them in there. The whole house smelled great, since all the FO worked is way out of the soap, and they all...
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    HP and adding yogurt, DOS?

    Hello! I have been making HP soap for quite some time, but recently learned that you could make it more fluid, and hence do color swirls, by adding yogurt to the soap after your process. I am concerned by this because if the yogurt is added after the saponification process, what is preventing...
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    Natural colorants

    Hello Everyone! I am a new soapmaker and have mostly just made hot process soaps. I just made my first batch of cold process soap, and would like to try some new batches doing some swirling techinques, however I do not want to spend money on colorants. What are some things that I may have at...
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