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I dunno, I've never used FO and don't want to. I like blending EOs since I use them for so many different things besides soap and also I want my blend to be therapeutic first and smell good second. Blending actual perfume is fun. To keep scent longer use clay as a fixative, at least 5%-10%...

Congratulations. I was making soap for ten years before I figured out why Dr B uses pko. Pko is like the only unsat fat w myristic fatty acid in it. And it makes bars hard for some reason despite i believe being classified an unsat fat altho it is solid at room temp.

I showed ChatGPT a pic of the jar and asked it read their website the French website for this product n yep me what it is. It said, "The product your friend got in Paris is a natural cosmetic fragrance called "Beauty Addict" by Aroma-Zone. It's a versatile scent, suitable for various types of...

Please tell me why u added baking soda? Is that faux seawater? Beautifully white bars btw.

Leave all your dirty stuff in a sink full of scalding bubbling water, except the dirtiest items. They need dawn & alcohol applied directly, undiluted, using my fingers n spray bottle w 80% alcohol 20% vinegar. Highly dirty jars are cleaned individually then poured down the drain and not allowed...

the screenshot was taken from here- perhaps if Dr Squatch does in fact contain pt i should delete that comment? https://incidecoder.com/products/dr-squatch-pine-tar-bar-soap it doesn't always gel except when i nail it, & there's been times when my batches weren't as good as i'd like but i...

Green says hp bars done properly are a lot harder. I don't know if it's true or not until my bars cure for quite awhile. I like Ashley Green's 450ish pg hp ebook, but i'm glad i took the time to read her 1000+ pg cp book first. Green gives options for all styles of soapmakers. ALi told me...

I spent so long today measuring stuff i don't even get to make soap until tomorrow. I'm tired and don't really like working on Saturday. I like DeeAnna's summation from 5-gallon air-sealed buckets measured into 1-gallon mason jars for a quick melt in my double boiler. U guys ever noticed how...

Waaayy back so far i can't even remember what this mold looked like, prob when i first started soaping, but i had a mold i had to line w/ parchment paper and another mold w/ a silicon liner in it, k? The way i remember it is that i hated fixing the parchment paper before the pour, but a week...

Of course you did. We're all rare birds here, but you're our leader. PS I already knew Kcryss was prob you bc it's unlikely there's somebody else in this forum I've never heard of w that knowledge. You're the only other person here who could do that. Thank you so much.

5 lbs more hp pt soap I forgot to take the last 1 lb test batch out before i poured this and even tho i calculated the 5-lb recipe to the gram like Dee Ann taught me it still took up more space than my 5 lb mold. The smooth side is the good side that came out fluid and the other side i had to...

Interesting question. You are a rare breed having learned HP before CP. Congratulations. And thanks for helping me figure this out. BUT, as responsible soapmaker who has been doing this for awhile no i wouldn't recommend it for a Beginners, or noobs as i like to call them. Noobs aren't supposed...

Zany me too look i found a new old really good (escali- the red one) scale i must've bought 10 yrs ago in a box n finally got new batteries (sigh) in it that's SO much better for anything doesn't have to include the weight of the pot!! Whoo hoo!

I don't think there's a better way. Maybe zip em up in a nylon bag? Only takes a sec to dunk em in the sink n turn em upside down in washer machine. It doesn't have to be bone dry. A few drops water in my mold before pouring won't hurt anything. I wash molds very first thing so they can dry...

contrinokathy said: I have read many posts denigrating hot process and praising cold process. I have no wish to continue that here. I make hot process because I find it easier and safer with three dogs in the house ------------> me neither. I totally like hp. Your pt soaps are quite beautiful...

Is the texture of cold process soap better than hot process soap, or am I doing this wrong? Does it just need to cure longer? The scent from my hp bars comes thru ever so much better & i'm superfatting w super fancy oils, yet the texture of my lathered cp soap cured six months is still better...

see how clear the polyester resin is when it's phase shifted in the freeze when it's hot? And it's incredibly smooth and pleasant to the touch this is 24k gold leaf, a crystalline grade of jade called 'jadeite', copper & bronze (shavings), .999 silver shot in the tip, some kinda natural not...

I had an ex who died of Lupus. I strongly believe it is an autoimmune disease caused by the same factors nobody wants to discuss that causes autism in boys; namely, these dag blasted vaccines that are flipping chromosomes on and off like light switches! I recommend a Doctor of Functional...

Thanks for the tips. That will be valuable info i'll factor in when i'm planning my cook. I think maybe we just need to find the right temp for the fats/pt solution when we pour in hot freshly mixed lye solution, bc the pt is a trace accelerant just like temperature, glycerin, soap as an...

yea, pine tar doesn't have fatty acids but it does have hydrocarbons & pine tar acids, according to Wikipedia. Can't hydrocarbons be saponified? https://patents.google.com/patent/US1040708A/en Also, shouldn't the tar acids in pt be subject to an acid-base reaction, since even weak acids react w/...