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Thank you for the links! I’ll be sure to look at them!

Hello everyone, I’m still very new to soap making and have one hurdle I still struggle with and that’s a pine tar soap. I made one successful batch that came to trace fairly slowly and allowed me to pour it nicely. The last two batches I made, both immediately seized up after adding the lye...

Ok that is rather clear thank you for that. I’ll try reducing the super fat percentage. Will that affect it coming to trace quicker or slower?

Thank you for your response! I will post that recipe soon. I don’t use castor more than 5%. My sunflower oil was at 60% which may have caused it...I found a lot of recipes actually tend to use a bit more soft oils than hard which is weird because I learned that there should be a touch more hard...

Hello all, I am new to cold process soap making but have been at it for a few weeks. I have a brief question maybe someone can help with. How do you guys account for your fragrance or essential oils. I find that if I use roughly 1oz per pound of oil most batches contain 2oz for me. Now with...