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  1. Happy2018

    have liquid glycerine - how to use it to make soap

    Hi, I have liquid glycerine - and was wondering how to use it to make soap. I did an internet search and search on the board and a lot of what I am getting is - using melt and pour soap - or talk about glycerine rivers / content in soap I am not sure about the search terms I am using, but...
  2. Happy2018

    Pet dog soap bar research

    Hi, I did do a search on the forum for a dogs shampoo bar, and spent days reading on this site and off site. I realize that dog have a different ph range of 5.5 to 7.2. I'm not looking for a recipe. But more the quality of oils and how they effect dogs. There is a HUGE massive amount of info...
  3. Happy2018

    Soft soap -sticky when unmolding

    Hi, The black one is charcoal, the other basic, no EO no FO They have been sitting in the molds for 48 hours, 2 days, and tired to unmold them. You can see sticky and softness. Both Lye and oil was at 54 C and 55 C when I mixed. Also I do realize there is air bubbles, I thought my stick...
  4. Happy2018

    vaseline soap

    I was lent an old book by a friend, and it has a recipe in it. I did do an internet search and found this old thread: https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/would-vaseline-soap-be-too-soft.39691/ As its at least 5 years old, I thought I'd start a new one. I though I would share the recipe...
  5. Happy2018

    Embedding Cold Process into Melt and Pour ???

    Hi, I bought some melt and pour base from: http://www.saffireblue.ca/shop/ I've also been making small cold press soap shapes, that I would love to embed into melt and pour for gifts. Has any one done this? I did search and find the reverse, that people have put melt and pour into CP, but...
  6. Happy2018

    Trying to Understand Water replacements,

    On this site: https://www.modernsoapmaking.com/tutorial-lemon-blueberry-yogurt-soap-recipe/ It says, "Water replacements don’t have to go in your lye solution! Just make sure your lye has enough liquid to dissolve in for your lye solution." It says that just above the picture where they...
  7. Happy2018

    Data tracking each batch of soap made

    Iv'e been doing this a couple of months, and love the learning, and above all love the soap! One of the obstacles that I faced was how to data track each batch, and I wasn't doing a very good job of it, and then by accident, I found this...
  8. Happy2018

    Hi, from Ontario Canada.

    Hi, lol It was suggested to me to come and post here, as I have been doing this a couple of months, and I had posted questions in another place on this board. I was so busy reading up everything I can, it never occurred to me to post here. I love and appreciate soap making! lol I'm from...
  9. Happy2018

    Cut to soon or too late?

    Cut to soon or too late? I can't tell, 25 % of the lye water is dissolved sea salt so this recipe with 6.08 oz of water, there is 1.52 oz (25 %). I took it out of the mold, after 24 hours, and forgot to cut it until the next evening, so it had been de-canted ( what I've been calling...
  10. Happy2018

    Soda Ash only happening when extra ingredients added

    Soda Ash only happening when extra ingredients added. HI, I've been making small batches of a very basic soap, maybe 6 -7 of them, to get the hang of it, and everything is turning out fine. Then I added some lye to the kelp water, ( 1 batch) and then lye to the elderberry (strained) water (a...
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