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I am embarrassed to admit this but I must be having a senior day - or week. I can't seem to resize my recipe to fit a small loaf mold. I had been making this goatmilk and honey - lye soap in larger handmade double pours. Now I want to tweak the recipe down to fit this mold and my brain just...

I have been making the same soap for years. It has a high percent of goatmilk. My method is RTCP and I place it in the frig to try to avoid jell. I've used TK's old Grape POP Mica and have finally run out. :( I've tried lab color liquid but not as pleased. Does anyone have any...

I'm trying to master batch lye for the first time :? If I want to use a 50% solution (half lye/half water by weight -cooled and bottled in plastic (chlorox bottle ?) If my recipe calls for water 1032 g and lye 383 g = 1415 total I would use 766 g of lye premix (383*2) and subtract...

I got some grape flavor oil from elements for my lip balm.. How can I figure how much to use ? :oops: I'm artistic, I hate numbers...LOL

Well I made a test of 1 oz CO, 1oz shea and 1 oz BW. Even threw in a pinch of cornstarch (tiny pinch) but the bars are still to greasy for me. Maybe I can remelt them tomorrow..and add more beeswax ? How much would you add.

My POP collection is almost exhausted :cry: All of my soap is RTCP, goatsmilk 50% split with a tad of honey, non gelled. I have not used a great number of colorants but did have good results with the POP grape and yellow. Now I must look for replacements for the grape, yellow and I would...

I have been making soap for several years. I use the RTCP method , basic oils and goatmilk with water -non gell. My receipes have done fine. Now I find the need to make larger batches. I was hoping to stir up a double batch and then pour it into 2 slab molds and then pop in frig. I have...

I loved the pop micas from TKB trading. They always did well with my CP soap. Now that they are discontinued and it is time to order again, I cant decide what to do ... any suggestions ? Thank you :)

I'm having trouble with my preforated shrink wraps for standard lip balm tubes. I got them from Wholesale Supplies.. If I put them on far enough down to completely cover my label - when I shrink them they dont overlap the top enough to be easy to get off. Have I confused you yet ? In other...

I want to make a new lip balm with the following (major) ingredients.. though I dont have to use ALL of them :) working with the idea of 1/3's Sweet Almond Oil Castor Oil Beeswax and if needed I have CO and PO I dont want to use butters..but without them I dont have a HARD Oil in my...

I want to make some gift lip balms in round tubes using my beeswax 2 tsp. coconut oil 2 1/4 tsp. beeswax (or candellila wax) 2 1/8 tsp. sweet almond oil 2/3 tsp. olive oil I hate math... if I want to add a little castor oil to this basic recipe..which oil would you reduce ? The sweet...

just for wonderful diversity.... I'm going to develop a recipe using a little lard with my other oils....OO, CO, maybe PO. I've never used lard before in soap making.... can anyone offer any special advise that I need to know ? Will my soap be as long lasting (spoilage) with lard as it is...

Have any of you ever made the cucumber soap ? It sounds neat but I'm afraid of spoilage and have not ventured into "natural" ingredients. The recipes is on soapnuts.

I know this really depends on how far your oils must be shipped but do most of you find it more economical to purchase your olive oil at Sams Club or buy it from someplace like columbus foods ?

Oh well.. my tkb order came today and I used the grape pop mica to a layer of purple on my soap. I added just a bit to my oils reserved for color and it looked grey instead of purple so I added 2 bits more and boy did it looks purple !!! How much do you folks normally use of the pop's and do...

Lets say you have a shoe box size mold and a recipe that works well... you want to increase production without having to clean your equipment after each small batch so you build a second mold the same size. Are you folks saying that by doubling the recipe amt, the larger batch would heat up...

Whats the best deal on 4" PVC tubing for those of us on the east coast of the US ? There is some on ebay... I am looking for something the same size as the Wholesale Suppliy soap bands but in a roll to economize.... thanks charlotte

those of you who use shrink wrap... do you use the ready made bands or buy it on a roll and cut ? seems like the roll would be more economical. thanks charlotte

How can I avoid crumbling on my non gelled GM soap. I line the wooden mold with wax paper..... fill mold... leave in fridge for 16 hours... remove from frig... dump out on wax paper. 24 hours after that I cut it into long lengths with my knife... then I can fit the long slices in my regular...

Is there a thread on here for CP rebatching techinique ? I have searched but it would be nice to find more info in one place ? I have scraps (tried to add them to a new batch) boy that didnt work for me ! Also, some soap that looks like crap...nothing wrong with it except its too ugly...