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Has anyone tried anything like this: I want to make a batch of CP soap for embeds, flat on a cookie sheet, about an inch deep. Cut it with cookie cutter shape (moose) when it is just set (few hours? 6 hrs? next day?). Then make another batch of CP soap, stack up the moose on top of each other...

I'm glad to hear you found a Dr. who took your concerns seriously. I have had a lot of family and friends go to western medicine Dr.'s who "blow them off" that their concern is minor or all in their head and eventually die from a serious condition, mainly cancerous. And by the time they actually...

Yes. A few local ppl chg so much by the inch=$100 for the quilt 68x72, $25 for setup on the machine, $25 for thread, $X for the desity of stitching, they prefer you use their batting for $20, $25 for tying off/triming thread, $50 to sqr up the quilt and sew the binding. My MIL can get an entire...

Supplier (BB) notes 2yr expiration date. Best if refrigerated or frozen. I also have some food grade, opened in November. Exp date on pkg says 6/2020, which would have been 2 yrs since production. But all things have a 2 yrs exp date whether the contents is expired or not, thx to NJ...

I am not familiar with the movie Moana except that it's Disney! But, Joann's has some silicone tropical theme molds - one with two rows of pineapples (and flamingos and cactus [?!]), one that is flipflops, sunglasses and beachballs, another that are shells, starfish and crabs and one with...

@ststultz My first concern is how did you determine the SAP value of the ghee, so you could find the correct amount of lye to use? You could add some hemp oil to that soap, it has a lot of vitamin E, which prevents spoilage. @Matt223 Ingredient cost x 5 is how to determine a profitable...

I have hard water and some of my soaps do that too. In fact, I had to go wash my hands with several, then think about my recipes to see what the common denominator was. The majority of my soaps are made with a milk (goat or coconut). A lot of those have clay. Recipes are pretty standard, Oo...

Love lard in soap. My (elderly) neighbor asked me to make her some soap with lard in it a few years back, I thought she was weird. I did it and kept a bar. Eventually tried it a year later and it was lovely soap. Never noticed an odor and I have none now to smell. Will have to go over and ask...

@Lin19687 I get emb files very reasonably priced from emblibrary.com, they have thousands of files. They also own urbanthreads.com, more modern emb designs. They are both instant downloads - instant gratification! If you join their mailing groups, you get special deals (10 files for $20, $1.99...

@shunt2011 No, it was just a test for myself to use, so I didn't bother. @DeeAnna Thanks! Yeah, I did just cover and toss it aside on to the top of the kitchen cupboard. I let it sit flat on the surface, not elevated on a rack, so it could be a partial gel. Duh, never thought of that. The mold...

Nice! I steam my tops over a pan of water - bar by bar, works good, gets the entire top.

It still looks great! I did a CP coffee water and coffee fragrance soap (specified color change to dark brown). I used fragrance throughout, one part soap with some brown color and two parts of the batch light and lighter with TD. Looked like a cappuccino swirled with cream and a light foam...

Nice! Looks like chocolate swirled cheesecake, yum.

OK, is this DOS? I made Zany's castile/sea salt soap late Monday night and cut it first thing Tuesday (waited a little too long, I know). I noticed the outer skin was ivory when unmolded and cut and noticed the ring this morning. I had left it on parchment, on a small wood stool, 2-3 ft away...

Yes! It's still soap! Saponification of oils. All soaps, except for the ones with tallow, lard or goats milk (which I replace with coconut milk) qualify as vegan. Oo, EVOo, Co, Avo, Walnut, Sweet Almond oil, Hemp oil, Rice bran, Castor oil, Mango/Shea/Cocoa Butters, Sea salt, clays, essential...

A soapy friend had a nice one made from cedar wood, doesn't rot or warp. It's a 1x4" piece of lumber, about 5" long, all the top edges and corners are rounded off. Has five vertical cuts 1/2 way thru the wood on top and 3 horizontal cuts 1/2 way thru the wood on the bottom, the cuts making an...

@deadken123 Not drain cleaner, but more specifically Roebic Lye, sold at Lowes. Costs a lot ($15.89/2 lbs or about .50 per oz, expensive), but it works fine, I use it. Staples and Menards sell it too (same thing, different brand), $6/16oz. but I haven't tried there - Lowes is 3 mi away from...

@Donee' You've got some reading to do! After surfing thru your gov.za sites for standards/regulations for soap, (as in a cosmetic, which soapers in the US follow; specifically batch numbering, labelling standards, INCI ingredient names, packaging and GMP [good manufacturing practices]) I found...

@Donee' We are not try to discourage your plans to sell soap, but there are even simple things that first need to be learned. At the very least, you should be PH testing your cured soap, even before using it on yourself or gifting it. If you have no idea what "testing PH" is, (and I'm not...

I know I'm a little late to the party but... RE: @KiwiMoose question: I use coconut milk (and goat milk) as a full water replacement. I used Organic Thai Kitchen brand (with guar gum). I freeze it into cubes and I add a wee bit of liquid milk at the end to make up for the fluid amount the...