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DISCLAIMER: SMF is not responsible for any sale, trade, co-op, pre-buy, fast buy, garage sale, ad or other transactions between members. All parties enter into transactions at their own will/risk. Hi all - I have a 50 pound pail of lye (unopened, still sealed) that I am happy to give to any...

Has anyone used these? Mine just arrived (fluer d'lis and tree of life) and I am super bummed - they are thin clear plastic, and I am very concerned that they will NOT be very long lived.

I am OBSESSED with this fragrance for my house --- too strong for me to wear, but I do want to be surrounded by it!!! I am trying to find a source for a smell-alike oil, or formulate it myself Has anyone ever found it - or, does anyone have any suggestions as to how to replicate? Thank you...

Hi - as a new soaper, I am still getting my sea legs (lather legs?) There was a great discussion in another forum in which a member asked about trace. @lsg advised that the recipe about which the question was posed had a high level of unsaturated fatty acids, which tends to accelerate trace...

Hi there - Has anyone used spray on mold release for their soaps? I am thinking primarily of the loaf soap molds - even the silicone liners in wooden frames (amazon) seem to give up soap reluctantly. I have tried freezer paper and fine it frustrating and fiddly. A friend of mine who works...

Hi - I was poking around the forum this AM and I came across folks talking about dual lye for bar soap. I had thought dual lye was for "softer" soaps and did not know it could be used for bar. In particular, I was intrigued by @earlene 's comments in the post (see below) regarding dual-lye...

Hey there In a separate post this AM @Zany_in_CO mentioned she uses Raspberry Seed Oil on her face and loves the effect. Ever the oil aficionado, I immediately googled RSO.....and found a couple of different suppliers. Amazon alone has more than a dozen brands selling it! And there are...

https://www.amazon.com/Devil-Sodium-Hydroxide-Chemical-Caustic/dp/B00KCY6N28/ref=pd_rhf_se_p_img_6?_encoding=UTF8&refRID=W5ECY1HR5MTBTAPXQFZ5&th=1 just found this on Amazon and promptly ordered Best price I have found thus far when shipping costs are included Could folks remind me what kind...

Hi all I made two batches of salt bars this weekend, and the same thing happened to both: here is the recipe: 80% CO / 20% AVO / 20% SF / 31% Lye Concentration / 1 tsp activated charcoal ppo / NaCl at 75% in one batch, 100% in second. I used table salt. In both instances, I added the...

I have recently learned (to my chagrin) that many things that are called " XXXX butter" are not necessarily 100% XXXX, but rather have other oils added to replicate a butter-like texture. I learned this from an older post on this forum which advised readers that many so-called butters were in...

Hi all is there a way to confirm that I have mixed my master batch lye (1:1) at the correct concentration? I am 99% certain I made it correctly, but have a nagging doubt, as I just had another weird experience with a salt bar. Thank you in advance for your help. Clarice

Hi There Is there a comparison chart for the various preservatives I see discussed here? I am thinking of something like a cheat sheet that has a summary of qualities and limitations / advantages of various preservatives? pH Range Water Soluble Oil Content of Formula Max Temp at which to add...

I have been on a salt "tear" lately and last night I made another batch with the attached recipe from The Spruce Crafts. Because I had recently received indigo crystals (Jacard from Dharma Trading) and in The Nerdy Housewife (?) book she showed Indigo morphing into a beautiful purplely color, I...

I an trying to order bottles like this 1. squeezeable 2. dark colored so oils inside are protected 3. lid with this little rubber gasket thing so that when you tip it upside down nothing comes out until you sqeeze it. The plastic number on the bottom of the bottle i THINK is a #1? It is so...

Yes, it is a long list, and yes, it is only 2:08 PM here. OK - So i was so excited about the corrugated plastic mold I made last night AND @dibbles yin yang AND having @Dawni / @Jeboz / @midnightsoaper help me figure out my "Lots of Lather" flail that I decided to make a loaf yin yang with the...

HI all = I searched within this forum and didn't quite find an answer have you discovered a reasonably priced supplier of jars and bottles and the like for your non-soap concoctions? A one stop shop? It kills me to pay shipping charge after shipping charge! Might any of you be interested in...

About six weeks ago I made a batch of soap called: Lots and Lots of Lather. I made a point of writing the title of the recipe with the soap on a sticky note saying when i made it. I got the recipe from a book or from the web. I tried it today, and it is LOVELY. Hard bar, excellent silky...

BUMP: I see 53 of you lovely folks have peeked at this - but no one has answered - maybe because it should be painfully obvious to me! Despite my lameness - could someone give me a YUP or NOPE to whether this is used as a chelator? I read the thread on making my own sodium citrate and...

Today I made one of the Failor recipes and adhered to the total cook time rather than using the zap test as my indication of completion. Prior to this, I made two batches from her recipes and when I got to glistening mashed potatoes plus no zap, I stopped the cook - in both cases under 45...

I have been using the RTCP method as I understand it: melt your hard oils, add your soft oils, add your lye mixture - without worrying about the temperature of the oils and the lye. What I think I learned today is that when your lye is pretty doggone hot (just mixed basically) trace happens...