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  1. Menny

    Trace too thick I couldn't even pour....why?

    Update. The soap turn out quite crunchy, made of lots of crumbs... some small some big but crunbs. Not look like a soap at all :mad:. Anyways, just did another batch recipe attached. I raised the water percentage to 35% of oils. I dropped the Musk FO to 1.5 % and poured in a very light trace...
  2. Menny

    Trace too thick I couldn't even pour....why?

    Yes thats what I'm gonna do. What is the percent of FO that you use for an X grams of oils? Maybe I used more then I should? I used 4% of the weight of the oils.
  3. Menny

    Trace too thick I couldn't even pour....why?

    True! That just happend here in my case. As it became hot and a bit Jelly I just tighten it with my finger ( wrap with glove of course) . Hope it'll process well in the next hours :)
  4. Menny

    Trace too thick I couldn't even pour....why?

    Yes It is, a big supplier in my country. Is there any other way to give a good smell to soap without fragrance? I'de be glad to know. As far as I've tried, an organic Cinnamon gives a gentle to soap. I was just thinking about a possible solution, let me know what you think. Say I pour the oils...
  5. Menny

    Trace too thick I couldn't even pour....why?

    Thank you all. Ok so next time no sugar. Ok, I just ran it at calculator so next time 37 % liquid. That just what I did but....in 5 seconds it became as thick as I've never expect it to become :mad: So, what should I do next time? When should I add the fragrance? It definitely is an...
  6. Menny

    Trace too thick I couldn't even pour....why?

    Hi everyone, It's just happend to me 5 minutes ago and I need your help! The foto of the recipe attached. In short, I mixed the oils with lye water ( in this case I used beer as water, with half tsp salt and half tsp sugar ) and as light trace arrived I add musk fragrance oil in the amount of 4...
  7. Menny

    Lather Lovers Additves Test

    Wow. Very interesting indeed. I'm going to dig in it :D
  8. Menny

    Soap not hardening...Help!!!

    I got you. Is there any particular reason to swap them? any benefits? You're right. Last night I used it for 20 minutes but the oil won't trace... Decided to use the stick blender, it brought it to trace in less then 1 minute... And I wanted to ask you about the sugar adding amount. Sugar will...
  9. Menny

    Soap not hardening...Help!!!

    Thank you Saltefig :) Is it the heat or only the light of the sun that might lead to rancidity ? Usually I let them cure in a shady place, but in that particular case I wanted to get rid of as much water as I could so I thougt it'll be a good idea to let it warm a bit by the sun.
  10. Menny

    Soap not hardening...Help!!!

    Hi Dean, the length of the SB is 20 cm, 2 AA batteries. I've attached a foto below. Also attached the silicone mold that I used. Today I did another small batch same size with full sea water, and 1/3 tsp of turmeric added at trace. It becames much more orange then I thought it would but I like...
  11. Menny

    Soap not hardening...Help!!!

    Thanks Dawni :) , well yesterday I bought a small stick blender and made the smallest batch I've ever done. 70 g of oils :D . I'll attach fotos as soon as I'll be back home.
  12. Menny

    Soap not hardening...Help!!!

    Cut it today and set it down for cure. Thank you all :) And hey, as far as I'm a new beginner in soap making, I'de love to do as much as aoaps as I can for experimenting and learning and I was wondering what size of batches were you doing as a beginners? You see the smallest batch I did was...
  13. Menny

    Soap not hardening...Help!!!

    I'm quite excited to inform you all that the soap seems like going in the right direction! Last night I listen to amd suggestion and put in in the warm (turned off) oven till morning. Wake up early to check it I found out it became much harder then it was. Took it out and let it sunbathe for the...
  14. Menny

    Soap not hardening...Help!!!

    Dean, as allways, your tips are a gold mine for me! Thank you! By the way, is there a recommended amount of palm oil to use in CP soaping? Thanks dibbles :thumbs:
  15. Menny

    Soap not hardening...Help!!!

    Dean, what was the amount of water you used for that 80% AO? or, what makes it to be rock hard the day after? I generally want to learn how to harden the soap so it could be of use for long time.
  16. Menny

    Soap not hardening...Help!!!

    Amd that's a great idea, thank you, I'll do so! And by the way, me as well, just like you do, usually I use around that content of water but with differebnt oils. I've checked a soap recepie that I did last week and I find out that the water content was 38 %, Lye was 27.7 with SF of 10 % and...
  17. Menny

    Soap not hardening...Help!!!

    I have one more question on another issue so I'll take advantage on this thread and ask you here: If you want to write the name of your lover for example on the soap, how do you do it? I've attached a foto of soap that I made and try to write on it. I wrote wite a match and it doesn't look as...
  18. Menny

    Soap not hardening...Help!!!

    Thank you all! As far as I'm understanding from reading your replays, there must be an issue with the quantity of the water I used in relation to the quantities of the oils, I've used too much water and therfore it will take time for hardening and curing. My question is, is there anything I can...
  19. Menny

    Soap not hardening...Help!!!

    Thank you Penelopejane, I'll wait. Susie I've attached a foto of the lye calaulator in my first call take a look at it.
  20. Menny

    Soap not hardening...Help!!!

    Shunt, can I rebatch it somehow? I mean, say I will add oils and lye without water to reduce the water percentage (with a lye calculator of course) You think it might help?
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