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Hmmmm. You've really got me thinking! I have an extra one of these at work that I could bring home. Have you tried using it for stirring your oils and lye to bring to trace? Imagine not having to use the stick blender!

Ohhhh, this sounds great for my fourth batch of soap! I know what I'll be doing tonight. Thanks for sharing! EDITED TO ASK: One teaspoon of sugar per pound of oil?

donniej I don't know if you're a guy or a gal, but if I were single I'd be on bended knee right now! We have fun around here with our little chemistry experiments. Hydrogen from batteries and foil, making sulfuric acid from "scratch", flame colorants for campfires and our own fireworks as...

I've been using a shoebox lined with saran wrap. I use scotch tape to hold the saran wrap, and haven't any problems yet.

The recipe I used called for 1 pond of Crisco, 6 oz water, and 2 oz lye. I added in approximately 10-15 drops of tangerine EO. I used a Pringles can for a mold. This was my first attempt, and was prior to doing much research on soap making. In retrospect, I don't think I brought it to a full...

I need a little clarification on re-batching... True or false: "Soap" that was made with all the right ingredients, in the right ratios, but was only brought to a false trace, is covered with ash on the outside, and is still soft on the inside after three weeks can be successfully re-batched...

How did you ever refrain from licking the bowl?!

Thanks!!

"Tis better to have love and lost Than never to have loved at all" Good ol' Tennyson!

I've been looking at Peak, too. Does the term "gel-safe" (used to describe some of their fragrances) mean that these fragrances won't fade during the gel stage of soap, or are they referring to something else entirely?

Hi all~ Thanks so much for your help with my previous newbie questions. I've made another batch (100% oo, rosemary eo, yummy!) of soap, and this time I think it's going to turn out! I cut the bars and have them stacked like dominoes on an old wood cutting board. 1) a) Do soap bars need to...

I've only made one batch of soap, and I used a Pringles can. I didn't insulate the can, though, so my soap has rings. They seem to be fading a little... I like the size and shape, definitely!

Luc, yes that was helpful. Thanks very much.

OH thank you thank you thank you! I'm a newbie too, and was just looking here to see what the difference between "refined" and "unrefined" coconut oil is. The refined says "for medium high heat" while the unrefined "for low heat." The former was least expensive, by far, so I purchased that...

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Chickens are supposed to like whey as well, but mine turn up their noses (beaks?) at it whenever I feed whey to them.

Ah, let me clear this up a bit. To make mozarella, ricotta, and other soft fresh cheeses, citric acid and/or rennet are simply added to whole milk. The fats of the milk become the cheese, and the leftover fluid is the whey. I don't know where the acid ends up, though. So, buttermilk is the...

Okay, here's a weird dairy thought...What about the whey left after cheesemaking? There's a little bit of fat left in that. I suppose the citric acid might cause problems, though. Any thoughts?

I used the oil to fry up some cannoli shells, at about 375 F. The only "fat" used in the shells is also vegetable oil, which minimizes some of the error I could foresee. I'm going to try this out, but being so new I'm not sure we'll be able to chalk up the failure to the recipe and not the...

Hi everyone~ Getting ready to make my second batch of soap. I haven't been able to find the answer to a question of mine anywhere on the forums, so please forgive me if I'm beating a dead horse here, but... Does the SAP change depending on whether the oil has been used for cooking? For...