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    What soapy thing have you done today?

    Found out how to save your post. Found the line after Tara. I’m tech illiterate & adhd. But I love makin soap. Can’t wait to make the saddle soap in a barn wood style! Again thanks!
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    What soapy thing have you done today?

    Sorry I replied to your post by mistake. I tried & can’t reply to Tara’s woodsoap because she has a line symbol between 1st & last initial on her site name. I’m on my phone that has no line symbol.
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    What soapy thing have you done today?

    Thank you for sharing this fabulous video! The mica adds that zip, kinda like resin veins. I’ve been juggling ideas for leather saddle soap for some horse women friends here in cowboy country Florida. I’m gonna have to try this out. Gonna use leather FO & not sure if that will color the soap...
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    If you met someone who said they made soap…?

    A great soaping conversation start I’ve used too. I ask if they’ve ever hot processed to limit the cure time. That is a good tell. I HP because my dry eyes don’t allow any curing in the house. The draw back is it doesn’t stay fluid enuf!! for molding☹️. Every once in a while if temps stay low it...
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    How do you calm lye phobics

    I have also splashed on myself & have vinegar water & a sprayer handy. Got my goggles on!!! I’ve heard of bad accidents w/children getting burned. Gotta be ‘safety smart’ at all soaping times!! I use a very diluted solution 20/1 for accidental splashes.
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    homemade hair perfume/hair refesher spray?

    I have used my jojoba & marula homemade shampoo after 1 yr cure. It cleans nicely but leaves a residue even after rinsing w/ diluted vinegar 20/1. I also have tried toothpaste and catfish bait soap. Use both with great results.
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    Lye Soap for Fishing

    I made up a batch from a tallow & lard recipe. Added some bacon grease, cracklings, cornmeal, & garden blood meal. Stinky but stayed on hook even after I caught my catfish. Sad I also caught many old sailcats from canal that links to river to ocean inlets. Will try again nearer the big lake O...
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    Eeek! Does anybody actually use with this oil!

    I make a spray deodorant using patchouli, VA cedar wood, Frazier fir, a little peppermint for cooling effect. I add a good vodka and shake it each time. I change it up. I like men’s fresh woodsy cologne. Bay rum is nice but strong, expensive and takes over like patchouli. When I lived in the...
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    Overcooked HP

    Ever so often my HP batch cooks fast and gets stiff. I added half n half w/ yogurt too (Came out with white blobs in blue). Slopped it in molds decided to remake it next day & it looks clear like glycerin. Nice. I usually make big batches so I end up stealing half to add different FOs anyway...
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    Dial *Spring Water* Bar Soap Fragrance

    Can’t wait til you get an answer! Would love a nice refreshing scent w/NO phalates! That’s the same obnoxious smell in FOs that stings my eyes. Nurture is my only go to FO right now. A few from Majestic mountain sage are good too. They had a rain smell years ago. Not sure now?
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    Evaporated Goats Milk

    Ordered from amazon the meyerberger dehydrated goat milk and can’t wait to make GM soap.
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    Beyond ecstatic to have found SMF!

    As soon as I fish I’ll report my findings.
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    What did YOU do today?

    You must be in southern Australia if you see Antarctic summer light. Always been fascinated w/Australian and aboriginal history. Bet it’s tough getting all soap ingredients. Have you used any local animal fats that none of us ‘others’ use? Made some catfish soap with bacon grease & a pinch of...
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    melt and pour shampoo bars, which oils to use?

    Thank you for shampoo info. I’ve been using my shampoo bar and have lost hair. Better go back to shampoo 😒
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    Lye Soap for Fishing

    Do you use a stick blender to mix lye/H2O/ oils? It speeds up trace rapidly for me. I d cook my soap til saponified because of my sensitive eyes. I use good goggles too. It’s hard pouring swirls & fancy colors if I’m not careful with high temps.
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    Beyond ecstatic to have found SMF!

    Love SMF and listening to my favs making crazy recipes. Started out w/ plain lye soap for cleaning in ‘04, yesterday made catfish soap w/leftover bacon grease, cornmeal, mini pinch of garden bloodmeal. Oh my. It’s pink & smells like bacon. Can’t wait to fish!🤪
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    Cows milk soap first time

    I will have a new treasure hunt for coookies😋. That’d be a good exotic scent in a cinnabar, rusty pink color.
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    Beyond ecstatic to have found SMF!

    I love reading all the funny and informative things going on here too! I’ve learned so much even tho I’m not new to soap making (since about 2004). Plain lye soap was my 1st.
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    Cows milk soap first time

    What name and brand are the cookies if you don’t mind sharing. I’ve used some round $ tree lemon cookie molds forever. Not fancy like yours. 😜
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