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I have been making a couple batches a week for the past month and tried every which way. Different temperatures. Cpop vs. fridge. All different results... here are fun ones. So someone please explain: 1:1 Lye to water ratio and left out uninsulated - partial gel and crumbly (was mixed at...

What would happen if I did not wait for my oils or my lye/water to cool before I mixed them? Or if I mixed them at a very high temperature say 150-160 degrees? Just curious is this would have any negative effects?

Like most people I despise partially gelled soap. I have done CPOP and made ungelled soap. Everything recipe I use with ungelled soap is crumbly around the corners when cutting. Example 30%coconut 35%lard 35%olive 8%superfatting 35%water (percentage of total oils) unmold after...

I recently purchased Soap Makers Workshop by "dr. bob". It was pretty much terrible. His process and finished product look pretty amateurish. Does anyone has a good recommendation for a soap making book?

What is everyone's feeling about using oils who have been extracted with the use of solvents? Is there and adverse effect to soaping with these oils or to using the product? Every time I read someone talk about avoiding olive oil pomace I think about how almost all the coconut oil out there...

Below are some pictures of my recent batches. All Cpop with about 15mins at 170. Poured at light trace. There are a few problems. Here are two batches of 30/30/30/10 oo/co/po/caster. They have plumbers crack down the center and a thin vein that runs midway down the loaf. Here is a...

I recently did a CPOP recipe with 0.5oz EO ppo. After 30 mins in the oven I noticed some of the EO was pooling and the reabsorbed as is the norm. However, after 24 hrs I went to pop them out of the green WSP loaf molds and noticed that the EO was still lining the exterior of my loaf and the...

On soap calc these two have very similar properties and seem to be a substitute for one another. However, I have to imagine they have very different properties in a finished product. What differences would be seen in a recipe with all olive, coconut, and palm vs. one with some of the palm...

30% coconut oil 15oz 60% olive oil 30oz 5% castor oil 2.5oz 5% mango butter 2.5oz water is percent of oil weight: 35% 17.1oz superfat at %5 7.1oz How would this recipe work out? Any thoughts or changes that should be made? Thank you. I haven't worked with castor or...

Last night I poured a batch of honey oatmeal soap in a wooden mold and covered it lightly with a towl... along with smaller shaped molds. The smaller soaps have not changed color at all while the large loaf seems to be browned on the top and a bit on the sides when I removed the wood on the...