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Thank you for your suggestions and experience. This forum is a wealth of information for all us newbies. Soap making is not as easy as one might think but it is fun. I’m going to stick with SMALL batches for a while until I get more experience. I use all organic ingredients so this venture...

After giving this process a lot of thought, I think I messed up on my measurements of oil and ended up with too much oil. I will let it sit for a week or so before I try to do anything with it. My molds are silicone so I don’t know if they would be ok in the oven.

Why not re-melt and add more lye

Keep me posted, ok?

Ok, thanks. Have you ever had a batch NOT harden? If so, were you able to save it? I re-melted my batch and stirred it like crazy. It is now in the molds for the second time. If it doesn’t harden this time I’m going to melt it again and add some more lye

Is cold process made with lye or hot process? Excuse my ignorance, I’m a newbie. All of done so far is with lye.

I made a batch of soap that did not harden so I re-melted it and with my stick blender I whipped it good, added some Tumeric to part of it and Spirulina to another part and re-poured. It seems like the smaller molds are setting but the bigger molds are still VERY soft to the touch. I’m going...

As a novice I am wondering what you all are talking about. What is the gel faze? I can get a pretty good picture of ricing.

I just made 5 lbs of soap that did not harden. I left it for 48 hours and it is still too soft to slice. Should I re-melt it and stir until I get a heavier trace or re-melt and add more lye water?

I was wondering if someone could explain to this “novice” soap maker how to change the percentages in a recipe to ounces. Also, how do I make Shower Steamers? Bubble Bombs?

According to my soap book I only need a grater, pan and molds. Do I need more than that?

I have made a few batches of soap so far. I want to try milling some. Do I have to have a certain basic recipe for milling or can any soap recipe be milled?