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Heya, Was wondering anyone have any tips for a laundry bar. I just made a small batch of it and had encounter some gremlins! It's a 100% CO batch with 3% superfat. I use a lye concentration of 33% and added a Petitgrain and Cedarwood EO. All went fine until I went to check on it in the mold...

Hi there, was wondering if anyone experiencing their GM smelling 'cheesy'. Recently I swap from using powdered GM to fresh GM. The soap made from fresh GM will smell caramel at first, then 'goaty, cheesy'. I know it's not a rancid smell. Is there something wrong with it? When I mix the lye into...

Hi there, I've been soaping mostly with Coconut, Olive, Palm, Castor and Beeswax. Recently I'm thinking to take out the Beeswax in my recipe and not sure what other vege base oil have similar properties as Beeswax. Would love to hear some suggestions :D

Not sure how I'd go about this. I'm wondering is there a peeve about people who sell soap with pets around their soaping area? I know lots of people have pets and soap. Is there a NEED to let your customer know that you are soaping in an environment with animals around? I chance upon some...

Anyone seen this before on their soaps? The black soap actually have ash before I wipe it off with a damp towel, but now it have something white and fuzzy on it. Only a few bars in this batch affected. The light soap is GM. I'm not sure how's the texture of it as it's a pix sent to me by my...

A friend told me while using my charcoal soap in the shower that it crumbled into pieces. Have anyone experience something like this? This is the second time I heard that my soap crumbled during shower the first being a stout soap with cocoa powder. I'm wondering did I ODed on the charcoal or...

At the moment I decant my EO into smaller bottles using disposable pipettes. I'm thinking to reusing the same small bottle for future decants. Can this be done? How do I go about cleaning the bottles? They are Amber bottles with small necks. Thanks

I'm wondering anyone with a SoapHutch HDPE had line them before? I know they are supposed to be no-line molds but I'm just wondering if it could. I'm thinking to get one. I'm tired of my wooden mold which I line with paper where the paper bows out a bit near the top and I can't get a perfect...

Just wanna share the results of my experiment. I live in a tropical country and we face very high humidity in this part of the planet. This soap is made on Feb 28. It was on a wax paper lined mesh shelf and I decided to shrink wrapped one of the bars on June 26. The bars on the shelf are left...

A friend of mine recently query if I could mail her some of my handmade soaps to her in Europe. If I'm not mistaken I've sworn I read before some regulations about soaps in EU. Anyone can share some light?

This is the 3rd batch of Mung Bean soap I'd made and unfortunately I think it overheated. The first 2 I think I was lucky as was made in a smaller batch. This one is a 1200g oil batch. I use Cinnamon Leaf oil (less than 1%) and I know is the culprit for speeding trace. My lye concentration is...

Any Aussie soapers use EO's from them before: http://www.seoc.com.au/ How are their EOs compare to NDA? I'm testing some pharmaceutical grade EOs and becoming more dissapointed in them. Previously I was unaware there were different grades of EOs being sold as Pure EOs. My 'Lavender'...

Anyone could part me some tips on shrink wrapping? I've got a 300watt impulse sealer but each time I tried to seal the plastic tubing, it wouldn't cut off by itself. I've seen some videos people seal and cut it at the same time (without the cutting mechanism). Is my sealer wattage too low? I've...

Lately I've been toying with the idea of making laundry soap and most I've come across requires Borax. I'm not sure if I'm over sensitive but is Borax safe? http://chemistry.about.com/od/howthings ... xworks.htm

I was just experimenting a batch using 1g of Cinnamon Leaf EO and 2g Rosemary in 300g oils. I use a lye concentration of 29%. I mixed the EO into the oils before I add the lye. When it's time to combine the two, emulsification quickly took place and before I knew it, it traced. And I thought I...

So I read in another forum that some people don't bother with Castor as it DOS. Now, I'm a new soaper and have been soaping with this oil for at least 20 or so batches. I love the moisturising quality it gives to my bar although it's sticky and traces really quick. Now also lately I'm begin to...

Lately, I'm trying to see if there's a difference in skin feel after showering with soap that contains beeswax. I've tried 1% in it and today I compare it with another soap which have the same amount of oils except that 1%. Both bars feel almost the same. But don't know why my head keep pysching...

Just tried ROE for the first time in my batches and was wondering if ROE discolour the usual beigey base colour? The ROE I've got is thick and gooey. Once I started using the SB, the reaction is like when you used honey in the batch. It turned from light peach to a salmony tinge. Is this how's...

OK, I'm not sure if this is a silly thing to do. I'm trying to soap with fractionated palm as it's abundant and cheap here. The thing is, we have those that 'double fractionated'. I'm wondering if normal FPO and double FPO have any difference in hardness in the end product. So I decide to try to...

OK here goes. This actually a 1 pounder. No colour, no fragrance. Poured at trace (real). Left it alone for about 5 mins and played with it. Put into styrofoam box to insulate, but got only partial gel.