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Question... when do you add your FO? I've had so many issues with any FO's that I've been sticking to EO's. Maybe it's because I stick blend after adding it and everything accelerates in an awful way.

Got it! Thank you so much! Thank you GemstonePony! It's a goner. :)

Crisco 6.4 oz CO-9.6 GSO-3.2 OO-12.8 I used 6.24 of NAOH (should have been 4.79) and 10.56 Buttermilk instead of water. I colored with a bit of paprika and added 3 TBSP of bentonite clay w/ red iron oxide. Then just a tsp of TD in a smaller portion..... Thank you Gemstone Pony!!

I just made a batch of soap and had forgotten to change the KOH to NAOH on SoapCalc. SO, after finishing this I ran the recipe correctly and the difference was the one I made had 1.45 more oz of Lye than it should have. It was just a 2 lb batch of CPOP soap. Will this be safe to use? Jeesh. 😳...

I've typically added all of my oils together without heating (or measuring temp), then using the hot lye to melt the combination of hard / soft oils. The other day I tried using the hot lye to melt just the hard oils before combining with the soft and I had a volcano mess before pouring. Then it...

I've been doing room temp and using my still- hot lye water to melt the hard oils. Seems to work great! No more microwave. I read something about this and will dig up the article. Also, there are some good conversations in here about heat transfer method which appears to be the same thing. I am...