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Welcome from Cheshire, UK.

@Tara_H thank you!

I must have missed this one somewhere, dock roots can make a pink colour? How do you do this?

My responses. I started making soap in February this year and have made 5 x 500g batches so far, each a progressively different recipe as I try to find 3 or 4 that I am happy with. Still a couple more moves to make. Is it just something you do for fun sometimes? Yes, but also trying to do the...

Thank you! Found your post really helpful.

For those not participating, it is really nice to follow the ups and downs pictorially though!

I have only just started soaping and this is definitely my struggle! You HAVE to (yes you do) start with lots of different recipes in small batches to try to find ‘your’ soap, but there are only two of us and I don’t like giving trial soaps to friends when I am still learning, but I want to try...

Thank you. I will wait. I was intending to start adding beeswax as I have loads, but everyone says it is slightly more complicated. 5% is of the total oil count I assume.

The bars are small. I used a 6 individual bar mould and the cut them in half, so roughly 4cmx5.5cm. Only a beginner so no other experience beyond the four batches I have made. What was puzzling me was that the batch before, which had the identical basic recipe, has hardened fine, but this batch...

Not very old, but just not hardening like the previous soap made with the same oil amounts. Made 11 Feb and came out of mould on 23 Feb. When you say ‘a while’ how long roughly? Are we talking weeks or months? Do you start the curing countdown from making or unmoulding?

Apologies! Autocorrect! Should have read ‘amd’

I am really grateful for the response from and, but I was hoping to be inundated with suggestions in order to widen my options and find something that suited me. Is there anyone else who can contribute? I am feeling lonely here!

Thanks. I looked into the amount of honey to use and 1 tablespoon per pound (454g) of oil seemed the norm? When you say it is just soft because of the honey, does that mean it is unlikely to harden?

Hi. I started making soap late January, making 4 small batches over the next few weeks, each one slightly different so that I could compare the results. As I have no plans to move beyond soap that we like for us that I can also give to family/friends as presents, I did not want to invest in lots...

Years ago we acquired a whole load of the wooden curing racks from the Pears Soap Factory in Birkenhead, UK, which was being demolished. We used them as apple racks. A few months ago they were all pulled apart as we no longer needed them. Some of the wood was going rotten, but the rest was...

Wow! Beginning to feel as if I should list all my other activities! Thanks for all the sour dough information as I have just received some starter from a friend so that I can make my first sourdough loaf. Been making various other types of bread since lockdown and would never go back to store...

I am a beekeeper. Being a newbie to soapmaking I have only tried one batch with honey added, which is still curing. My next experiment will be adding some beeswax, but I understand that takes a bit more skill. Husband used to be in demolition and for years we had a whole load of wooden soap...

I did my first batch in January and have just completed my fourth, all different recipes so that I can compare when they are cured. It took me a year to actually do this. I got all the bits of equipment I needed at the end of 2019!