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Hello friends! So, I've been using the same CP soap recipe (attached) for almost two years now. I'm very happy with it! I'm planning to experiment with it because... SCIENCE!!! I've noticed some people on here talk about them changing/lowering their lye concentration to limit soda ash? Is...

Hey all! So, Candora Soap and Soap Supplies Candora Soap has NaOH at HALF the price as Home Depot; you just have to pick up the larger quantities of 3 Kg and up yourself. I'm in Toronto, so I thought if anyone in the GTA would like to place an online order, then give me their order...

So, when I did my test batch of this FO, I had no problems; but maybe that's because it was too small to notice. When I made my full batch, I saw some TINY ricing. Luckily, it started with a single layer so I tried stick blending it out, but that accelerated things a lot! My next part I was...

Hi friends! I went down a Google deep-dive/ rabbit hole! I also fell down a SMF rabbit hole trying to dig myself out of the first one, and it's been a LONG time since HS chemistry! "oil" + NaOH (or KOH for people who are not me) = "soap" but what are those formulas? Does it change depending...

So, I was given some Cupuacu seed butter (left) and Kokum seed butter (right), and thanks to @Zing 's Lotion bar evangelism , I have decided to try making lotion bars for the first time. Anyone have any suggestions as to oils that would go well? Do I have to worry about rancidity? I was...

Hi all, Sorry if this is in the wrong place. My friend has requested that I make him a batch of soap (CP; NaOH) with Pine EO. I found this Pine Needle (Scotch) Essential Oil Candora Soap but I'm struggling to figure out a usage rate. It's not showing up in EOCalc, as far as I can see. I've...

So... yesterday evening I made a batch of soap for my mom (the cavity molds). A few hours after I did that, my idle hands started twitching and I thought "Hey! I'll try a batch of dish soap for the first time!" Attached is my recipe; both the oil and lye-water solution were around 55C when I...

Hi all! I'm wondering if anyone has some advise on creating an exfoliating soap for the body, as opposed to just the hand/feet. I make a gardener's soap that is my normal soap recipe with added Superfine Pumice Powder and Soy Scrub (Soy seeds). Would that be too abrasive for the delicate...

Hi all, So, I've made 3 batches of CP with Oven Processing after, and they've all had these textures on the side once unmolding. I'm assuming they are air bubbles, but I might be wrong. They've all been my normal soap recipe that usually come out nice and smooth on the sides. Greatest...

So... I tried to do a thing and it didn't work. I was using a FO that I thought did not accelerate (thanks internet!) but I quickly discovered that was a lie! I make 4x 1000g batches (2x red, 2x gold) in 4 loaf molds. I was originally going to do different designs in each mold: layered...

So, I tired doing a "soap icing" on a particular project that's been on my bucket list. I had some freezer paper that I wanted to use up so I rolled some into cones to use as piping/icing bags. But these proved ineffective. I'm not sure if it was that I just needed practice, or if I should...

Hello friends! I've got a conundrum here. I recently made a batch of unscented soap using Coconut Milk Powder. The final bars started looking ashy within 24-48 hours of unmolding. They were unmolded 24 hours after making the batch. I used my regular recipe (attached) with only the Coconut...

My microwave kicked it! Any tips on another way I can melt my Coconut oil and Palm oil? I was maybe thinking double boiler. Any other thought? Thanks so much!

So, I posted a thread in the beginner's forum about buying the wrong lye, but I thought I might cross-post here with some extra information. I bought the wrong lye and now I feel like an idiot. The lye I WILL be using (as I usually do) is the Pure Lye Crystals from Home Hardware. (Home 3kg...

So... a few days ago, I ran out of lye. My family celebrated Christmas Eve, so I wanted to make soap while I had free time. I decided to check my local mega hardware stores and found ALBERT Super Drain Granules at RONA. Everything I could find said it was Sodium Hydroxide! Well, I guess it...

Alright friends, here's a toughie! Be forewarned, this is a random thought that popped in my head, and now it's all I can think of. Play-doh was originally created as a wallpaper cleaner. Later, the detergent was removed, and we have the play-doh we all know today. Here's my question: if...

Hello all! I've decided to have some fun and expand into Jelly soaps and have purchased a jelly soap MP base. Does anyone have experience with jelly soap base? Any thoughts on size/thickness? Videos I've seen, people really just use them for the novelty and fun of it and have left the...

I just found these soaps that my co-worker brought back for me from a trip to France in Summer 2018!!! I had left them in my desk and had packed them away when we had to move our office a few months ago, and I just got into that box. I can't remember where exactly she said she got them; I'll...

Has anyone made dog/ pet soap before? @Zany_in_CO , would ZNSC work for pets? Anyone else have other recipe suggestions? Any idea what, or even if I should put in a FO or EO? Any advice is greatly appreciated!

Does anyone use these kinds of plastic droppers? Do you clean them? If so, how? Or do you just not bother?