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That's a great idea, I will try it next time!

Thank you! Especially for the last part. I have read about the zap test, but yes, knowing not to actually lick the soap seems pretty key! I would have done that for sure. Thank you @dibbles :) I did run the recipe through soap calc first to ensure I had the right lye amount, I just wanted a...

Thank you for your response, @Marsi. The water was 150g, and the lye was 64 g. I did notice it seemed warmer than the first batch, but that means very little as I'm so new and tend to stand back and poke it with a stick. It doesn't look like any of the images you linked to, though it did have a...

So I tried making this (my second batch of soap ever) with a 30% lye solution. The first batch of soap I made was a 50% solution and turned out lye heavy, so I tried another one and added more water so the lye solution was less intense. The ingredients were 113g / 4 oz coconut oil, 159g / 5.6...