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Attached is the recipe I followed. It filled the two molds I used up to the usual mark so it seems the sum was equal to its parts. Fragrance was "Vervaine Olive Oil" from www. purefragranceoils.com suitable for CP. Used only one ounce. (Sure wish I'd used zero.) Again, apologize for...

Sorry for the omission. And, it looks like the added information I sent a couple of days ago never got to the forum. : - ( So, here's the rest of the story -- Water 23.10 ounces Lye 9.30 ounces Lye concentration 28.707% Additives: 3 Tb. white kaolin clay 1/2 tsp. titanium dioxide...

No zap from the mixture.

Soaped cool. OK after adding lye and stick blending. Added clay, still OK. Added one ounce FO -- curdled and separated. Stirred and stirred, no improvement. Warmed pan and used stick blender. Came together (sort of) so poured into mold. 24 hours later, goop. Recipe: 30% lard, 25% coconut...

Big improvement. Faucet takes away from the progress you made toward simplification -- I suggest you remove from your design. Good luck!

Update on spongy soap After reviewing my notes and reading all the input from everyone, it seems the palm oil is the most likely culprit. I failed to heat the palm oil completely and then soaped too cool. The saponification process slowed to the point of zero. Perhaps this would have been a...

Thanks and another thought The link about the palm oil was helpful. But, the palm oil I used for this recipe wasn't separated. When attempting to remove other soaps from this mold, after letting them sit for a week, I encountered the same problem. I have done more reading and seen posts...

Last night I made soap batch from a recipe of 580 grams of coconut and palm and olive oils and 193 grams of apricot kernel oil. The lye amount was 270.5 grams in 735 grams of water. 8% superfat. When I melted the oils, the liquid wasn't clear. It had what looked to me like tiny grains that...

This is a blue silicone mold with ribs on the outside (from Brambleberry). I'm not sure how best to cut bars. 1x5x2.5 seems an odd size to me. Any ideas about other options would be appreciated. TIA

Thank you dixie dragon and green soap for clearing up my confusion. :-)

I appreciate the opportunity to participate.

I've apparently lost some of my gray cells since last year's soaping. I've made a hemp body bar for several years. This year I want to make additional bars so went to soapcalc to run the recipe. The recipe calls for a 10% super fat/discount. I entered this and the carrier oil amounts into...

Adding magnesium stearate I did a test using 1 teaspoon of magnesium stearate to 1/3 cup scented powder and the new mixture is free flowing. Any feedback on the use of the m.s. would be appreciated. Would Dry-Flo be a better choice? TIA And thank you, Hazel, for the bump.

The scented dusting powder I made won't shake out of its container. I put it into a round white plastic container that has a pop on lid with holes that close or open when the top is twisted. I used arrowroot, cornstarch and tapioca powder scented with essential oil. There are no oil...

Very impressive! Such beauty and variety.

The calculator at https://summerbeemeadow.com/ has a resizing feature that I've found very helpful. One you enter your soap recipe and calculate it, you can use the resizing function to size the recipe to whatever mold you want to use. Once I print out the resized recipe, I still run it...

Is there a guide or chart that lists equivalent oils that can be substituted for one another in CP soap recipes? E.G. Recipe calls for grapeseed oil. All I've got on hand is rice bran oil. Is there some sort of reference material that would provide the information necessary to make that...

Shawnee -- I didn't ask a question but in reading this thread found lots of answers to questions I didn't even know I had. : - ) You do a great job of sharing information in clear and extensive detail. Thank you for being so generous with your knowledge and expertise.

Follow up -- ARRGH! Couldn't implement your solution, Sabon, as couldn't get back to the soap until just now and it has hardened beyond mush/paste. The solution now is the passage of time or cooking it and since I've never cooked, I'm going with the passage of time. Downside is it ties up two...

Thank you, Sabon. I will try your suggestion this morning and post the results.