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    Getting Out from Under a Botched Batch?

    Groan :-( I've been making soap for years, but I make it for my household (not for sale) and therefore do it seldom enough to always be like a beginner? So I started with a recipe I've used successfully before, measured my ingredients with a scale, and put it all together. At some point...
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    Combining lye and oils immediately??

    you have more experience than I do; maybe you can answer a question for me. I have used both koh and noh; I prefer hot process (which no one seems to do anymore?!) My soap never seems to come out as hard as it did the first batch or two. I've only been making soap for a few years (ie 5 or 6...
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    Combining lye and oils immediately??

    I would be up for trying this with a small batch of lard I have on hand and have to use up. Have you done it yet?
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    Combining lye and oils immediately??

    Salt soap?! You have my curiosity up. What is it and when do you add the salt? Do you just make salty water to which you add the lye? Once I tried to make soap out of some rancid coconut oil and I guess I didn't let the two mixtures (lye water and fats) get either cool enough to the right...
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    Essential oils chart

    Anyone, Looking for clues as to ratios. 1:1? What I mean is how many drops of this and how many drops of that are in a particular blend? Any free resources? For example, I have a bottle of Young Living EO blend called "3 Wise Men". Its ingredients include Sandalwood, Juniper...
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    Rebatch 1

    Goodie. I'll just wait. It's not too soft, so in time it will dry out more and be fine. Thanks! I didn't really want to rebatch, anyway, but just didn't want to be a soap-making wimp. If that was really what was called for, I'd like to think I could rise to the occasion. Maybe I can, but...
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    Rebatch 1

    Shampoo Bar Recipe 4 oz castor oil 2 oz jojoba oil 4 oz sunflower oil 3 oz palm oil 8 oz coconut oil 8 oz distilled water 3 oz lye 1/2 oz essential oils @ trace
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    Rebatch 1

    I have only made two batches of soap in my life. The second batch was a shampoo bar, and I was a tad bitsy short on the lye. I ran out and instead of aborting the project, I crossed my fingers and hoped for the best. The bars still cut, but are a bit soft and seem somewhat greasy. Does the...
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