Search results

Thanks! It has HDPE #2 on it.

I have a 1 gallon plastic bucket from Wholesale Supplies Plus that previously had palm oil in it. It's just the right size for mixing my oil/lye mixture and bringing it to trace. It's sides are nice a high and it's not too big for my small batches (>2lbs). It seems like the perfect match but...

I understand your excitement too. I started soaping again after a very very long break too. Welcome back.

I'm another one that prints out my recipes from Soapcalc and then writes notes. Sadly, this wasn't working too well, since there isn't much room for multiple uses of any given recipe. However, just this week I started putting them in a 3-ring binder. After each recipe I printed out a page...

Yes, that's probably what it is. I hadn't thought of that. But looking back, I have the same effect on the batch I made last week. Thanks!

I made a batch of soap yesterday and just *love* the color I got. I used Ultra Blue from Snowdrift farms. At first when mixing the color in it was very ugly and hardly noticeable - so I added nearly 1.5 tsp. to a 28oz batch. But, the blue is lovely now. But, it has some white swirling to...

I haven't posted here in a while since I took a little break from soaping. But, Last year I broke down and bought my first mold with a silicone insert (I had made one myself and used wax paper). I am so, so happy with my log mold. To figure out your amounts go to the stick that says "How...

I don't tend to make soap over the weekend but I de-molded a fragrant Plumeria soap made with Olive, coconut, palm and Shea butter yesterday. I swirled lightly with a lilac color but that didn't turn out too strongly. Besides the darn thing started to seize up on me when I added the plumeria...

I know this conversation is a few weeks old, but I had a similar experience last year. I made laundry soap using just beef tallow & coconut oils. Here's my recipe: Tallow: 396.9 gr (20%) Coconut: 99.2 gr (80%) lye: 71. gr water 118.52 gr. It looks fairly similar to yours but...

Thanks so much IrishLass. I got it from Snowdrift Farm.

I'm back after a nearly year-long hiatus and busy making several batches. I love the smell of plumeria, but I'm worried it won't hold up alone. Is that true.

When is Orris Root added to the soap and how much?

I think the water keeps the fat from burning when cooking on a stove top.

Wow! Those are beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing and thanks for explaining about the different types of stamps.

Those look lovely.

Yes, I want to make my own laundry soap. In my original post there are two links with recipes and instructions. If you do a google search you'll come up with tons (including a couple of video tutorials).

you should strain the mixture to get any chunksand bits out. I have a hand-held wire strainer that works nicely. Then cool it completely. When you take the tallow out there will be a bit more smaller bits on the bottom that should scrap off fairly easily.

welcome to the forum and congrats on such a successful first try.

In my own experience adding a small amount of liquid rendered my rebatch unusable. I think I rebatched about 2 months ago and its still very soft. I could probably mold it into a ball if I needed to. Others may have had better luck, but next time I need to rebactch I'm trying the...

I was looking at some stamps at Brambleberry a few weeks ago. Are these different than the rubber stamps you get at the craft store? Do the rubber stamps make an impression or is it like stamping on a bar of soap instead of a piece of paper?