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Thank you for your reply. Actually we have no soap dish here, just the one built into the sink which tends to get a bit waterlogged so I'm sure this is the issue here.I can pass on this advice I can pass on to customers, perhaps offering the sale of soap dishes to those who don't own them. Still...

Hi, I'm fairly new to soapmaking and have only been practising for about 3 months. I made the first recipe from the everything soapmaking book which I believe was about 40/60 coconut oil to olive oil (or somewhere close). After plenty of curing I have a lovely bar of soap that produces very...

Thanks for helping me look into this. The reason it would have showed a different amount is because I rounded the numbers off. I entered these values into soap calc. 3lb oils 1oz per lb of fragrance 38% water 5% superfat 30% coconut oil 65% olive oil 5% sweet almond oil This...

PS girls - I will win this mighty battle of the soaps and I shall perfect my recipe, produce a fantastic range of soaps (and more) and I shall be victorious (but only if you girls help me first haha, apparently we men really are rubbish...) Cheers for all the input, you have no idea how...

Ok thank you for pointing that out about the measurements. I had already considered that but taking into account my uneae with numbers I thought I'd better check with a wider audience. I do feel silly now. I'm really quite sure that the issue here is that I hastily chose fractionated coconut...

yeah I've just done the same and found that the two temperature based ingredients come out exactly the same but the sap value of the fractionated is as you said, of significant value. Right then, next experiment shall take place tomorrow and the failures shall be put to one side for a future...

oh dear, well mine was solid at room temperature. Is this likely the offender here? It's definitely a measurements/sap value issue because of failed zap tests and lye crystals

yes we're on the metric system but I am just curious is a UK g, oz, lb is different to US because I'm losing my patience with these failed recipes. A lot of money is going down the drain despite my perfectionism and very, very, very careful weighing out of the ingredients. I choose to use grams...

Does using a lye calculator such as soapcalc and then using UK measurements make any difference? I'm sorry if there's a really obvious answer to this but I'm terrible with numbers. My batches have all failed despite very careful attention to EVERYTHING and I'm trying to eliminate possible...

Oh wow thank you, I've visited gracefruit many times but new directions aromatics I haven't come across yet. Great site by the looks of it, that's going in my bookmarks right away. :)

Can I just ask, if you're using a lye calculator and you're given the option to superfat, am I right in thinking that if you just want to superfat the base oils that get mixed in with your lye water, you just enter a percentage and this will be adjusted for you, but if you want to superfat with...

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Thank you for your response. I'm aware there's a lot to learn and I don't want to find myself without answers when I've already started a recipe and unsure of which way to turn. That's why I'm asking questions as soon as I find myself a bit unsure. That's a great start and by the looks of it...

So I'm looking around to get an idea of percentage of scents to use in cold process (and melt and pour for that matter) and a thought occurred to me. There are essential oils, fragrance oils and flavour oils and at least the first two come in either concentrate or dilutes/blends. So, if a recipe...

Photo's Thank you everyone for the advice, I think the worry about what went wrong clouded my thinking a little and got in the way of some common sense. I'll be sure to get around the stick blender issue with your ideas. Anyway, just so everyone know's what I'm talking about, here are the...

Hi, unfortunately I would have tried smaller batches, it was originally the plan but the hand blander I bought is a million times too fast and powerful (despite being cheap) and would just suck in air and whip the soap if I used a smaller recipe. I'm broke at the moment owing to the amount of...

Thanks for your reply to this. I will try to get some pictures posted later for reference. Thanks for the information on colours and flavours, I'll try to stick to tested cosmetic grade additives in the future, I was just very eager to get started and had few available so I cut a corner. There...

Developments Ok so curiosity and impatience got the better of me and I unmoulded my olive oil soap and I was surprised to see that the dark green in the centre at the bottom was the green food colouring coming back. It's quite oddly not in the concentric circles like I poured it so I find that...

Hey people, I'm new to soap making and been looking forward to it for a few weeks now. I decided the time was right to get a feel for CP soap making and had a couple of attempts this week but I've hit some obstacles. Could you please have a look at this and see what you think, I'd really really...

Hi guys, I'm new to soap making and trying hard to turn it into a business. I've hit a few obstacles with my first batches and this led me to come looking for a substantial forum, after a bit of searching I found this place. If you wish to see what problems I've been having and wish to help...