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  1. mechanolatry

    Slow Trace vs. Soft Bar?

    So I'm trying to come up with a nice, slow trace recipe with the oils I have on hand. But now that I'm looking over the values of what I put together, I'm wondering if the bars will end up being really soft and take forever to cure. Suggestions? Here's the recipe: Olive Grade A: 50%...
  2. mechanolatry

    Lumps in my recipe?

    OK, someone clue me in here cause I'm getting really frustrated. For some reason I'm getting small lumps in my CP soap! They're always natural-colored, which is weird because I mix my pigments in very well, and before the lumps form the soap batter is clearly well mixed. But whats really funky...
  3. mechanolatry

    Difference between false trace and true one?

    Hi, I was wondering if someone could help me figure out the difference between a false trace and when soap really comes to trace? I'm sorry if this has been covered before, I tried to search but maybe my search-skills are lacking the proper wording? Someone in the forum said when they get a...
  4. mechanolatry

    Ugh.. what did I just do?

    OK, I just accidentally dropped the clasp on my thermometer into my lye. Not knowing what it's made of, I quickly scooped it out and threw it into some water. And the water turned blue! So I'm thinking it was aluminum, right? So here's my problem. If you accidentally dropped some aluminum into...
  5. mechanolatry

    My First Soaps..

    Well, I took the plunge and made my first CP soaps.. here they are! The brown-orange one is my first, its a carrot-ginger-honey soap. It smells divine!! The grey and white one was second, a clay and charcoal soap. Unfortunately, while it looks great, it didn't turn out so great. The...
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