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    Ack! Sink!

    I was making a new batch of soap and the bucket I was mixing in broke and slipped from my hand, pouring a good chunk of batter down the sink. Any help on what to do? Lots of hot water, run the sink for a long time? I've no idea what to do, I really don't want to mess up the pipes.
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    Ever been asked to dye your soap?

    My grandfather phoned me this morning. The same one that has made my soap molds and has said that he loves getting my handmade gifts. The same one that makes knives and knits and so knows the passion that goes into making things. He has asked me not to give him any white soap anymore, only...
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    Costco Oil Blend/Olive Oil

    Given that the tests people have done are proving that Olive Oil is not usually 100% olive oil, why would using the costco blend be so bad? Yeah it's high in canola but at least you can sort of figure that into your calculations. Using "pure" olive oil you can't really tell one way or the other...
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    People who use color question

    I have to say that I actually rather like that picture, the purple splotches remind me of the chunks of fruit that you would have in jam. Where everything is coloured and then you get the yummy bits. What I wanted to know is what is that pretty round purple swirled one in the corner. That is...
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    Well that was an adventure

    It is quite possibly we are related. I wouldn't have put it past our cats who are obviously in cahoots to have arranged something like that. And I always did have this odd feeling that I was someones misplaced science experiment and that someone being a cat makes an awful lot of sense given my...
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    If you dont sell it...

    If I made soap as much as I would like I'd be sleeping outdoors and using my bedroom as a storage area. (Un)luckily several factors usually keep me from doing that. The primary one being that I don't really have the funds to make an awful lot of soap. The other being that I'd have to clean up...
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    Deer tallow and thyme

    I find swirled and peaked soap to be so aesthetically pleasing, but when using soap I find that I always stray towards the more rustic bars. There is just something about them that I love, the simplicity, the feeling of getting back to nature is hard to beat. Even if it is all in my mind :) I...
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    The Zap Test: A Visual Guide

    Deep inside I can't help but feel that this whole 'licking the soap' is just some awful, mean, horrible conspiracy on those of us (me) that are too stupid to know any better. Someone on this very website, on this very forum once convinced me to try the zap test. I don't think it was a zap...
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    face shave soap help

    I haven't made shaving soap before so I don't have personal advice, but I did look into it awhile ago and I did find one website that you might want to poke around. Likely you've already seen it but on the off chance you haven't, more resources are always nice :)...
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    It turned to goo

    I'm curious as to what you mean by thick goo, whenever I picture goo it's always as some stringy, firm snottish substance. I'm sort of imagining that you mean a really thick pudding however... If that is the case I can't imagine anything being wrong with it. I'm not an expert by any stretch of...
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    Well that was an adventure

    It's sort of sad and more than a little amusing (... samusing? amusad? hmmm) that some people consider climbing mountains an adventure and for me and my homebody life some new soapmaking is as adventurous as it gets! I saw a post on here about using eggs in soap (yes... blame it all on the...
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    Dry Scrub

    Hello Everyone :) I've always wanted to make sugar scrubs but there seemed so many stumbling blocks that I haven't been inclined to crawl under (afraid of heights). You know, to preserve or not to preserve, not introducing water, ect... well perhaps not ect as I believe those where the only...
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    Liquid soap recipe

    I was hoping that someone could look over this webpage and let me know their thoughts. I'm having trouble finding a recipe or an explanation of liquid soap that is put across in a way that I understand. This comes closest but it seems to contradict quite a few things that I've found out so far...
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    Potassium Hydroxide -- Eeek?

    I want to thank you very much for your replies. I feel like I knew this already, especially about it being a company line, but hearing it again was very, very helpful. I tend to be a bit of a nervous starter but I get into the flow once I start. So this being my first attempt at liquid soap is...
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    Potassium Hydroxide -- Eeek?

    I've just gotten off the phone with a Janitor Supply Store nearby to inquire about getting Potassium Hydroxide to make soap with. He phoned his supplier to enquire about selling a small amount of it and the guy relayed to me that KOH is more dangerous than Naoh (if I got those right) and that...
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    Shampoo Bar Question

    I realize that a shampoo bar recipe is one that nobody wants to give away, but with as protective as people are I'm having trouble finding information. Right now I am using just Castile soap on my hair, but I would like to tailor it a little more to my needs. I have ordered a little bit of...
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    Food Grade Lye

    I was just reading a cooking magazine with a recipe for pretzels. It included dipping the pretzel into a lye/water mix. I was wondering if there is a difference between food grade Lye and what most soapers choose to use. If there is no difference why are we all so fussy about our soapmaking...
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    Alkanet success ... I think!! (new pic!)

    Re: Alkanet success ... I think!! I would really love to know the answer to that. I'd also love to know how an herb can colour soap, if adding herbs themselves to soap turns the herbs brown....?
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    Felted Soap

    I have once before a few years ago. If I had access to a cheaper source than the knitting store in my town I might include them in a christmas basket for my family. The one thing I do remember is that it took some time for them to try since in order to felt you need to get them wet first. So I...
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    Rancid Laundry Soap

    I've found some rancid coconut, palm and cocoa. I'm wondering if I can make these into a laundry bar, and since I don't want any rancidity left make it with a 0% or even -1% (or so) superfat so that I'm assured all of it will become soap. If I do this would it be alright to handle and mix into a...
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