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Knee High's I can't remember where I picked this tip up but I use Knee high hose to buff and remove ash. I usually sit with a spray bottle of water and spritz and buff. It also is nice to use just to add a shine to your bars.

Glue Dots I have had a small problem with shrinkage biut I secure cigar band with a glue dot and pull paper tight. For the most part I have little initial slippage only if it sits for a few months then if it shrinks I pull apart and retighten the band. Glue dots in quantiites are availble at...

I read this method in one of my books that for CP that you shoudn't throw away raw soap. I guess because it is still has not been completly saponifed. They suggested to use old towels, or rags, to wipe everything out and off, then place the rags in a trash bag left open to sit for 7- 10 days...

I have the sweetest family that I get my milk from they have about 10 goats. I am sure she could answer any questions you mght have let me know if you want her email address. I am buying a new house this spring and I keep telling my husband we have to get enough land that I can have goats, he...

I agree about the library, that is where i found all of the books that I later bought. If you are interested in Hot Process a great book is Handcrafted Soap by Delores Boone. I still use some of her recipes in CP. Also The Everything Soapmaking book by Alicia Grosso and lastly Soapmaker's...

I finally found a farm that I can buy it from it is an hour and a half round trip. Have been working hard at trying to make a decent batch. Lot harder than normal CP or using the powdered milk. It keeps seizing on me when I put in the color and oils. Saturday tried everything at room...

I have a good hot process recipe. I put in a dog bone mold. They have sold fairly well. Uses EO, Fir Needle, lavender, tea tree, eucalyptus and patchouli. Natural way to keep the fleas off. Let me know if you are interested in the recipe. [/url]

I wish I could say the same I am getting so frustrated. I made my 3rd batch of GM soap yesterday and I watched the temps so carefully. Had the GM at at around 72, the oils were around 76 and the lye water after many hours was finally down around 90 so I decided to mix it up. Pudding again. I...

I have never tried Roebic but I found my lye at Ace Hardware. I now have them order a case of 12 for me so I don't have to keep running back and forth. A 16oz container is 3.49. Not sure how the compares.

Hi Brenda, I have made about 30 batches of CPHP and I think I have it down so let me help if I can. If your soap is forming a dry film on the sides in most cases it is because your heat is too high. It depends on the corockpot sometimes Low is to hot and you need to put it on warm instead...

Hi Paul, I am a newbie to this board and fairly new to soap making about 9 months now. I finally found a farm that will sell me GM. So this past weekend I got my books out and followed instructions carefully(I thought) and both batches seized on me, first time ever this has happended. I paid...

For me I have found the best packaging has been the cigar bands and then I use a glue dot to secure, I finish it off with a thin piece of raffia tied in a bow to keep it fom slipping out of the band. CP loves to breath from what I have exerienced. I looked at the boxes but I think packaging so...

Hi Brenda, Just sent you an email. But in case anyone else could benefit I use soap calc for my HP batches as well as CP. I do change the water down to 32 % of oils and super fat to 7%. I came up with the change in the caluclations from loading several recipes that I had tried from...

Are they still available? If so send me a quick email I would love to have them.

I used it when following a recipe I found in a book for a Hot Process recipe and it came out a beautiful yellow. I also added crushed camomile in it with a chamomile bergamot fragrance. In her recipe she added it instead of water with the lye. Just brew and steep the amount you usually would...

I have a recipe I love that I created that has no palm or palm kernal. I feel the same about the deforestation movement and want to do my part. I will give this to you with percents that way you can size it to your liking. This makes a nice hard and lathery bar and the shea and avocado help...

I love this forum, so many great ides. Red popping corn that sounds great...I hve seen cornmeal used in a couple of the books I got from the library I will see if I still have them to get the amount they added. To grind it I wonder if a coffe grinder would work?

I read the same thing and had the same question. Then I started thinking aboiut Castille Soap and realized it didn't have an INS of 160. Personally I would like to make a batch without Coconut Oil for my personal use and this is when I realized it was very difficult to make a batch without it...

Thanks for the mission peaks suggestion. THey are exactly what I have been looking for and only 1.98 each, that's a great deal even with shipping. I have probably spent much more than that just driving around looking for them locally.

I fould aloe juice at the drug store where the pharmaceuticals are sold it was $9 for a gallon. I am planning to use it instead of my water. Haven't tried it yet/ But want to say thanks for the post on the blender. I just bought several aloe plants to use but wasn't sure how to add the...