I have a few questions I was hoping to get y'alls ideas on. You've been so helpful with my questions so far!
First of all, at what point is someone no longer a newbie?
Could I please hear your opinions on when to add FO? I've always added it just before my pour, after any colorants. On a video from a well known soaper, she said that with a well known good behaved FO, it works well to add the FO to the oils before the lye. I did that today, and the soap accelerated terribly. I know lots of people go either way. I'd like to hear your experiences!
Also, my soaps are all getting REALLY bad soda ash right lately. I've tried covering the soap right away, CPOPing it both covered and uncovered, and letting it set up at room temperature. It is really stubborn soda ash, it takes quite a bit of scrubbing to remove.
ETA: all my soaps are made with a 35% lye concentration.
I did several searches on these subjects before making a new post, I'm sorry if I missed the answers somewhere already.
Thanks, everyone!
First of all, at what point is someone no longer a newbie?
Could I please hear your opinions on when to add FO? I've always added it just before my pour, after any colorants. On a video from a well known soaper, she said that with a well known good behaved FO, it works well to add the FO to the oils before the lye. I did that today, and the soap accelerated terribly. I know lots of people go either way. I'd like to hear your experiences!
Also, my soaps are all getting REALLY bad soda ash right lately. I've tried covering the soap right away, CPOPing it both covered and uncovered, and letting it set up at room temperature. It is really stubborn soda ash, it takes quite a bit of scrubbing to remove.
ETA: all my soaps are made with a 35% lye concentration.
I did several searches on these subjects before making a new post, I'm sorry if I missed the answers somewhere already.
Thanks, everyone!
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