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Soap Calc Did you use SoapCalc to calculate water/lye? The reason I ask is the exact same thing happened to me on my first batch. SoapCalc defaults to 38% water, however it should be 30% apparently. So I stirred for about an hour and a half before I finally said... well, I said a lot of...

Awesome. Thank you.

I found this web page: http://www.organicfacts.net/organic-oils/organic-coconut-oil/unrefined-coconut-oil.html which has a good description of the difference. Basically that refined is filtered, bleached, deodorized... etc. (not necessarily all depending on manufacturer/refiner) whereas...

Newbie here. Thought I'd post this as a help for any others that are curious. I haven't even made my first batch yet. I've just been scoping out materials. Was cruising around my neighbourhood today and realized that there are 5 places that sell coconut oil within 4 blocks of where I...