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Hi, would i steam the cupcake the whole 24 hours before I unmould it or just at the end to remove the ash?

lol, thanks KristaY, I'll give the box a try, but I agree, I think I'm just going to have to learn to like Soda ash :-)

That's what I was thinking as well as I cover my soap loaves with cling film but I don't think it will work with cupcakes :). It's got alcohol, water, propylene, glycol and a whole load of other things I've never heard of

Hi, this may be a stupid question, but can I turn gel hand sanitiser into a spray I can spritse onto my CP soap? I live in Saudi and cannot buy surgical spirits. None of the pharmacys supply it, and obviously the hospital can't sell it to me. I can however buy gel hand sanitiser that has...

I usually work between 100 and 125F but I think I'm going to try working slightly cooler as I have been finding since I move to Saudi, the soap hasnt been keeping its scent like it did when I was back in the UK so its probably getting too hot.

I've never had soap overheat before so I think I became a bit lazy in checking on it. I was hoping to still keep some of it as the bottom half of the mould still looked fine but it smelt really awful I ended up getting a bit paranoid yesterday when I made oatmeal and honey and was checking it...

I usually use normal bottled water but the other day I used tap water by accident and I ended up with salt crystals on the top (the water is taken from the sea over here) I scrapped them all off but now I'm thinking it might be a good selling point :-)

Thank you very much everyone. :-)

I am soap about 2 hours ago and it looked really good. Just checked on it now and it looks like it's exploded! It's poured out over my loaf tray and into the towels and looks all foamy. :-( I used a simple recipe of olive oil, Palm oil and coconut oil with pink mika swirls and sweet orange...

Thank you very much both of you, that's really helpful. I'm going to try and find some hardware stores just on the off chance that they will supply it, but if not then I'll give it a try what you have suggested as I really want to get making! :-)

Hi, Thank you, I'd forgotten about hardware stores, I'll give that a try. I've been going round all the supermarkets trying to find it and have been getting blank looks when I ask about it :)

Hi, I know this is a long shot but I thought I would ask; I've recently moved out to Saudi and cannot find Lye anywhere. Everywhere I look has on,y about 75% sodium hydroxide and the rest is Sodium chloride (or something like that). I have searched on the Internet for where to buy it but it...

Hi, If you spritz rubbing alcohol/surgical spirits over the top of the soap before you cover it, that should stop the white powder appearing

Hi, I've just joined this forum as it seems the perfect place for advice/feedback etc. I started soap making last year after going on some courses but due to work I could only do it as a hobby, however last month I moved out with my husband and son to Saudi Arabia so I've decided it's the...