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My first suspicion is how I've been curing it. I use distilled water for every batch, and have started adding sodium citrate (and I'm looking at EDTA and sodium gluconate as possible alternatives). I'm shopping Amazon for a dehumidifier and need to clear shelves for more roomy curing areas; I...

Working on packaging soap to send to testers has made it clear that I have a much bigger problem with DOS than I thought. My wife and I will be studying various resources to try to find solutions to this issue. I can't do too much with a bunch of soap that is turning orange. Grim. I'll be...

My lovely wife, who worked keeping executives and lawyers and doctors organized for much of her life, has joined my soap enterprise and is working to bring some focus and organization to the mess, for which I'm very grateful.

Note to self: take a photo of every batch with the batch card in view, put the photo in your recipe sheet, and note the batch name and date in Google Photos. Future-Jorah will thank you. -=- First photos of my Sunday adventures in soapmaking... Batch 31, with honey weighing 10% of total oils...

You're among good company. Leaking molds are unfortunately common even among professionals. Imagine the stuff leaking out to be 1,600 degree molten aluminum... that will focus your attention, let me tell you...

Yeah, I have a bunch of oils I bought in the heady days of hey, can I make soap with that? I'll be cutting way, way back over the next few months, that's for sure. And, indeed, these bars have only been out of the mold for a few hours and they already have orange spots growing on them. Old...

I wonder if reducing the palm and increasing the coconut oil by the same amount (swapping about 25% of the palm) would help.

I somehow missed this whole thread, and certainly hope you're going to progress through this last phase of recovery successfully. I'm so sorry to hear (even belatedly!) about this painful incident. It sounds like you followed your doctor's and physio's advice perfectly, and that's not a small...

Dwarf dairy goats, huh? Cute looking animal (do the males smell any better than the full-size Billy goats? :p ) Welcome to the forum!! I still haven't attempted a milk soap; perhaps after I finish my honey experimental soap series I can tackle that challenge.

I concur. The first pair suit your face, IMHO.

That looks great!

I finally made soap yesterday for the first time in two weeks, and I rushed a bit and may have spoiled the second batch; yet another learning experience for this newbie. If you're wondering what I did wrong, I poured the lye water into the oils, stirring as usual, but something happened to pull...

Welcome!

Welcome! I will be reading your posts with interest. I used PG in one clear/transparent soap batch so far.

I'm hoping that the pain eases soon...

My Saturday was spent getting my packing and shipping setup organized. I prepped my first set of ingredient labels and sent out my tester survey. Today I'll pack two or three boxes of soap for shipping and hope to make at least one batch of soap. My wife has asked for a batch of the same recipe...

There are few things in life more pitiful looking than the lowest-rank, most-abused chicken in the flock...

I remember the day my wife discovered this while watching our first flock slay wild birds....

I'm glad you said it, 'cause I was going to! You could have knocked me over with a feather when I read that...