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Even though I know nothing changed from last night to this morning I had to take a peak anyways just to check up on them. My wife thinks this is all hilarious btw but will enjoy the soap I'm sure. Definitely won't be using any soaping items for food preparation. I've got some PVC laying...

Well. I cut this wonderful first ever batch of soap tonight and found one other piece of equipment I will be changing eventually... The cutter! I used a 6" putty knife and it left drag marks all over the soap (soap was sticky). These soaps are for us around the house so I shouldn't be upset...

Alright. So my first soap ever has been taken out of the mold, cut, Zapped and set to cure. I had some difficulty taking it out of the mold. I used wax paper as a lining and instead of coming right out the paper tore. I turned it upside down, gave it an encouraging bump and out it came. I didn't...

Well, I'll be taking this soap out of the mold this evening and am crossing my fingers all goes well! I learned a ton just in whipping up this first run and am sure unmolding and cutting this will be just as educational. Will post pictures... (Soap is looking very creamy :)

My scale goes up to 11 pounds if I'm not mistaken and can also switch over to grams so I will probably make that adjustment since it's only measuring to the tenth of an ounce. I picked up an old crockpot at a yard sale that I used to mix in. I wonder how much the pot weighs? Will have to give it...

My next batch will go much smoother thanks to you guys! Not sure when the next batch will be but I do feel the *itch* for purchasing some EO/FO's to add to my recipe...

This helps a ton thank you so much. J

Some of you guys may have seen my "First Batch" thread where over the past week where I planned and put together my first batch of CP with the generous help of the folks here. I had a few things pop up in making my first batch that I wasn't expecting from my reading and I'm sure are things that...

Well. Crossing my fingers I did everything correctly. Like I've read on here quite a bit, eventually you just have to make a batch! The only thing I had issues with that stand out would be lining the pan with wax paper and not having thermometers that go down to 90-100 degrees (My fault in...

Alright guys and gals. I've finished picking up the remainder of my supplies today and will be attempting a small batch in a bread pan shortly after this post. The recipe I am going with seems very basic (no other ingredients such as EO/FO's) and is as follows: Olive Oil: 60% Coconut Oil: 20%...

No Costco here. We do have a SAMS less than an hour away and have friends with a membership. I may make two or three different recipes in small batches since I have the oils and see how they turn out. Will probably be the weekend before I get the time though. Thanks for all of the feedback...

I shouldn't have issues getting rice bran oil. On Saturday I took stock of what my local grocery store carried and they had some in the Asian foods section. I'm not sure how my skin would respond to more CO because I do have fairly sensitive skin. I can only use certain face soaps and...

I live in a pretty small town but we do have one health food store and a vitamin shop that I will check. (Didn't even think about those places). My wife will appreciate that it costs less as well! With a soap like this do you guys think 8 weeks cure time would give me a pretty useable soap...

Thanks for the castor oil clarification. On the palm oil I've been attempting to stay away from it. I'm not a tree hugger but the information out there kind of makes me cringe regarding the palm oil. I know there are sustainable palm oils but I haven't really looked in to purchasing any...

Hello All, I've been quite the lurker for a while now and have decided I think it's time I made my first batch of soap. Up until now I've only done melt and pour soaps as gifts but really like the idea of making my own quality soap versus buying junk as the grocery store/pharmacy. A little...