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Does anyone print your ingredients on the reverse side?

After making soap using equal amounts of coconut oil, olive oil and lard (and small amount castor oil), this batch is still soft three days later. I couldn't get the soap out of the molds without changing the shape. My other soaps made the same, except using vegetable ghee instead of lard (has...

You can buy a stick blender at Walmart for $20 and used crock pot at a thrift store for $5 or less. I've seen lots of crock pots at thrift stores, but personally haven't seen a stick blender there. Someone did give me a thrift store stick blender with the plastic end and it has worked fine (no...

Why did one commenter say to spray the top with alcohol? I know for heat and pour soap you do that for air bubbles. Not sure about finished CP soap.

I noticed that the lable on the generic Crisco oil shortening has different ingredients than the brand Crisco oil shortening. I want to say that the Crisco had palm oil listed as an ingredient, but the generic did not. I've read other soapers say that they like the generics better than the...

I tried one of the soaps at my kitchen sink. I don't think it's drying. In fact, my hands feel a very slight oil-like feel after washing with it instead of just clean and dry with my normal liquid kitchen soap. I think we'll use the rest of the bars at the kitchen sink once they've fully...

I've read that many soapers have re-used their crock pot for food after using it to make Hot Process soap...because it's cooked. What do you think?

Can you mix an essential oil, like orange EO, with a fragrance oil, like mango FO?

Doesn't cookie dough or pureed berries possibly cause it to go rancid? I've heard people talk about this, but wonder if soap gets hot enough for that not to be a problem.

Where do you buy KOH and what is the title of the product? When trying to find lye (sodium hydroxide), I had to buy a plumbing product because they don't want it labeled as lye.

Has anybody used mashed bananas in soap before? Does it leave specks like with banana bread? Does it cook in or go rancid? Just thinking..

So you can add oats to the oils even before adding the lye mixture? I thought it was added when you would add fragrance or colors.

Can you add shredded, uncooked carrot to a recipe..CP or HP? What about ripe, mashed bananas? Can that be added to CP or will it not be cooked enough during the process and make the soap go bad?

Ok. Great information! Thanks again..

BTW, great idea to use grams instead of ounces. My kitchen scale, which I bought recently for cooking, does also measure in grams. Oh, I'm so happy I don't have to waste money on a second scale.

If I did try to use the soap as-is, should I wait the 4-6 weeks before testing on my hands? Otherwise, I was thinking about trying to rebatch it.

I know. I saw it was still lye heavy with the 0% superfat. Hmm..maybe for the laundry soap. I'd scrape off the oatmeal on top though. There is ground oatmeal in it and cocoa powder. I don't know if the cocoa powder would discolor my clothes and the ground oatmeal be an issue. I already...

The soap I made is definately hard, no oozing. I tried the zap test at 24 hours after making and it didn't zap me. Does it have to be 48 hours? And if it doesn't zap me, do I still need to reprocess the soap to use it or just try it for personal use to see how it feels. The Bramble Berry...

Can I do a zap test or doesn't that mean anything in CP soap? This soap looks and smells so good.

I think this soap is ruined. No matter how I calculate the vegetable ghee, it still shows that I used too much lye...because of the wrong coconut oil in the calculation. I will unmold it, cut it, admire it if it is deserving...and just throw it out. Thanks once again for the info.