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Don't get me wrong I do love my soap..... but that seems a waste of perfectly good blueberries. Pies, jams, coffee cakes. pancakes Thanks now I have to get some out of the freezer Mike

I use waxed paper to measure my lye. Folded in half then into the tray on the scale. If a little clings to the paper, it just goes into the garbage. No cup to wash lye out of. Try rubbing the dryer sheet on the inside of the measuring cup next time. Mike

When you make salt bars with CP do they gel?

what oils sre used in salt bars? Mike

That is what I thought.

ask me in a week or so. I have some nice lavender plants.... Mike

Does the salt go in the lye water or directly into the emulsion? Also does the salt ever break up the emulsion while it is gelling? Mike

A large part of the idea of buying wholesale is purchasing in some quanitity. A larger quantity should result in better pricing. For example 1-4 bars $5.00 5 bars $ each = $20 ( both retail quantities). 50 bars $3.00 each and 100 bars $2.50 each. Rember you have the product and they want it...

add castor oil at 5%. Mike

maybe I can help. I live in the very orth ewst corner. where are you? Mike

I am going to make a miter box to fit my crinkle cutter. I know that not everybody can do that. Those who know me would not be suprised, I make lots of stuff myself.

Made some with canolive back in Dec. Should look at containers BEFORE I buy. I gave some to my mom. Hers started to get dos. mine were good through may. Ther were nice soaps with nice moisturizing properties. Mike

We are often ( by often I mean always)our own worst critic. Everybody has had a batch or 20 that did not turn out exctly as planned. The best part is that other people who see our product for the first time do not have any preconcieved ideas of what it should look like. To them, it is...

I would get 50 chicks if I could find a butcher to take them to. If I had to do it myself, I would be a vegatarian

If the reaction is complete there should not bt too much fatty acids left in the glycerol. Ther is however, depending on the quality of the oil, actual soap in the glycerol. I have made soap from my own bio by-product and it cleans like nobody's business

Dennis I am in the middle of maple syrup making. 4 gal done and 120 gal of sap in the barn to cook on Sun. Any ideas on how to incorperate it into soap????? mike

I use a lot of lye in my biodiesel production. I have been purchaseing lye from the hardware store for over 3 and EVERY bottle has some clumps in it. Never had a batch fail yet ( well due to the lye )

I guess I am daft too. What is washing soda?

I also am on a septic system. It can be dumped down the drain. It is nothing more than a drain cleaner. Actually making soap to unclog the pipes. To nuetralize with vinager is not a bad idea. Add a touch of tumeric to the lye solution it should turn red. Add vinager till it turns yellow ph...