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Thank you all for your kind words of welcome. Yes Carebear, it is nice to know that others are interested enough in learning these age old crafts, and it's also nice to be able to be the person to start them on their way into them, although I would never consider myself to be any sort of...

At least I understand what that all means now :D

I never use cottonseed oil but I have used ricebran oil a few times and I've never had a problem with it in one of my standard type recipes, but perhaps someone else may wish to say differently.

I don't really know if it helps or not with possible seizing because I've always done the same thing with my EOs and FOs and never had a soap sieze up in my 60 years of CP soapmaking, but I always add my fragrances to twice as much veggie oil that I hold back from the recipe before putting it...

I don't know if this will help you in the future Fullmoon but I've been making CP soap for over 60 years and have never used anything else than rainwater just as it falls from the sky. I have a small tank joined onto my house downpipe to collect it these days but I know a few people that catch...

I don't know of the author you mention Soapbuddy, but that doesn't really mean much anyway because I don't read a lot of books on soap or candle making. I was only looking to find a very easy to follow soapmaking book as a gift for a friend when I found Kerri Newbury's book on Amazon and found...

Yes, I'm an Australian Carebear, from Queensland, and you? The other poster above shows that they are from Califormia, but if you are asking about the book author I really have no idea where she's from

Because I make such big batches of soap at a time I bought myself a second hand digital scale that can from a store that closed down a few years ago now. It can handle up to 15kilograms, but if you only wanted a small digital scale there are very good ones for sale in stores like Big W, Target...

I always make my CP soap in very large wooden molds so need to cut them to size quickly and easily afterward but my husband sorted that problem out for me a long time ago by making me a cutter that cuts 30 bars at the one time (The total length of my mold) It uses the steel guitar strings...

Hello everyone I'm new to this online community group sort of thing, but not so new to CP soap and candle making. I first started into CP soap and candle making at about 6 years of age by learning from my mum, but I didn't do very much of either craft until after I got married, so I...

Thank you for your kind words Relle Actually I have been making soaps and candles a fair bit longer than that if you count in the years I only did it now and then after learning both crafts from my mother from the age of about 6 years old. I have taught my own 3 daughters, and several of...

Hello candle makers I have just found a new Ebook on Amazon Kindle books I thought I'd make mention of here in case any newbies are looking for a cheap but good book to help them start learning about candle making. The Ebook details are as follows Title .... Know How to make Candles...

I just bought a Cold Process soapmaking Ebook from Amazon Kindle as an Easter present for a dear friend of mine who is just starting out in CP soapmaking that I found very easy to follow for any newbie CP soapmaker so I thought I'd pass the details onto others here that may be interested. The...

Freezer paper is very similar to greaseproof paper Drangonkaz. I use wooden loaf molds all the time and I either use greaseproof paper or what we in Australia call "Lamb side bags" which are big plasic bags that hold a complete side of lamb, and I buy them very cheaply from a butcher's supply...