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Too bad I'm awful at crafts and other tasks that require hand/eye co-ordination, I managed to line the mold but I wasnt about to take hours upon hours to figure out how to make it all perfectly smooth so I know the soap isnt gonna come out without some bumps. I'll probably just shell out for...

any idea how much warmer? Last time my ingredients were too hot and I ended up with a soap volcano :shock: In which case I may have only gotten to medium trace, now im scared since they soap is already packed into the mold. I hope it turns out ok :(

Sure did

So I started my first batch today it was 1.5lbs of olive oil and 1.5lbs of coconut oil, and I was just wondering a few things and hopefully I will get to show some pictures :D This is what I was told to use when I ran it through the lye calc Olive Oil 680.388 grams Coconut Oil 680.388...

I recently got some reynolds freezer paper and it has a shiny side and a paper side, is this going to be enough. Ive bought parchment paper, wax paper and this freezer paper and im getting sick of buying all these useless papers. Does anyone know of a brand that lines a mold easily, otherwise...

:? is a meat thermometer ok?

Thats prolly it then.

So I tried to make a batch today, I used measures from a book and tried to make a castille soap I heated oil in a stainless steel pot on the stovetop and got my lyewater solution all ready outside I then brought the lyewater inside and took the oil off the pot, went to pour the lyewater into...

I think my issue is that I was trying to use parchment paper, it tears too easily.

My mold doesn't come apart sadly.

Has anyone else experienced the frustration of lining molds? Someone recommended parchment paper and for the life of me I cannot line this mold to save my life. If it isnt all crinkly then its teating when I try to insert the lid to flatten it. I tried the soap lining turorial on bittercreek...

This is gonna be my first time making soap, and Im nervous as hell. So I have all my things ready safety equipment, scale, lye, oil etc etc and I just have a few questions left. I was planning to make the lyewater in one 4cup measuring glass and the oil in another 4cup measuring glass...

It's really the carbonation im interested in mainly but thanks for the heads up on the calcium carebear, also thanks for the cautionary ratio's for the oils. Yes I have heard olive oil makes for a hard bar that takes a long time to cure so I am certain my bar will be hard and slimy but have a...

Im just curious about the interraction, if it affects the soap at all. Also does anyone know where to purchase distilled water generally. I seem to remember from a high school chem class that labs sell it.

I wasnt really saying that 33% of the whole solution would be castor, I was referring to the ratio in oils, so in saying more like 3 parts as equal as I can get them. A blend of castor, olive and canola simply because they are easily accessible and just so happen to make for very good soap...

It's carbonated actually, naturally fizzy or something. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perrier http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonated_water

I was thinking of maybe making it 33% canola 33% olive 33% castor Some people say that makes the bar slimy but Im ok with that. I was also thinking of using perrier instead of regular water is that a bad thing to do?

Thank you so much for being helpfull,. I am still pouring over all the details everything isnt exactly in order, it's going to take abit of researching to find out how to do everything in order. Now I am learning how to make molds to pour into :D

Im so sorry to ask more questions but I hear virgin olive oil is bad to heat, shoud I do a cold process (not sure what these methods are) to make this castille soap?

So here I am with a bottle of olive oil, a bottle of castor oil and some lye crystals, and I have no idea how to continue. Can anyone help me?