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I am using one of 'those soaps' now....too lazy to rebatch :razz: its a fab soap after waiting for a good longish while !!! Love the look of the 'ugly batch' :-P

Thanks Ruthie, will do :)

Definately freeze your tallow....I rendered huge batch years ago and popped it in the freezer, where its been until now, seems the longer you freeze, the less of a smell you get ! Am rendering some lard later this week ! My favourite recipe is 500g tallow and 500g oils, super easy ! Tallow will...

Done and in the freezer, it came up to trace fairly fast, all the extra fat in the form of cream and full fat milk possibly helped trace. Can I expect it to crumble because its ungelled ?

Thanks, will definately be putting this one in the freezer and warming for at least 24 hrs before cutting. Do I do the same with all milk soaps, as I have yogurt/milk in the freezer also for soaping. My preferred oils/fats are plain vegetable, tallow and lard, nothing fancy ! I like tallow for...

OK, I have the cream/milk in the freezer ready to go, what should I do: keep it all cold or insulate after I pour it into its mould ? I will be using half oil and half rendered tallow, the cream/milk replaces all the water, will not be using any scent in this soap, as I want it to be a mild soap...

Hi Caroline, sorry to say I am closer to Bombala NSW :( bit far away ! otherwise it'd be fab to meet other soapers in Oz. I do soap just for personal use, its amazing how different it feels to commercial soap, dont think I'll ever go back to store bought now ! Good luck with finding other...

Thanks Thanks for the warm welcome :-P fab to be here !

Hi everyone, I am another new soaper from Australia ! I've made one basic soap and that turned out.....now I am itching to make some milk soaps. Like the forums, what a fantastic resource for newbies like me :-P