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I only use goat milk as that is the only reason I make soap. lol I used my 15% canola recipe and it was perfect. The trace was slowed down by a lot. The soap looks good as well. I will need to keep it for a couple months in case of DOS.

What is the big hoopla over gelling or not. I have always let my soap gel. I see that some people want it and others try to stop it. What is the difference?

That recipe traces fast without any FO's. I tried my new recipe tonight. 6.6 Pomace Olive 6.6 Coconut 6.6 Palm 1.1 Shea 1.1 Castor This one also traces super fast, maybe it is all the 6's. lol I will try the hand stirring trick next time. I am thinking of picking up some canola and...

I am wanting to start swirling, but my current recipe traces too fast. Current Recipe 7 oz coconut oil 7 oz palm oil 7 oz pomace olive oil 1 oz castor 3.1 Lye 7.3 Slushy Goat Milk I heard that canola oil with slow down trace. I know that it can cause DOS, so I am going to try a...

It has been several more days and it is a dark tan color with red on the edges. I used what the website said. I diluted 10 ml in 4 oz warm water. I used 1 oz of the warm water at light trace. The soap was such a pretty color when I poured it. I will try it again tonight, but use more color and...

I was trying to color my soap for the first time a couple days ago. Naturally, my milk/25% olive oil soap is a cream to very light tan color. I bought the red velvet lab color that was suggested for high olive oil soaps. The scent I used was Berry Wine from Brambleberry. I added my diluted lab...

I used to make a CP soap from my "Goats Produce Too!" book. The recipe was basically lard, milk, and lye. I tried experimenting with scents and color, but it did not work. The soap was also not very "luxurious." I have been searching for recipes, but the recipes are either plain or only give...