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Thanks everybody. I'll let my friend know. Sometimes the simplest recipes are not the simplest. Good to know there is nothing wrong with this batch. She was using regular olive oil, but not sure if she used heating mat/oven to gel. Sorry about the tiniest pic, next time I will be a little...

Thanks for the replies. It was cold-processed. Recipe was 425 g olive 106 g water 55 g lye So it has 5% superfat, and water only 25 % of oil weight, which I am assuming being the problem. I'm not sure if I know how to add pics... IMG]http://i67.tinypic.com/a31mw6.jpg[/IMG]

My friend made her first batch of soap. 100% olive. She cut it after 24 h, and it was really dry and flakey. Like very hard white chocolate when it is cut with a knife. I did the tongue test, no zaps, hardly any lather but that is not a surprise for oo soap. Lye heavy still? The soap didn't...

Thanks DeeAnna! If that ever happens again, I make sure that will switch to HP. "live and learn" Have a Happy Easter everybody!

I was teaching my friend to make soap. She bought all the ingredients, and was also doing all the work, based on the recipe I made on Soapcalc. She did the lye water and started adding oils in the oil bucket one after another, she realized she didn't buy enough castor oil. I tried to save the...

Thanks a lot, Hazel! I won't then hesitate emptying that big bucket of lard then. It would have been a bummer to ruin batches of soap with those additives which I didn't know how they would behave. I have used lard a lot lately, instead of palm, it's cheaper, readily available and good for...

I sent my husband to get some lard from grocery store, and he brought different brand that I am used to soap with. This is La Preferida brand "Lard and hydrogenated lard", and ingredients are lard hydrogenated lard BHA Propyl gallate Citric acid (to protect flavor) Thank you in advance!