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Got it. Thanks everyone. I'll let you know how it turns out. Jason

Regarding the size of the batch: are you saying that I should scale down these recipes so that I'm only putting in one pound of oil/fat per batch starting out? Or do you mean I should cut back to no more than a pound of any one ingredient? Thanks for all of the patient advice. Jason

Thanks for the advice. I'll try what you've recommended. The book is called The Complete Soapmaker. I think my wife picked it up at a garage sale. Is there another book of recipes you recommend? It also has this one that I was going to try next: 42 oz. olive oil 30 oz. coconut oil 28...

Hi, guys. I've been skulking around this forum for a while now, and this is my first post. Last weekend, my wife and I tried our hand at making a castille soap, and I'm pretty sure we failed utterly. The recipe calls for: 52 oz. olive oil 7 oz. lye 20 oz. water We felt like we mixed...