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I haven't noticed a shortage of it in East Central FL, but Publix has a shortage of my canned cat food lately!

Hi everyone, I'm thinking about testing a small batch of Aleppo type soap. I'm going to try one 50/50 and one 40/60 Laurel Fruit/Olive Oil blend. I am planning on using a dual lye (5% KoH / 95% NaOH) and adding my usual additives of Sodium Lactate, Sodium Citrate, Sorbitol, and ROE. I haven't...

@Tara_H & @ResolvableOwl, I thought the same thing. My pouring container is a 2000ml beaker and by the time I added all my batter the bottom color was completely covered. I got a little scared between the 2nd and 3rd colors so I split them up, probably messed the whole symmetry thing up by doing...

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I'm on a septic & drain field system so I hope adding to this thread isn't going to jinx me... I use cheap flour sack towels I get at Walmart (link below) to wipe out my soap mixing containers & spatulas soon after soaping. Then I let them sit a day or two to cure whatever soap residue...

1. peachymoon - I’ve been wanting to try this! 😄 2. dibbles - I wonder what colors to put in my one pot 🤔 3. AliOop - this one has been on my Try List, too! 4. Tara_H - great excuse to keep trying this! 5. Vicki C - oh this looks like fun... 😬 6. Jersey Girl- Another technique I’ve been wanting...

Oh this is going to be fun to watch. I'll be traveling with work so won't have time to participate but can't wait to see what you guys make!

Thank you. I'm going to search it up!

@DeeAnna Unlike most, I get confused by ratios! Once you started describing what the equivalent percentages are to the ratio my head started to tingle. Nerves? Anxiety? Obviously I failed that section in math class. In fact, I recently told my 6th grader granddaughter that when they start doing...

@cmzaha Can I ask what model printer you have? I'm seriously thinking of replacing my Epson WorkForce 545. It's been limping along for a while now. Thanks.

WOWZAAAA!!!! That's true art. Thank you for sharing!

Very nice!!!

I used 2.4mm and 4.0mm stainless steel bead chains for my string pulls. The hardest part for me was trying to avoid ash. I found that the best control over the colors was to drop the batter onto the bar, place the chain around the drops and then pull the chain through the drops. Edited to...

My 7lb bucket of no stir PO from WSP was soft enough to stir, but I do live in Florida. It's almost too soft.

I don't sell but I use salt bars at least four times a week. I love them most when I use them in a sisal or woven soap bag. I don't know why, but the lather is hugely better and the exfoliation from the bag is like heaven. I gave a husband and wife couple several different soaps to test and...

Please excuse my ignorance, but I never heard about the "bad" palm oil industry until I found this forum and not once has any of my friends, family or coworkers mentioned it when we talk about my soap. I don't sell so I don't know if there are many informed consumers in and around my location...

I have my last batch securely covered with saran wrap and plan to keep them covered until the final entry day. The ash has been horrible so far, so this time I sprayed with alcohol and wrapped about 10 layers all around the platter I have the bars on. I placed cups and bottles on the platter as...

@earlene & @Primrose thank you! So far, I like the combination of different string types. I just 'borrowed' some strings from my husband's shop so we'll see how it goes this week. This is a fun exercise!

@Catscankim - yours are coming out really nice. I like the blue and white. I'm using some older FO discolored soaps to practice on. I did make some solid colored soap to use when figure out the technique. I tried some kitchen twine that seemed ok but I think I had too much soap on it so I drug a...

That's good to know. I tried it out this morning and it looks like there's hardly anything there! Another thing, I made way too much soap. My recipe was for 8 ounces of oils and I tried it out on six bars and still ended up making three single-cavity soaps. It's a new recipe I wanted to test...