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yes, I can adjust as needed, but for now all is good. Thank you for all your imput. I really appreciate your knowledge. I've been making soap for so many years without any problems and thought I knew it all Haha!!!! but there is always room for knowledge even for this old bird! Hoping to see...

so you don't take it to trace to make sure the product doesn't go grainy? Is that the norm or just the way you do it?

so you don't take it to trace?

thank you!

At what temperature do you all pour your lotion bars? Do you melt then slowly stir till the formula goes to trace, then raise the temp and then pour? to prevent grainyness??

What exactly is fat bloom? I've never heard of it before, and I'm trying to learn all I can about lotion bars, (anhydrous) because I have had a problem with grainy bars. I had read (Humblebee and me) that when making bars, take the oils slowly down in temperature to a trace where you can see...

No its not prepared, it's dry pearls. I have to say the soap I made with the Citric acid looks fantastic! There is virtually no ash, the color looks consistent, I'm really satisfied with how it turned out believe it or not!!! Also, that bars are hardening up quite nicely now, and I think...

thats good to know. I'm not going to use that bottle anymore, and open a new one, making sure its closed tightly.

I checked the bottle of lye. It doesn't have an experation date. Ill use a new bottle. This morning I checked the soap - it is getting harder. I think it will harden up if it cures for 3-4 weeks. Also if raise the lye concentration to 35%, which lowers the water to 21.54 ounces, I think...

thank you for the scaled down recipe! I will use it to perform testing if need be. Thats an interesting concept of the lye weakeing, I will have to check into the shelf life of l my lye. I don't think that is the case as I added citric acid to my recipe to counteract the formation of DOS...

yes, I did. The only thing I have done differently with this recipe is I added citric acid and additional lye to make up for citric acid eating up lye. I have used this recipe for years with no problems at all.

yes I did

thats a good idea. Ill give it a try

sorry i was'nt able to get back sooner, but had unexpected company, anyway, I just cut the soap. It cut smoothly, the color is consistent, and the bar is soft. On the second picture, I cut 1/8th in off the first bar to see if i could press down on it and make marks. and I was able to press...

ok thank you for your imput. going to try a test of more beeswax and another test with less beeswax to see how close I am to what I want.

Id like to try. using more beeswax in the recipies does anyone use more than the standard 33%?

from what I understand, your bar turned grainy due to acids cooling and not congealing at the same rate. I read that you can stir the oil after its mixed up and take it to trace slowly to allow all the acids to mix together ( just like soap where it leaves trace marks on top), then pour into...

The loaf is harder today. I am going to cut it today to see how the inside is. (when I press it with my finger, it would make a dent if I do it really hard) Maybe it just needs a longer period in the loaf before cutting. I took it out of the mold the next day after I made it as I usually do...