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Saturday afternoon I did my first double batch. (batch 12-13). 6-6 cavity molds for 36 bars. It was a bit messy. I think that I will stick to 18 per batch. The batter was the thinnest that I have ever poured and poured it right after it emulsified. It looks like it will take a few days for the...

Earlier in April I was having an issue with some untested FO that I had purchased. A Forum user here was kind enough to fix me up with some FO samples. Thanks Cheryl. Also thanks to @AliOop for helping me with a recipe issue. Here is a picture of one of the FOs that I used. I've used this, Fresh...

Yesterday I created a thread of my own that has my soapy things in it. It has a history of how I got stared in this all the way up to now, current May 2022. Link on next line. KeepItSimpleSoap Overview and Results

This may end up being very wordy as I intend to explain how this all started, and it may as well serve as an introduction to people who have joined the group after me as well as an introduction to those veterans that don't "study" the other user's info and posts here. Also I will be posting my...

@Zany_in_CO I'm glad that we all are aware of that!

Here is my inexpensive stick blender that I purchased from Wal-mart online. Our local superstore had a different one on the shelf for ~ $89-. I ordered this online for $22- delivered. It came right to the house and fit in the mailbox. The top button is a pulse button that doesn't lock. My first...

@Relle That's funny. I added a picture for a couple of users here that came across to me as doubters because they couldn't "SEE" what I was saying. My soapy thing for today is to finish the LARD rendering and a couple of more batches to finish this all up. It's several weeks into gardening...

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moved to here KeepItSimpleSoap soaping results Earlier I de-molded batch 11. Then I re-boxed batches 8 through 11 which were 18 bars each. 72 bars. that plus 84 makes 156. Then right before dark I made my first double batch. 36 bars (174 total). I mixed in 1 oz of Just Peachy FO and 1 oz...

Earlier this morning I made batch 11 of 18 bars. I added 1 oz of Lavender FO. Reducing next batch to 32 oz oil (LARD).

This morning I did my 10th batch of the most recent effort. 18 bars. This makes a total of 138 bars. The molds were a bit full. I'm going to change the recipe to 35 oz of oil. 4 quarts of LARD to go. I added 1 oz of Bourbon and Brown sugar FO.

@TheGecko @Catscankim Here is a device for a 5 gallon bucket that makes it pourable. I is something that we use in the Autobody repair industry. 5-gallon-can-tilt-pouring-holder

I mixed and poured my 9th batch today. this is the 2nd batch of 18. I went back up on water/LYE ratio. 2.3:1. I needed it to be like melted milkshake when I poured. The batch was nearly too big for the 18 cavities in the molds. I'm adding to my equipment to be able to pour 90 ozs, 36 bars. Two...

My soapy thing today was rearranging soap bars in the boxes so that the newest is on top. Here are 84 bars of it. I also rendered a bit more grease. There may still be enough LARD remaining to use to make 72 more bars. I purchased another stainless mixing bowl large enough for a 90+ oz batch.

@TheGecko I suppose since I'm only using one oil I wouldn't gain much from master-batching the LARD. My constant prep is rendering LARD. It's stored in as big as of containers that will fit in my refrigerator.

I'll try 1.5 water and 2 tsp's dissolved in hot water and add it when I add FO. Thanks to both of y'all. Soaping more frequently and varying temps/methods etc is helping me to build info as to what to expect. I'll write all my notes down.

The mix of the lye and oil quickly establish a new temperature because of their different temps.

@AliOop Would the raw dry granulated sugar dissolve in the hot LYE/water mix? I will let the LYE/water mix drop in temperature more next batch before adding to oil. The liquid LARD temp dropped to 99 F and I thought I might should go ahead and mix them. Even though different, all of my 102 bars...

I made my 8th batch in 4 weeks this time around. I made 7 batches 2 and a half years ago before I stopped. I have 3 weeks to go before the 1st batch is cured. There are three things different this time and 3 different results. First I have increased my batch by 50%. The newest soaping...

@Zing I was using a stainless steel thermometer for my LYE/water mix but one day it quit working. I resorted to if I could hold both hands on the side of the recycled plastic cool whip bowl (with LYE written on the side of it) then it was 125F or less. I haven't done it but do you think it...