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They do look wonderful. Thank you! Anyway I think I get the point - the batter must be thin enough to pour, thick enough to support a layer on top. Another soaper spoons the layers on, rather than pouring over a spatula.

My favorite shape is the last one I've seen! I mean it - every time I see a new beautiful soap, I say, "that's my favorite." I never would have thought to like big soap cubes, but I saw a pic (on this forum) and I thought it was gorgeous. Maybe not that utilitarian - I have somewhat small...

Thank you Earlene. The Youtube video in the 1st link was very educational. I figured the process out after my own failure but it still helps to see it. Only I would probably do lightest first, and add color as I go along, because I don't have lots of equipment and I'll be pouring from the...

Right - but it still has to be thick enough to create a true layer. I attempted to layer my last batch. I wanted to make an ice cream sandwich with chocolate layers on the top and bottom and vanilla in the middle. My trace was so thin, it was laughable, an utter failure. So I just mixed it all...

That particular piece of advice is a godsend. A lot of beginner soapers are just SCARED. I speak from personal experience. They think that it's all got to be done quickly or the whole thing will mysteriously destroy itself. I know I did. I've done four batches, all with very thin trace, and...

Why not melt the beeswax & add the cold oils, which will warm them up?

I have mostly soft oils on hand and don't want to buy new stuff right now. I do have beeswax. Do you think that adding 5% to OO/Castor/Coconut will make too thick a trace? (Yes, I know that Coconut is technically hard but it's not tallow hard). I want to experiment with my first layered soap so...

Thanks - good idea.

I know what CPOP is but what is the purpose of it? Oops, sorry - just read Irish Lass above & it was explained.

I haven't worked with it personally so can't say from experience, but it's supposed to be better than regular cling wrap. It's supposed to adhere to the sides of whatever you stick it to without wrinkling. What I was wondering about is that it's made of plastic, soap gets hot, will it melt the...

What do people here think about lining molds in Stretch-Tite? My stock of freezer paper is almost out and there is no reason for me to buy more other than to line molds. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0195R5YSQ/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 Will the heat of the saponification process be a problem?

Right, by accident or design!

I ran peanut oil thru Soap Calc (which I do trust for the most part) and it's high in oleic acid. Seems to be a pattern. I don't understand the difference between the "behaviors" of the various fatty acids. To me, an FO is an FO is an FO, but I have a lot to learn.

I'm assuming that the 0 values you screenshotted are from Soap Calc. Please correct me if I'm wrong. The point of this entire thread is to point out that Soap Calc is wrong with respect to NFO. I did some internet research that uncovered the fatty acid values of NFO. They are all in my...

Right, I think most neatsfoot oil in this day & age is not the real thing. I do not agree with that quote from "Leather Honey" because they don't give any reasons, but that doesn't mean NFO is worth it. Given its fatty acid profile, I'd sooner use a light application of olive oil. This...

No, I think it's just an oil like any other and being that it's so obscure, Soap Calc didn't have the proper FA profile. In French it's called Huile Pied De Boeuf: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fiebings-Pure-Neatsfoot-Oil-with-Applicator-32-oz-huile-pied-de-boeuf-/273116344146 The FA profile...

https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/how-reliable-is-soap-calc.69774/#post-695905

I use it myself. I realize that this isn't relevant to most soapmaking, just thought it was a fun out of the way thing that only soapers would appreciate. I also did not know that NFO is made of cow shins & hooves. I thought it came from a rusty can, opened at the beginning of baseball season...

I think it is very reliable, for the most part, but not 100%. In another thread the rather obscure topic of neats foot oil (NFO) came up. Now, I realize this is pretty obscure, and most soapers aren't likely to care about it but I add it here because this forum attracts people who are passionate...

I started another thread about neats food oil, and the reliability of Soap Calc.