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I know the feeling.

We still can't hurry up cure. I recently used up the last bar of a soap I made two or so years ago - it was like drinking a fine, aged wine. I miss it!

"Found" - are you buying it? You don't need to. Since you're making so much soap, you can just divert some of the extra from any batter you make and use that. I found this video to be the best at explaining the process, and it's short & sweet. PS - The only problem I have with that video is she...

Yes. I don't wash them with soapy water. I just rinse them thoroughly with lots of cold water several times & let air dry. I read somewhere, I can't remember where, that lye dissipates (or oxidizes?) rather quickly.

Also: how long does it take for the lye to dissipate? I measure my lye crystals into a plastic container and then salt that into the water. The two containers I take immediately to a bathroom sink & fill them slowly with cold water. Then I leave that until I'm finished w/soaping; then I put...

This sounds like what I do, except I use Dawn dish soap. I do baking soda alone, then make a solution of it and vinegar. Even so after all I do the soaping bowl (a thick plastic thing from Oxo) seems to have a teeny bit of oil film. It's not bothersome but just curious, does that happen to you?

Good for you! You're my fit-spiration. I put 15 pounds on in the last few years. Covid didn't help but it started pre-Covid and then Covid added 5 more. I've tried to lose it, but I fall off the wagon every time. My problem simply is overeating. I'm pretty active. But if you eat more than you...

Do you add fragrance to this? I have a big tin of gifted OO that I'd like to experiment with. My bag of sorbitol is waiting for me to pick up and I'm rarin' to go!

Sorry if this question is basic* but have you used this recipe for soap batter before? *a nice word for dumb

Ever since I got (re)interested in soaping, I can't stop thinking of this song. And I'm not even the biggest Joni Mitchell fan around. You must have a very mature 10-year-old daughter - one of the prime soaping directives is "no kids." Also: I hate to tell you this, but soon you will discover...

I bet that never stopped you. ;) I have a bag of the stuff on order from A Monopoly Online Retailer and I can't wait! I'm gonna make a small test batch of the remnants of several oils, into which I'm dumping the remnants of many EOs. I want to get rid of them all. I'm fine if it fails. I will...

I wonder if there is or will ever be such a thing as edible soap?

And how about a bite of a black & white?

Go for it, then! But if I do another rebatch, I'm going lower & slower. This rebatch didn't turn out quite as smooth as I'd have liked & I think low & slow would have accomplished that but try a batch & see how it goes. Someone on the other thread gave up on a rebatch when it was hard, and was...

Actually, I said, "There are no hard & fast proportion rules, it seems."

Hold on - I wouldn't do that if I were you. I think it went too fast. I have a small electric oven & the vessel I batched in was big so I put it on the lowest shelf, which I would have rather not done. I'd continue to do what you've done so far.

OK, I'm sold! I've heard you can get it in the laxative department at a drug store.:goodbye1:

Honest question meaning I'm not trying to offend people. Is there any scientific proof that sorbitol works better than plain old white sugar in increasing lather? Or is this one of those, "I feel it" things? Because I'm not keen on buying another specialty item just for soaping.

Shells and a chocolate chip scone and some psychedelic 60s mica/embossed experiments and something that started out as soap balls and ended up as soap tops. It started with an experiment in rebatching two batches to going on to silicone molds. Help me, I think I'm falling in love with soap...

Replying here because that thread is old - I did 350 for 15 minutes and my soap was melted. Two TBSPS water - when I took it out I added a sprinkle more water. Then the FO added some more pliability. Next time I'll go lower & slower but it all goes to show that with rebatching you are in the...