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Sometimes, if I can't sleep, I'll get up at midnight, or later, and soap. My mind is going and I know I won't be able to get to sleep, so I reach for my soap pot. I figure I may as well do something productive and that I enjoy. It makes the next day when I'm sleepy and can't stay awake at...

Would you explain what you are doing in this picture? I'm intrigued.

I got safety goggles from home depot. https://www.homedepot.com/p/3M-Clear-Chemical-Splash-and-Impact-Resistant-Safety-Goggles-91252-8002S/203030336. They fit over my large trifocal glasses with no problems, cover me from eyebrows to cheek and don't fog up. I'd never soap without them...

I've never used any of those scents but don't order FO from BA anymore because they do not post the IFRA information sheet and I want to see it myself rather than go by their suggested usage rates.

I used lavender FO and it faded. I thought it was something I did, like didn't use enough. Glad to hear that was not the problem.

Me too. Can't wait for the day I can do that.

Your soap is lovely! Where did you get the molds?

I use the commercial quick cutter from For Crafts Sake. Love it, but it takes a really long time to get it. Like 2 couple of months or more. It comes standard with the cutting wires spaced 1" apart, but you can get them to make it so the bars are wider. I wish I''d had them make it so the...

I think it's great!

The price, with shipping, from the Foodservicedirect.com site is less than amazon.

I've had the same experience. I usually got my lard from the supermarket. Perhaps I'm overheating. I can detect the lard smell in bars that are about a year old and had decided to give up working with lard altogether. I'll have to try the deodorized lard.

I always SF @ 5%. When I remember, I use oil from the recipe to disperse mica. When I forget, I use a little bit of any oil I have on hand to mix the mica. Sometimes I add the mica directly to the soap batter, without pre-dispersing, and stick blend it into the batter (it's usually ok). I...

Very impressive.

Thanks for the information.

Good to know. Thanks, jcandleattic and DeeAnna.

I get the safety issue; I just didn't mention it. I wanted to understand the effect of a reduction in purity on the final soap. Sometimes I make up my lye solution but then something happens and I have a delay of several days, or even weeks, before I actually use it. (It sits covered at the...

If it absorbs water, I assume that changes the lye ratio thereby increasing the amount of water in the batch. Other than that, are there any ill effects? I've not noticed any.

Why is it important to have a tight fitting lid on the storage container? Is it to prevent evaporation? If there is evaporation, do you just weigh and then add the water that's lost?

I checked YouTube and found a couple of videos on how to make an inexpensive light box. It was an easy project; I had most of the items needed and only had to buy the poster board, but I see from Soap Witch that I could have used parchment paper. I've taken a few pix with the new light box and...

I cut one of the edges off with a scissors before sealing with the sealer. After using the heat gun, just a small bit of one corner is open. I think you get more scent that way than with the pin hole.