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It was a very light trace! I've never learned how to identify which kind of trace it is but I always aim for a light trace in case EOs accelerate it, also I'm always trying out designs that need light trace. I just read your comment about temperature! I usually make bigger batches but now that...

I just had this happen to me, but I used EOs, not FO! Still have no idea what went wrong, then it happened again after a couple of weeks, both had rosemary EO, AC and salt... Here are the pictures, "chalk" describes perfectly I think...

I added 1 TBS of AC ppo... do you think it was too much?

I think the concern is that OO cures harder than canola or soy so at the end you bar with adulterated OO would be softer than expected

Hi! I made a batch with revive 4% and I can barely smell it after 1 week :( how much % have you used? it's driving me insane!!

:eek: Didn't know about OO adulteration! That sucks! Mmm... I will ask for the MSDS but I've used the same oil for different bars and they are ok.

Thanks! I'm new at this and don't get a lot of how it works! Couldn't find how to delete a post that I posted twice by accident :lol:

It is the same problem! But in a different batch, and this time there's this weeping on top, I don't think it was last time.

Thank you so much! Both of you, really! :) I will definitely read all the thread in the morning! Thanks again for being so supportive.

I will wait longer, see what happens. All the recipes I saw for brine bars use 33% or even 38% and say the bars get hard after even 4 hours :s This is why I'm anticipating something more is going on here but I don't know if I'm over reacting since I've never done brine soap before. Do you have...

Yes! My recipe definitely takes longer to cure, I've used it for a while now and my bars stay soft for a while, like a week or so. My concern is that because it's a brine bar it should (in theory) get bery hard very fast, right? Could you tell me from your experience with brine bars if this is...

Thank you Arimara. I usually use 27% water but since I've never been able to make my brine bars work I'm using 33% to prevent acceleration... Do you think this could be causing all my problems (eg. crumbling)? Or just the softness?

PLEASE HELP! :( My brine soaps are not hardening! What am I doing wrong? I made a brine bar yesterday with salted water (15% of salt as water weight), I was expecting the batter to accelerate but never did and today was still super super soft and with drops of oil on the top (first picture)...

So far eocalc blend "karate penny" (eucalyptus 2, rosemary 1, teatree 1) is winning! smells amazing. Only problem is that at 4% still smells very little, will have to try 5%.

I have a question for all of you :) how much % do you use?

I can't get juniper eo in my country :( have never tried it.

Yesterday I tried Rosemary 2, eucalyptus 1, peppermint 1 (actually was going to try rosemary, spearmint, peppermint -rosemary mint twist eocalc- but mistaken spearmint with eucalyptus and ended up liking this combo better, maybe because I'm not a fan of the mouthwash minty scents) and eocalc...

I'll definitely try this one! Thank you!

Thank you so much :) Yeah! I know what you mean, it’s taken a while for me to gather my eos and it makes me so mad when I finally buy one I’ve been looking forward to try and hate the smell! So many 30 ml bottles I’ll never use.

Hello! I'm making an Activated charcoal brine soap and want it to smell herbaceous, minty, uplifting, fresh! However I've had a hard time making this EOs stick, even by the time I'm unmolding I can barely smell the blend. I've been using 3% of oil weight, which is what I use for my other...