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RO if you go back to the method I used to reduce the indigo https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/infusion.83134/ And see great cakes soapworks experiment https://www.greatcakessoapworks.com/handmade-soap-blog/index.php/how-to-use-indigo-to-color-cold-process-soap/ I think what you have to...

What is your superfat percentage? If it is 5% I’d try reducing it to 1% and see how you go. handmade soap with fresh oils won’t need an additive to prevent it going rancid. You need to find the cause. Are you sitting the soap on metal trays to cure? Are you using metal implements other than...

How much ROE are you using?

I think there are so many ways to get DOS that it is difficult to know where it comes from. I use all clean utensils, wash my hands, put ROE in all my oils (except the hard oils) as soon as I get them, I use gloves to make soap and I never touch a soap without gloves. But still I occasionally...

That's great ResolvableOwl. The discolouration on my bars has remained. :(

I'm one of the few on this forum who use EVOO in all my soaps and I love it. The speed of trace does not matter to me. I do not use Pomace because I don't want the chemicals that they use to extract the "oil" on my skin. I love EVOO in soap but it does take longer to cure fully (9-12 weeks for...

I have had a similar thing happen and I think it was because I soaped too hot. I soap hot anyway 42*C or 110*F but I think it was a little hotter that time. It was an indigo soap but it had white chips and the white chips turned, and stayed deep pink. I don't think it is a consistent thing...

Hi Kiwimoose, It sounds like the new soy you are using has a higher melt temp than the old. Next time you use it, to avoid the stearic spots, try heating the soy wax then mixing in a little of your other oils and wait to see if it is clear. If not, heat this mix again just a bit until it is...

CPOP is not just a rescue method. It is a method of ensuring gel. You need to heat your oven to about 120*F (50*(Yes this is very low) and then turn it off. Wrap your soap in towels, put it in the oven and leave it, undisturbed for 12 hours. Do not open the door. If you have an oven with...

I make salt soap with 30% CO, 45% OO, Avocado or Almond and Ricebran. It takes 9 months to cure and to stop sweating. It goes really hard and is long lasting (unlike 100% CO). It is great for the kitchen sink/handbasin when you use it 20 times a day as it stays hard.

Yes they are done! Phew! I don't usually post photos on this forum. Sorry. It's a privacy thing. I know exactly what you mean. I am runny very short of nice tea towels even though, of course, I never use my good tea towels for soaping!!!!

I am alergic to coconut oil and all forms of coconut on my skin and in food and in soap coconut oil dries my skin as it does for my DH who has eczema. I suggest you try soap with different ingredients but understand that oil in it's raw form put on skin is totally different to the same oil...

To use a powder for a layer you need to sprinkle it so thinly that it wets up by itself. The powder has to be very finely ground to do this. You can have huge bare patches and it will still show as a line in the final product.

Bought 3 new bottles of fragrance for my son's wedding soap just incase of another disaster. Murphy's Law again both batches turned out perfectly and I only needed 1/2 a bottle. :rolleyes: :)

Not likely. The NaOH will eat the scent.

I've got that same tea towel!!! I made a very thick triple layer cardboard box to fit that mold when I used to use it so that it didn't bow. So annoying. Thanks everyone for your kind thoughts and commiserations! I've ordered 3 more bottles of the FO from the expensive supplier. That should...

Murphy’s law. I’ve been soaping for 5 years. I’ve made hundreds and hundreds of batches of soap. I am making soap for my son’s wedding favours so of course everything that can go wrong has. It’s one of my standard recipes but it has a fragrance that I use in another soap. All fine...

Your first recipe print out is ok but I'd reduce the coconut oil to no more than 10% and add that to the olive oil. You will need to cure it for 12 weeks before you can tell what its properties will be. Coconut oil will dissolve quickly regardless of cure time. Some find it drying on their...

I don’t think you are over complicating it. I think it’s good to be precise with measurements with soapmaking so I can reproduce the exact same colour/effect. Some arty people don’t think that way and they get away with it, too! :)

The supplier suggests 1-2 tsp ppo (per pound of oil not batter weight) lot of reviews say they got good colour at minimum usage. you have 35 Oz oils = 2 pounds/5 = 0.4 tsp. This is too difficult to do. So you should try using 1/2 tsp per layer. To do testers make your 5 layers and use different...