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When I saw your photo, before I read the text, I thought it was a really nice effect :) Glad the cutter plan worked to .... um, plan! :D What is pvc lumber? Is it like plastic decking? (I've seen plastic decking here (but that's mostly recycled plastic), and acrylic and poly sheets but not PVC...

Oh ... it took me for ages to work out why you were so happy about that ... :D Congratulations on your second save btw :)

Don't panic ... those lumpy little ovals of soap will magically join back together and be one ... (trust me - give it a few weeks and see for yourself ;) ... also ask me how I know :rolleyes:) And with the crumbs ... take them and smoosh them together as best as you can, and then put that into...

I'm so sorry SunRiseArts :(

You might want to update your links and ingredients lists ... looks like Natricide, which is a broad spectrum preservative that can be listed as a fragrance, is pretty popular ... Naticide avoids the title preservative (it's INCI ingredient name is "fragrance" or "perfume"). It is described by...

I'd never heard of Kratom before your post, but it doesn't sound like a great drug for clear thinking: From: https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/consumer-health/in-depth/kratom/art-20402171 "Kratom has been reported to cause abnormal brain function when taken with prescription...

@KiwiMoose Not at all! :) I went back to some of my early experiments, and brought out an aged coconut soleseife ... I would not call it harsh, in the ordinary sense that it does not leave my skin feeling prickly, but it is very cleansing (my skin doesn't squeak, so it's not totally stripped...

The coconut milk will increase your superfat, yes. Your coconut is higher than mine, but the milk makes it milder - I would use a soap made to that recipe :)). (Trivia: the brine soaps end up being the pastel cousins of the soapy world; colours that look good in soft tones work really well with...

You are most welcome Clarice :) @Hils67 Thank you for your lovely words :) "This is a fantastic explanation and another reason why I’m totally addicted to my soaping journey. It’s not just making soap it’s learning the science behind it. Thank you so much for sharing" I can say with some...

Not dawni ;) but the soft oil soleseife's I've made have been quite hard and brittle (although I do use olive, so those soaps get very hard anyway). I couldn't see the recipe that didn't have coconut, but I've also made some with just butters and olive (and honey and dual lye) that have a...

It does, in that the lather is creamy, rather than having large fluffy bubbles. I tend to use an ordinary recipe for my soleseife (not a high coconut one) and I still get a creamy lather after the cure. One batch from a couple of years ago I used clays - that was a bit much and the lather on...

How good to they look!!

I thought it looked familiar, Earlene! :) (Link, for interested folk: https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/november-challenge-entry-thread.61668/)

I'm so pleased for you that you have a solution (and thankyou for posting the followup :)) It sounds like you have the perfect outcome - you know what causes the ash for this recipe/mould combination and also how to get rid of it ... very nice! (I would love to see some happy snaps of your...

Triglyceride The oils and fats that we make soap from are often in the form of triglycerides. A triglyceride is 3 fatty acids attached to a glycerol backbone. Saponification Saponification of triglycerides occurs in two steps. The first step is to break the fatty acid from the glycerol...

What a fantastic outcome! ... I'm going to sit back and watch for the first soaps now :) (I'm guessing they also might want to know how you go making soap from their new product - if you have good luck with it, then they have a whole new, fairly untapped, market to sell into as well :)).

Yeah, I read it back and thought the same thing (and I wasn't sure how much you wanted posted, so I chopped it back a bit). If you are happy for me to put back all of the information, I can either post it here or send you a message :) The one thing I did notice is that they do do sample packs...

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You're right, they don't give much away on their documentation, but at least they are open to a phone call :) The wax you have (I'm guessing you have the in-house 4130 soy container blend?) is listed under their natural waxes (along with carnauba and rapeseed), so that's a bit hopeful. I hope...

Having the manufacturer just down the road is a stroke of luck Chris! Fingers crossed for you that they'll sell direct :) (Sometimes a manufacturer won't sell direct, except if you happen to be standing in their reception as a local, they might find a spare box/sample pack for you to buy ... ;))