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Update: As per szaza's experience (pour at emulsion, left in cold) they are still fluid this morning, so I am CPOP-ing them (pre-heat oven to lowest setting, 50°C, put soap in oven, turn oven off). Am out for the morning so they will be left undisturbed until later.

If you'd like to learn more about the pH testing of soap, Modern Soapmaking has an article exploring the accuracy of different testing methods: https://www.modernsoapmaking.com/how-to-ph-test-handmade-soap/ (a quick heads-up: it's not that easy, and not necessarily all that useful!) For...

Thanks! No colours or fragrance this time, how boring! Will go through your media again for inspiration! I need to put in that order for soy wax, avocado oil and ROE, so will pick some colours and fragrance as well Great tip, will def try this next time, speed the process along!

The deed has been done. Zany's Castille is moulded, unsurprisingly there were no major disasters. The lye solution took forever to cool down, and the soap batter was slow to come to trace (but that's why I chose it to start with!) I don't fool myself they will look anything as pretty as...

Thanks Zing, onto it! Got the last of my equipment on Weds, and that lye is hitting the oil tomorrow! Have a good one!

Great! I picked some up on the way to work this morning, though I probably won't get to try salt bars this weekend, depending how quickly Zany's Castille unmoulds. Or maybe I could start with salt bars... #writing down recipes, checking them twice# (with SoapCalc of course!)

But less of a pain than when that soap batter winds up in your eye .. I've seen the photos! Safety first!

Kumusta @Dawni! That's exactly what I thought about Zany's castille, great to hear the technique will work with other recipes as well. Until @Dean and @KiwiMoose shared the wonders of soy wax (SW) I was looking light in hard oils, so this gives me even more options! Thanks for the reminder...

Hallo @KiwiMoose, lol, I don't think that's bad news, it's looking like a big adventure, we'll see what the reality is like soon when the lye hits the oil! Good suggestion re. subbing SAO, but I'll be ordering SW anyway so may as well add to the order and feed into the addiction.. will use your...

Thank you @Dean, I thought the 100% CO bar was a rite of passage ;) But you're right, I am much more looking forward to trying out salt bars.. Batch size is an important consideration .. I've been mentioning to people that I am interested in making soap, I was hoping I might find some other...

Hallo All, I've been lurking and scanning through the forums for a while and have picked out a few recipes I thought I'd like to try. Where to start, where to start? I'm certainly overthinking things but seeing the helpful guidance given to others (before and after the soap flows) I thought I'd...

Many thanks all for your warm welcomes, and esp KiwiMoose for pre-empting my questions about soy wax and providing a recipe to boot! Hope it's Ok if I go on a Like-ing spree through the site, there's so much helpful information out there and I'm sure I owe DeeAnna and IrishLass about +1000 likes...

Hallo All! I am a budding soaper from New Zealand, I am interested in making vegan and palm-free soaps. I'm not so naturally artistic as the amazing KiwiMoose and don't have big ambitions of producing large batches (yet!), but am still curious to give it a try. I bought a bar of soap from a...