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  1. M

    Soap or not soap, that is the question ?

    My showers are my alone time when I can sing as loud and off-key as I like without having to divert my eyes from dirty looks. Plus I get to pat myself on the back for creating such a luxurious and artistic bar of soap. Soap makes my face hurt like h-ll so I now use micellar water (luv it!). (I...
  2. M

    Confetti Soap - Why do the math like this?

    Well I think she did all that math because she uses soapcalc and you can’t enter a batch weight like you can in SMF. I said adios to soapcalc. Now, why does she say the recipes of the confetti should be similar to the new batch?
  3. M

    When to add luxury oils

    Don’t you just love Kevin Dunn? He explained that some fatty acids saponify faster than others, generally the saturated fats faster than unsaturated fats, with hemp oil the slowest of our commonly used oils. His experiments were CP but he thinks that since in HP over after the cook any oil...
  4. M

    The elusive perfect bar of soap

    Why vinegar?
  5. M

    Melt and pour just as good as cold process?

    It is misinformation like the above about SLS that call into question ANYTHING said on forums. Retired chemist in the medical field here. Your sentence about “toxicity at .5 grams” is taken way out of context. Studies report that the oral lethal dose for humans is 0.5 g/kg. That is, a 150 lb...
  6. M

    Might get into this.

    For butters and soft oils other than what I can find at Costco or grocery store I use Amazon.
  7. M

    How much, is too much??

    Are you sure you are using a scale to weigh your oils? You state that you “measured” the canola which makes me hope you aren’t using the graduations on a pitcher (fluid ounces). It is a great help to tare the scale between ingredients so you don’t have to keep track of the math.
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