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big batch I did and it turned to be fine. This time, however, there are these small bubbles.

Thank you Thank you everyone. I did a huge batch of 96 soap bars, so it might have gotten too hot even though I mixed the ingredients at 100 F. Any thoughts?

Thank you for your message. I made this soap on December 21st, and it doesn't sting anymore. As a fact, I am already using it, and it is lovely. However, the appearance has these small bubbles, and I don't understand where they are coming from. I used 30% coconut, 17% laurel and 53% olive oil...

Please, help me to identify the problem. I used a cold-process, olive, coconut and laurel oils. There are the small spikes. What are they? I mixed lye with oils at 100 F. Thank you.

It sounds like a lovely recipe. I made a baby soap with 91% Olive Oil Infused with Chamomile flowers and 9% Shea Butter. It smells divine - like chamomile and is nice for my 3 months old baby. By the way, people use Johnson and Johnson's products filled with a lab created junk but marketed as...

Good day, I wanted to ask if anyone knows a good baby soap recipe. I was thinking to do something like this: olive oil and coconut oil - 24 saturated (coconut) and 76 unsaturated (olive). 28% Lye Concentration and 8 % Superfat. Do you think this recipe is ok? I would also add a little bit of...

Wow, Thank you so much.

No, no color. I only used lye, distilled water, 83% Olive Oil, 17% Laurel oil. I had 6% lye discount and 11% water discount. I mixed the oils and lye at 150F. I guess it could have been a problem.

Thank you so much. I also sell soap so I decided to see if I can master batch to save time. I will zip test it as you mentioned and decrease a T down to 110 I think. Tried to find what it means to zip test. Google seems to be not aware of this technique. Would you please share with me? I really...

Thank you so much!:)

Good day, Thank you for your response. For this soap, I used a Cold process and I used a stick blender. I also made a large batch; 36 bars of soap about 8 oz each. I also oredered - Phenolphthalein in Ethanol Solution pH Indicator for Titrations and pH Testing Soap Making and waiting for this...

Hello, I made this soap and it has these strange white spots all over. What do you think it is? I used 100% Olive oil and 6% water discount.

Another oil I used was Laurel Berry Fruit Oil. The funny thing that I already made soap with this exact recipe. I just used 5% water discount. The soap turned to be fine; it was just a bit slimey. I am not sure what happened to this batch.

Another Oil Thank you so much!

DeeAnna, Would you please explain what you meant "the default amount of water for the recipe." I am new to Soapmaking so am not sure. I used 35% Lye Concentration and 3% Superfat. Thank you!:)

Hello, everyone Can you help me to identify the issue with my soap? I used 30% of Coconut oil and 53% of Olive oil and 17% of another soft oil. I used 95% of Sodium Hydroxide and 5% of Potassium Hydroxide. I mixed them at 120 degrees by a whisk until the mixture traced. I also added just 1%...

Hello, I was just wondering if Sodium Hydroxide can go bad by being stored in a garage in Florida for a year. Thank you everyone!

Thank you Thank you for your advice. Tomorrow, I will try my batch and let you know the results.

Hello friends, I wanted to ask if someone can give me an advice. I am trying to make 100% Olive Oil Soap and was told to try to use 95% of NaOH and 5% of KOH combination; it is supposed to get rid of sliminess in the final product. Anyhow, how am I supposed to add these two chemicals? Should I...

Thank you Thank you everyone for your advice. I will certainly try playing with KOH. I cured my soap for almost 2 months but it still had this slimy feeling. By the way, I discounted water 30%, but it didn't help with sliminess. :(