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WOW! both the cutter and the curing rack are sooo impressive! i want!!! :)

thanks guys! the lye from Lowe's was Roebic brand "crystal drain opener", i already disposed of it or i'd post a picture. it was with the other drain cleaners but took me some time to find in the store. it claimed on the label to be "100% Sodium Hydroxide", and had cautions on the label...

beautiful first soaps!

gotcha, sorry about that. i don't know that either! :)

thanks, kellistarr!

thank you so much, judymoody! i will definitely find a new container for mixing my lye (stat!) and will check out the lather once it's ready in a couple more weeks. i wanted a good hard bar and was hoping the castor oil would provide the lather and creaminess to counteract the hardness of the...

i also have very hard water where we live and have read elsewhere that it does matter whether your water is hard or soft, that the different minerals can affect your soap. i always use distilled water for soap making to avoid any problems with this.

wonderful first batch, well done!! i am keeping all my shavings/crumbles and am planning on throwing them into another (maybe uncolored) batch at trace, to have a nice "confetti" soap. i've seen pictures of other soaps with grated soap bits and they look fun and lovely!

Thank you, jax!!

This is how I made my first successful batch of CP soap! It was my third try, I think the lye I bought from Lowe's was inactive, probably exposed to too much air throughout the lines of distribution; as soon as I got the good stuff the process worked perfectly! My recipe was 30% CO, 35% OO...