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I think they are putting in ingredients to discourage people from making certain illegal substances with the supposedly pure NaOH.

You don't have to keep wiping the soap. Just elevate it on some of the plastic craft mesh and wait it out. It will eventually stop sweating.

We all peek. I watch mine most closely the first four hours or so. That gets me past the biggest danger of overheating/cracking/volcanoing. Once I see gelled soap at 90-95% of the top of the mold, I turn the heating pad off and start unwrapping. I know there is enough residual heat to finish...

I have a call in to my hematologist to get on the list for a booster. I know it will be only a month or so earlier than everyone else can get it, but I am immunocompromised, so we don't know how much immunity my body produced by the first two vaccines. We really need a titer to check how much...

Definitely praying for y'all!

I was having issues buying 100% NaOH locally. It was usually old, clumpy, and I got the third degree when I tried to buy it. Then I started buying it online from actual soapmaking sites that had a much better turnover rate. So I then got fresh, non-clumpy, performed well consistently product. It...

I don't use anything to preserve either oils or soaps. No need. I don't use short shelf life oils. and I make sure my oils are not close to their use by date.

Bamboo skewers work well also. Just anything you can prop under the edge to stop the rolling.

Praying for you this weekend! Once you start using lye from Essential Depot or The Lye Guy, you won't go back.

I force gel mine using a heating pad and towels, and use @DeeAnna's method of checking.

It's bad. I heard on the news that there were only two pediatric ICU beds available, but I did not catch which city. Texas needs all the prayers it can get. I ran across this article just now: Video: Idaho Doctor Makes Baseless Claims About Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines - FactCheck.org And this...

@szaza Yes, I know those studies took place, I live in one of the areas where they were taking place and we heard daily how many thousands of people had joined those studies locally. And my neighbor down the street (I live about 1 hour away from the testing center) was one of them. She does not...

You are not going to want to use anything over 3% Superfat. You are going to end up with fatty acids floating on the surface of your soap. Ask me how I know. I think many of us switching from bars to LS automatically think that we need 5% SF.

I have found no difference in the longevity. I pretty much switch out between the 95/5% and the 100% depending on my availability of KOH. So, I have plenty of years to notice differences. And I have my testing of them somewhere around here somewhere to support those answers. Just have to find...

Our freestanding ERs and hospital based ERs are administering monoclonal antibodies (casirivimab and imdevimab) to anyone who has an oxygen saturation (SpO2) of 90% or less, then sending them home with oxygen. Our hospitals are just that full.

I think my first question is what percent of superfat did you choose? Second question is why do you think you need to add citric acid? What is the goal? Then, one comment that is totally unasked for and therefore can simply be ignored: Typically most of us find that adding amount less than 5%...

I eagerly read the article linked, but I have never heard of that publication. And being a nurse in the US that reads everything I can get my hands on about everything medical, and especially regarding this virus, that is saying something. So I went looking for supporting data. And I can't find...

Even when you think something is utterly lost, do not just add other ingredients willy-nilly. Stop and ask us. If you know your exact recipe and whether or not your scale was recently checked, we can help you fix most soap. That is the best part about liquid soap, you can still fix it as long as...

I try to use my well stored lye within 6 months. Any longer than that, and I have had bad results.

I would trust your zap test more than anything else if you aren't absolutely sure what % purity your KOH is. Zap is NOT a spicy feel. It is a mild electric shock. Impossible to mistake for anything else. There is also no need, whatsoever, to heat glycerin to mix with KOH. You just mix equal...