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Thanks for the replies. Are they safe to use as is or do they have to be rebatched? And for rebatching do you just chop it up very small/grate it and then heat until melted then pour into the mold, or are there additional steps? First time doing a rebatch.

Okay I made a batch of soap last afternoon(05/11/2015) and like I normally do with my soap(with a high solid oil %) I cut it just before a full day has passed. The first two slices went fine then on the 3 slice I noticed that there were some small bubble shaped holes in it with a tunnel in the...

I recently made a soap with mead and for some reason it smells like licorice. I don't mind the smell I'm just wondering if anybody knows why it smells like licorice. The recipe is: 500 g coconut oil 190 ml unspiced JOAM(Joe's Ancient Orange Mead) variant 73 g NaOH The ingredients in the JOAM...

Sorry for bumping a couple year old thread but I'd like to mention that mead isn't technically a wine as wines are made with fruit(other than apple) and mead is made with honey. Just like sake is actually a beer as it is fermented from rice which is a grain. It is a completely different beast...

The scora/cinder is all over the place where I live, pretty much everybody(in the area) uses it for some reason(even decoration). It is still in chunks but should be pretty easy to get it down to a powder with a hammer and morter & pestle. I think that I might just make a very small test batch...

Would it be possible to use cinder stone(aka scoria) as an abrasive similar to pumice? If so what would be a decent quantity for a 500 gram batch. If not why?

Thanks all for the replies. The gellied soap doesn't bother me, I was just wondering what it was and what caused it. Now I know. And I'll my next batch will be mostly coconut oil, with a moderatly high SF level.:thumbup:

When I use my soap for my hands and leave it on a soap dish to drain and dry after use the part of the soap that is in contact with the dish turn into a gel-ish substance the consistency of a pomade and the stickiness of sap, but when I leave it in the shower on a wire hanger for soaps under the...

I used a butter knife to release the soap from mold turned it out and cut it. It is still a little bit soft but when I tried the smallest bar it had a nice lather(similar to commercial bar soap) and was very moisturizing. This is probably a recipe I'll use again albeit an upsized recipe.

Thanks for all the advice. I'm still kinda new at this and was just wondering is all.

I was just wondering about how long it should take for a Canola(50%), Coconut[organic](20%), Olive(30%) soap to solidify enough to cut. It has been just over 24 hours and it is still soft enough that I can't unmold it. When I try to unmold it, it starts to crack leaving some on the sides of the...

Thanks for the advice. I made a batch of the soap from that recipe yesterday, again cuz I was impatient. It came out just a little bit harder than playdoh and I'm wondering is that normal for 100% lard soap or is it soft because of being fat heavy? If anybody knows? I know I should have waited...

Does anybody know of any recipe using volume instead of weight as I don't have the money for a scale, but would like to start making CP soap. I saw one for a bacon soap. Does that seem like it would work or does it seem lye/fat heavy. I'll be investing in a scale as soon as I can but that might...