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Yes, you’re right @DeeAnna. I would love to hear what myths you do think should be debunked! And fwiw I have nowhere near the chemistry knowledge you have.

That’s so cool! I love the jig you made. I bought an arbor press last year and I use it for pressing bars out of soap shavings. The whole job gets messy but it was a good investment. I made a little three part mold on my 3D printer but it is nowhere near as slick as yours - now I need to make...

Yes - I agree, and I don’t know why I’m stomping my foot about it - I just get weary of accomplished soap makers on YouTube stating that “grams are more accurate.” You hear it ALL the TIME. I think it is confusing for beginners and reinforces this erroneous logic. And tbh I think I’m sensitized...

Hi all, voting is now closed - results are in! 1. @Tammyfarms, @Cindy D. , @not_ally - three way tie for first 2. @CLMP 3. @MichaelP I just loved seeing all your entries! Fantastic job everyone.

Hi all. I have seen stated in so many places that “grams are more accurate than ounces.” Many YouTubers say it as a point of fact. Ounces are no less accurate. If you have a scale that only measures whole ounces, the units will be less PRECISE (not less accurate). But, I think most scales that...

Oh boy. Shopping around for cocoa butter - I see that NDA has gone from $363 for 55 pounds to $993 for the same size. 😳 I think the cheapest I can get is about $.44/ounce with shipping, for a 55 pound box from make your own. It looks like the wafers are sold out from a lot of vendors. ETA holy...

Yes the coconut oil containers from big lots used to bug me - here’s how I deal with them now - in the winter I have big pots of water on my woodstove and I tie a gear tie around the top of the container and then through the handle of the pot and it slowly melts. Then I can decant it into a wide...

The entry thread is now closed. Voting email will go out tomorrow morning. Great job all!

The entry thread is now closed. Voting email will go out tomorrow morning. Great job all!

I don’t know - I sure hope so. I’ve been looking around it has gone up everywhere.

Walmart has it for $19/ 3 liters so $6.33/liter. But tbh I was not thinking about NZ dollars v. US dollars. RBO is expensive here, at least where I live - I’ve never seen it at a cost effective price. That’s too bad about HO oils. They are available in bulk from restaurant supply stores here...

Hi all! One more day to get your entries in. I love the entries so far! Brilliant work everybody.

Yikes… that’s higher than what we pay. Can you get HO sunflower, safflower, or soy?

I think you have a few things going on. If you look closely at the red circled spots you can see drag marks underneath - these look like titanium dioxide. The blue circled spots look like stearic spots or unmelted hard oils or butters. Or, sometimes fragrances that cause ricing can make soap...

Hi all! The entry thread is now open. And if you haven’t signed up, it’s not too late to hop onboard. 😊🪨 Thread 'ENTRY THREAD for the March 2024 Challenge - Stone Soaps' https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/entry-thread-for-the-march-2024-challenge-stone-soaps.92594/

This is the entry thread for the March 2024 SMF Challenge - Stone Soaps. As a reminder, this entry thread is for challenge entries only. Please post any and all comments to the general challenge thread, here. The first photo in your entry thread post will be used as the entry photo for the...

Thread revival, hopefully not too late. I have made several batches of soap with the high oleic soy and I like it. More recently I bought some high oleic sunflower from Webstaurant, and I love it. I have found that my masterbatched oils stay more fluid, perhaps because HO sunflower has a higher...

5 grams?

Oh dear, well, rocks are gray!

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