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Bought a new kitchen scale last night. Simmered blackberry wine for two hours. Going to make soap with it today.

I was going to make soap today, but my kitchen scale died. I changed the batteries and it just keeps flashing random numbers. So, I got out my other 3 kitchen scales and low and behold, none of them are working as well. So now I have two scales that flash random numbers. One scale giving...

@ewhitake 1:1 ratio. So if I need 1 tbsp of sugar for my recipe, I use 2 tbsp of syrup. And my lye concentration is such that that amount of liquid doesn't affect my recipe.

NG Cranberry Relish FO. To me it smells like candy and I love it. Mad Mica's Tickled Pink. Creamy Pink and Deep Pink Cosmetic Mica's, that are from an Amazon purchase. Goats Milk, high lard, and Kaolin Clay.

I make a sugar syrup solution of distilled water and sugar that I have boiled on the stove. I keep it in the fridge and use it when I make my soap. I let it come to room temp and add it to my oils before adding my lye solution. It has worked great for me so far.

My soap recipe is the same for almost every single batch I make (except for special additives like beer or pureed pumpkin...etc.) I still write it up in my notebook beforehand. I check everything off my list as I weigh, measure, add...etc. This way I know I didn't miss anything.

@akseattle I use Kaolin Clay in all of my soaps and I think it also adds to whitening the non colored soap batter.

NG Black Raspberry Vanilla FO. Mad Mica's Harold's Purple Crayon and Grape Ape. A lilac cosmetic safe Mica. This recipe, high in Lard, full Goats Milk, hanger swirl, and I cpop'd it. I had fans on it, but it cracked, so I smoothed the top and threw it in the oven.

@akseattle I didn't use TD. I do use a high lard percentage in my soap recipe. I disliked how my soaps made with TD looked after curing for several months. (I have almost a lb of TD that I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it.)

I made soap yesterday after a two month break. NG Clean Breeze Type FO. Mad Micas Tennis Ball Breaker and Blue Shocker. Used my wire whisk for the swirl. Used Cows Milk because I didn't have any Goats Milk. Smells great.

@cmzaha I noticed the lard at Walmart was cheaper than two months ago.

I picked up some lard at Walmart. The 8 lb tub was $2 cheaper than a couple months ago. I have been shrink wrapping and labeling soaps. Haven't made soap in a couple months. Going to start my Fall soaps soon

@dmcgee5034 I wipe a dryer sheet all over my 2 lb bottle and shake the living daylights out of it. Works pretty good.

These are the kids I got the end of March. I forgot to post their pics.

@Bubz that is beautiful 😍

@Firefly24

NG Lilac fo. TD and Harold's Purple Crayon Mad Micas. It accelerated a bit. I had a fan on it, but still ended up with a small crack on the top. Smells like lilacs.

@lsg I need to get another stock tank to split this group up.