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I had a lesson in humble pie soapmaking on Monday evening. I decided to make a briny loaf (“loaf” was mistake #1) so added 2 Tbsp sea salt in with my water for the lye sol’n. I made my soap, got it into my loaf mold and into the oven to CPOP. Yesterday morning, in a rush I turned ON the oven...

Oh! I didn’t realize there is a de stash forum on here - and you are from Alberta as well! Wish I’d seen this 10 days ago!! 😁 and I’m happy you did so well on your destash.

I guess for once I should be GLAD that I’m in Canada and would have to pay horrendous shipping and duties - so I can’t be tempted like all my neighbours to the south … 😁

Oh, @TheGecko - you are singing the song of my people. “Shiny and new, and why do I have 4 of the same thing?” 🤣🤣🤣

@Zany_in_CO I did not know that!! THANK YOU!! for educating me, I really appreciate learning how best to express my gratitude to @DeeAnna so she will see my comments. I have learned SO much from her generous Soapy Stuff articles.

That is an excellent article; I learned so much from it and I often send the link to new soapers. I am a newbie soaper of about 5 months, and my soapmaking game changed 2 months in, when I found Soapy Stuff and her generous sharing of information! (I made my very first “naked” soap this week-...

Aah! Another important soaping acronym to add to my list😁. Thank you!

I give up? What the heck is ZNSB? TIA! 😁🤣

DeeAnna is amazing! I have printed out some of her articles and I refer to them over and over. I’m just a few months into soapmaking and I believe my soaps have Improved a LOT because of what I’ve learned from her. honestly, the generosity of knowledge and experience shared by people on this...

Earlene, i just want to pop in quickly to thank you for your posts. I always learn something from your knowledge, expertise, and clear communication which enables me to understand the science/process. I appreciate you!

Outstanding!!

Update - so I made a small batch of rice milk soap last night just to see what would happen with the rice milk and slurry from the cooked rice. Time will tell on how good the soap is, but I am happy with how it set up and the way it looks! And it was nice to have a batter that I could just pour...

Thanks! I think I may abandon my cooked rice “water” and use the water from some soaked, but not cooked, rice. Then add a touch of the cooked slurry. Will be fun to see what happens!

Thank you so much! I’ll try making a batch this week. Always interesting to learn 😁

Help! 😁I’ve just cooked up some rice with extra water and strained the water to freeze into ice cubes. Will blend up some of the cooked rice with distilled water as well. I’m just trying to figure out how to figure out the water discount… my brain isn’t working for me 😬 but I think I have to...

I’ve just cooked some rice to try to make some soap - wondering how the various experiments from a couple years back turn out! Good soap? Are you doing the same or different methods now?

Local supplier - I am really envious! Shipping prices in Canada are horrendous these days. I have a question - what is silicone ash? I haven’t heard of it

Thank you for starting my day with a chuckle. You have a great writing style that captures your experience with humour! I bought a Cuisinart 2 button SB when I started soaping this year - it is now my kitchen blender and my old one is now for soaping. I join you in disliking the 2 button...

When I was a kid, I recall that once in awhile someone would call my mother “dear”. She always got frosty and would mutter “I’m not your dear!” once she got out of earshot. I learned through mom to get prickly about being called “dear” myself and for YEARS I would repeat that “I’m not your dear”...

This is a GREAT article, thanks so much for sharing! I am a newbie and have not understood well enough the fatty acid profiles. I will be rethinking my future recipes based on better knowledge.