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There is a local place that sells oils for soap making. I already buy my lye there (it's really the only place I can get it locally that I know of) so I thought I would try the oils too. They advertise on their website that 7 lbs of olive oil is approximately 1 gallon. I didn't think about it...

OK I recombined the batch ... and I'll put in an additional 4 oz coconut oil to accommodate the lye. It's gonna be an interesting scent if it survives the rebatch - vanilla grapefruit. LOL Thanks for the help!

I have a stick blender ... that's not a problem. So are you suggesting that I put all this back in my stock pot and mix it? Can I just cook it in that, or do I really need a double boiler? I have a crock pot I can use but it's not big enough to handle the whole batch. In future should I cut...

Oh boy ... I don't have a double boiler set up that will accommodate this! Is there any way to rebatch without a double boiler? Olive Oil 42 oz Coconut Oil 21 oz Lye 9.75 oz Liquid 24 oz

So maybe try HP? Hmmm ... I may not have a choice. This is an awful lot of oil! Never done HP before, but I am willing to try anything at this point. Thanks for the suggestion!

I've been making soap for about 10 years now, and really enjoy the process. I started because my son suffered with eczema, but it's under control now. I'm married and have two teens, a dog, a very demanding job and a side biz my dh and I have started. I'm looking forward to getting to know...

I really don't know what happened, except maybe that my scales failed on me. I have a very bad separation problem - it looks like there was WAY too much oil. I even checked it twice to be sure because it looked like a lot to me, but it measured to 4 lbs oil three different times on two different...