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Good idea on the 5 gal buckets. I was thinking about where I would store mine and the gallon jugs fit the bill. As for the kitty litter, especially at the bottom, I would be worried that any moisture would have to pass down through all the chem and it would absorb the moisture prior to...

I've seen a number of people say they get frustrated with the price and shipping of smaller amounts of these chems. Some places sell 8 lbs for the same price as a 50 lb bag, lol! If you have purchased lye before and kept the bottle, then you are in luck as they are easily re-useable. Both...

I'm trying to figure out the ideal size for a sample size soap, maybe something like what would be used in a hotel. I've found that 2.5" rounds aren't bad at all for hand soaps and will work as body soaps. 3" rounds are better body soaps, but then they get pretty thin if staying in a certain...

I have a lot of different recipes I've tried over time and with a wide variety of soap qualities. I've analayzed the soaps and recorded the data so now I really don't need to keep the remaining around. Has anyone found a good way to utilize this stuff, hopefully in a single use (obviously...

Should KOH of NaOH be used? What would be good to add to CO to help reduce had chapping/drying from prolonged use? Would olive oil be helpful?

I have an idea of making a website that allows users to create a number of questions and polls and ratings related to a specific product. The customer will take the product code from the item, visit the site and input their responses. The manufacturer can view the results and also have them...

well I found the 2.5 oz containers and I can use them to distribute samples to get feedback but I would like narrower containers if I go into production. Ideal container: 1" diameter & 3.5" tall - push-up type deodrant container - round cylindrical. Available container - 48mm diameter - 2"...

I finally have a product which I believe is ready to be distributed for trials and sampling for potential customers. I have identified my target market but I want to get feedback about the product first by providing samples to professionals in the field who use the product every day. The...

I'll get the links updated as the old site is no longer active.

The ideal container that I need is round, and about 1" diameter - give or take and maybe 3-4" tall. I think a 2 oz container would be good. I have found some 2.5 oz, 48mm diameter tubes that will work as sample products but for a final product I would like to find something of a narrower...

I've made some small batches to try different recipes as I have wanted to try maybe 6-10 variations on a single recipe with different ingredients and such. I've found it is much more difficult to make smaller batches b/c it is more difficult to measure ingredients accurately and I am wondering...

I was looking at some sites and they usually list plain stearic acid but one site lists it as 38% and the item looks the same - very small white beads. it is supposedly 38% C:18:0. IDK what the rest of the product is and how this works for putting the info in the soap calcs. I think this may...

Ideally this mould would be a log form, I don't want to be pouring individual moulds, but I guess that would be alright. I'm worried about the handle as I don't want it to break off so I'm thinking of having the handle and then towards the top part of the mould (where the top fill line would...

IDK about the rest of you but I feel it should be illegal to advertise a price on a website (without some "*" or "note") that isn't the final price. I just signed up for a service that was $9.99 and after giving all billing andaddress info (full Credit card info) the next page shows that this...

I'm looking to make a bar that is very little cleansing but gives are really nice slick / slimey feel. Bubbles/Lather isn't soo important (from 1-100 20 would be fine) but some would be nice. Hard is good. Has anyone had any "oops" soaps where something like this was the result or have some...

I'm wondering if there is anything wrong with pouring the mix into the mould while it is still fairly fluid. I am talking about a recipe which is known to be good/successful and always reaches trace (light/med) at say 5 mins of whisking. I've noticed that if I allow a mix that isn't reaching...

I once cleaned bacon grease that has lots of small burnt meat pieces in it with boiling water and salt. I also tried a pressure cooker and it worked very well. I was doing about 5lbs of lard. If using the water method there are some things you MUST be careful about. The grease can super heat...

I'm looking at ordering a number of color pigments and they are kind of expensive in small quantities so I was wondering if there were others who had been putting this off as I had. Here are the colors I'm looking at: I would like to make it a minimum of 100g per color which is a little...

This is a really bad drawing but there is some text that might make things a little more clear. This doesn't show the parafin tray, the measurement bar/ruler or the "base/zero block" which is where the soap is butted up against (zero on the ruler). The wire slides will be adjustable...

Yes. Was that what should have been done or not?