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CG, the recipe is a sort of a standard one from the book that the author adds some bells and whistles to make additional soaps. She professes that the recipes are for "superfat" soaps, so I wasn't sure if that was the reason for seeing a different result. With only 5 batches under my belt, my...

Oh, I pitched the wooden spoon! Thanks for the info on testing the trace...I'll be sure to do it on the next batch. :) Actually, now that I think about it, I did it on the last batch when adding the essential oil...previously, I used the SB, but it chopped up the saffron threads (a bid...

LOL at the wooden spoon comment...when I went to the soap sink yesterday, that sucker looked baaaaaaadddd! I'm making another batch once my lye gets here and plan to take it farther past the initial trace. I was gunshy from the first two batches freezing up during the pour, so we'll see! Rick

Amy, thanks for the response...as best I know, yes. I drew a "bead" across the surface with a wooden spoon, and it appeared like the pics in the books/videos I've looked at. I didn't notice the "break" until I started pouring, and it wasn't completely like that...just towards the end of the...

Hello forum! I've read and read, and am on batch number six...but I'm not sure if things are turning out the way the are supposed to. :oops: I'm following the recipe exactly, getting trace, saponifying in freezer-paper-lined wooden molds kept warm overnight (by my daughter's jacket...she...

Well, I'm on my fifth batch and already have questions!! Love the hobby though...I put together a kit for my kids for Christmas, and I'm the one that has gotten the most hooked! I remember making my first batch as a kid in grammer school as part of the 1776-1976 bicentenial (we pretended to...