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Understood. The recipe was ran through soap calc so don’t think it’s the recipe itself. Most likely it is any number of things I listed. It sounds like you believe oil can be absorbed back into a bar and cure, but to what degree only time will tell. I hope that is the caee, as it’s my first...

Well, another learning opportunity from mistakes. I tried to get all fancy this past weekend and made two different loafs with some new techniques for each. Master batched a 50/50 lye solution, used coffee, used koalin clay, used a new mica, and tried to do a 3 color drop swirl. First...

I used EEO. And mixed the clay with the EO. Then I mixed the EO/Clap it with spatula.

Mainly color.

All good advice from all. Thanks Overall the batches turned out pretty good with only a few air pockets. The ends were the worse but even those are usable. I tried the off cut already. And wow! Hands felt super conditions after. Not sure if any of that goes away after curing, but even if...

The Good...I made made my first two batches. The Bad... Each batter was too thick to pour The Good...I think I learned. And l'm looking forward to making another batch. So the first batch would not even pour. I thought I had a thick medium trace but by the time I put the stick blender down and...

Thank you, all!

I've read and seen people make goats milk from powered.. Package instruction call for a 1 tablespoon to 2 oz water to make the goat milk. Most then freeze into cubes to prevent scorching when creating lye solution. I have seen some use another method of using 1/2 the water for a lye...

Hi all, I’ve watched a few videos on SoapCalc for recipe development. Seems fairly straightforward. However, it once a recipe is made, it does not appear you can input the size of the batch needed to recompute the quantity for each ingredient. Am I missing something? If the recipe in...

As a guy, I've always appreciated a bar of soap that is on the harder side as I like to soap up with the bar itself in the shower instead of using a wash cloth. Having a fair amount of body hair on my legs, soft bars can simple wear out too easy. I've read salt can help with "hardness". But...

Thanks AliOop. While we have many similar interests, we don’t have any true hobbies that we do together. So it will be interesting, one way or the other. 😉

Hi. I’m Wade. Just beginning this journey of making soap. I’m an empty nester and have picked up a couple hobbies and have really enjoyed “making” things of use. This seems like one both my wife and I would enjoy. We’ve yet to make any soap but I’ve watched lots of videos. In my other...