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Hi, open soap makers friend. Plug in the numbers you have. Lye usage is roughly 2.0:1.0(water:lye) ratio. I'd round off the numbers. On the oils when entering them. Now you have your first recipe. FYI, you gonna need a notebook, lol. You could swap lard with palm. For a faster recipecee.

Hi, I am not familiar with that supplier. Maybe someone else can comment on them. Might up superfat a little? With that much CO.

Home much water you using.

Hi, sounds like riceing. Caused by the FO. Were did you purchase your FO? Stick blending, helps in most cases. Stirring while adding riceing FO'S seems to help a little. Good luck.

Some high priced ingredients. But hey, aren't you worth it? Great looking soap! Thanks for sharing.

Tease and harass.... maybe. but we would never laugh. Good luck.

OK, you asked.......loaf mold? 1. Make your base white portion. Trim to give desired clearances. 2. Pour lower black portion. Make this a separate batch. Let set up. 3. Place white portion. With spacers. 4. Make second batch black. Pour side and top. You can pour just after emulsion. So it...

Hi everybody, went to a couple of part swap meets. And brought soap with me. No expectations, but did make some sales. Had a lot of fun. Even big grubby bikers. Like hand made soap.

Throw them in with the whites. Add a little bleach. Maybe?

Thank you for the info. Learning more about biodiesel. So I'll have a good reply next time. I am not sure what this would be used for. Not personal care products. That is for sure. Thank you again.

Hello everybody, somebody approached me Sunday. Ask about using the glycerin. Produced while making biodiesel fuel in soap. I had no idea what he was talking about. But did express my concern. About using it in personal care. Watched some ytube vids. But still know nothing about Biodiesel...

Hi, I started with freezer paper. Like many others. Found these at $tore. Ones I tried previously were to thick. These are thin enough to work. Trimmed to about 1 inch overlap. I use a flat ^test cap^. With a piece of freezer paper to seal bottom. The pvc is 12 inches long.

Hi, @MelissaG. I use HO sunflower as a supplement. To my recipe. 20% Do you use any hard oils?

Hi, the added sugar, in the powdered goats milk. Caused a bit more heat. Which needs to be addressed. My gm recipe, will go into gell. With limited covering. You technically have a new recipe. With its own temperament.

Hi, there should be a max usage rate on the bottle. ex, 2% of batch weight. Or that info should be on their web site. I purchase a lot from Natures Garden. In every FO/EO description. There is a section on usage. good luck.

I almost got sick to my stomach. While cutting my batch. But now it is a tolerable stench. I should have used any FO.

Hi, posting some pics. Will help us help you, also. You would not be the first. To have trouble with Amazon colors and fragrances. How large are your batches. Thinking volume equals heat. I do not cpop. My goats milk recipe will gell. With just towels on top. I use a reptile cage heating pad...

Hi, I use full water, then add powder required to my oils. Can not say either method. Is any better. They all work well. I just migrated from one to the other. Out of convenience. Powdered donkeys milk?

Hi, preference. I use powdered goats milk. For even more convenience.

Hi, 1. Solid, That's how they come from my suppliers. 2. What ever you are comfortable with. I use ounces, but am using grams on a rd project. 3. Good book to start with, but there are some updated things these days. 4.a CPOP, with the oven on? 4.b cracked? What's in your recipe? Any added...