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Mine too and amen! :D

I think Tanya is correct too. I RTCP with palm on occasion and have never had an issue, but then again, I only use it at 20% and do an extra HOT 40% lye solution.

I agree with this with one exception.... the default water will buy you some time with some really stubborn fragrance oils....the soap on a stick specials.

Congratulations! :)

Try soaping cool, and adding the FO at the very beginning into your melted and cooled oils. The scent will come through and this should buy you some time. Also, especially with florals, start by hand stirring to see what's gonna happen. I made some hyacinth soap for my grandmother's...

Honestly, and this is just my HO....I would save the aloe butter for something leave on, like a lotion, where you can get the skin benefits. Superfatting with CP is also a dicey business. You're really better off to just calculate your recipe, and take a lye discount of 5% or whatever. The...

Try your spice rack first.... Turmeric makes a nice sunny yellow Paprika makes a nice peachy color Cinnamon colors it a rich brown that's pretty much where I jump ship and go to oxides, ultramarines, and soap colors, but there's a few to try. I know you can also use alkanet, comfrey...

I have a TOG mini mold that, in its many uses, has never achieved a gel. Personally, I have been converted to the "no gel religion" by soapbuddy....the colors stay truer, and the fragrance oils stay true and don't morph. :)

Just my observation, and carebear especially, correct me if I'm wrong....but the bars I've made with iodine below 70 never have gotten DOS....ones 70 and above have occasionally proved problematic. I have some of my original Crisco bars that I made with 70% Crisco....30% coconut. They lather...

You CAN use that high a cleansing number....but you have to up the superfat accordingly. Basically, cleansing approaches 54, almost three times the normal number.....try about two to three times the normal superfat.....maybe higher. Coconut has a nice long shelf life. Most of the 100%...

If you want to take the lye monster out of the picture, you can also do HP and add the superfatting oil after the soap has cooked. I do this with shea butter and it makes nice soap. Castor oil also makes a nice superfatting agent with this method.

Never have used the beet powder but I have colored with clay. It should be a similar method. You can do it a couple of ways. 1) If you want a solid color soap, you can just mix it in with your oils and stick blend as usual. 2) If you want a swirl, you can take out the lightly traced...

Sometimes, you will also get a zap a few days out from the FO you use. I had that happen to me. Made a coffee spice soap, gelled fine, cut beautifully, and touched it to my tongue....... ZAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPPPPPPP! I knew I hadn't mismeasured so I did some forum searches and learned about...

You can TRY and see how it does....just be careful and don't expect miracles (although you may get a pleasant surprise). Personally, with a smallish batch, I doubt I would trouble with it, where it had other problems with the measurements and such. I shred those batches into some water, add a...

Hello and welcome! :)

Hello and welcome from Portland, OR! :)

Hello and welcome! :) Are you the same SudsyPot as the one at the Dish?

Yeah.....preservative<>antioxidant Personally, I haven't had a DOS since I started leaving the canola alone, stopped adding Crisco at more than 20%, and changed my castile soap to bastile soap.

My other half likes the food scents like banana bread, sugar cookie, chocolate covered cherry, and the like. My response for most of them range from indifferent to <GAG>

What rubyslippers said! :)