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I ended up cutting off quite a few tops of bars from my last batch due to bubbles, and still have the end pieces, etc. Was wondering if I could "recycle" these and melt them down somehow, and add EOs? I have enough to make 2-3 or so bars from the scraps, and imagine this would be a cheap way to...

Beautiful! Was the rose EO very expensive, if you don't mind my asking? I haven't been able to find it reasonably priced, which is unfortunate, because I LOVE rose EO. Jasmine too - though I guess they are both considered absolutes, from a purists' standpoint, unless they dilute it with...

It's not technically castile but if it counts among you guys' bastille, I made 85% OO, 25% CO soap with some extra SFing for winter - unmolded and cut on the 1st of the year, so it happens. :) Prior to this all my bath and facial soaps have been completely castile but despite letting them cure...

Had I been drinking milk I would have snorted it out my nose at this! :lol:

Just time for a humorous update - last night I dreamt this soap kept zapping me! :lol: Of course you realize what the first thing I had to do was upon getting up for the day? Yep - test the soap! Tested FINE, thank goodness!!! What a relief that the soaping nightmare was wrong. ;) I cut off...

Me, too! We grow as much of our food as we can, organically. :) Obsidian, why 33% on the water? I have been using the standard set amout on soapcalc of 38% but would like to decrease it, isn't false trace an issue or was it something else? I am curious about this. Most of my soaps are based in...

I'm excited to hear about what happens with this. :)

Hmmmmmm that's super interesting. Mine are still oily, especially on the tops, but I'll give it a week and then maybe wipe them down (they're already cut) and put them on racks or something. Next time I'll just soap at the normal 100-110 degrees and see what happens, since it is a new oven after...

Try peanut butter in the humane trap - mice LOVE peanut butter, more than people would think with foods. I also caught a mouse in a Have-a-Heart (sp could be Hart) trap years back using peanut butter and an apple. They love PB more than anything pretty much... Another humane solution is to get...

Awesome! Beautiful state, Idaho. Looking at that state and Montana as possible places to settle down permanently in several years... :) We are in Vancouver, WA... It's basically the Portland, OR metro area (5 minutes away) so just on the border, really. Land of hipsters, haha. About how long...

So I take it from this you do not insulate or anything? You can just leave them on the counter or in a cupboard or whatever you want until the next day when you are ready to heat up the soap and do the later CPOP? Or what exactly is done with it once molded, specifically? :)

:wave: Yay, a fellow veggie! I need to get my thyroid checked. I do basal temping and my temperature does not seem to be too low, but it can jump around quite a bit and I have noticed some other symptoms. Your reasoning is exactly why I am uncomfortable eating it, and now wonder, if I do have...

Didn't think you were....But just in case anybody wanted to hop on and debate I had to put in a disclaimer. Though I probably have nothing to worry about, I just don't like drama or even potential drama is all. Makes me tired. :) As a vegetarian, soy IS way too easy to find, unfortunately! :P...

I only cook or soap with certified organic oils (for eating only EVOO and CO), and do not use soy for a plethora of reasons - the vast majority of non-organic soy being GMO is a big one. Sometimes it is inevitable, but where I can control it as much as possible I choose not to consume or use it...

If I can't sub something else or use more of something else in the recipe I will not be making it, unfortunately. Other than that one ingredient everything else sounds very nice. I like that it is all liquid oils aside from the shea. But it's not something I will be making right away. We just...

Thanks guys. I tried most of what lpstephy mentioned - at least the insulating with mats, towels, preheating the molds (didn't work) etc. types of things. I don't know what it is, but I suspect our climate here. It is very cool and wet here. (Washington.) Too many times I have fought with...

Hmmmm. I wonder what the culprit was - the oven, or the temp range I soaped at? Any prevention tips? :) Thank you for your help!

Beautifully said, Lin. I couldn't agree more.

It sliced very easily but that was because it was rather soft. Not quite mushy, but soft enough you could have pressed a fingerprint in it if you tried to... Didn't notice oozing. :D Thank you, I feel less worried now... I didn't do a zap test though as I usually wait a few days (maybe I'm a zap...

I would like to make this recipe, but same as jaggedrande need to know what I can sub out for the soybean oil to be able to make it. Could I add more of one of the other ingredients or do I need a different oil more similar in composition to soy? Unrelated side note: I make the 100% CO soap...