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    Sweating in salt bars

    Hi, i too stay in a very humid place and face the same problem with my soaps, specially in the rainy season. I wrap my soaps in tissue paper and keep them covered in a box. Not sure if I am doing something wrong, but it does soak the water droplets off the soap. I have tried soap n AC but it...
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    Hot pink Mica

    I love pink colour anyway, and the soap looks sooo pretty! Sent from my iPad us
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    Same synthetic oil soluble colors can be sed in candles and CP soap?

    Thanks for the reply Dagmar. I am very confused as the colour box packet label too says: "For colouring all kinda if wax petroleum products, oils, perfumes, plastics, soaps, nail polish etc." I am confused if I can really use these candle colors to color my soap. Just want to be sure if the...
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    Same synthetic oil soluble colors can be sed in candles and CP soap?

    Can one use same oil soluble colors for candles and cold process soaps. The guy in the place I bought my candle colors, told me they the same colors can be used in soaps too. Also same aromatic fragrance oils can be used in soaps. Do you agree? Or they may be irritating to skin? Please advise...
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    Wondering if HP is better than CP in humid climates

    Deeanna, yes I was referring to less water when I say water discount. I don't use less lye than suggested by the soap calc. Sent from my iPad us
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    Wondering if HP is better than CP in humid climates

    Hey Pai. Appreciate the response and pic. Thanks so much. Gives me courage to soap in humid climes too. Your soaps looks lovely and white. Thanks again! Sent from my iPad us
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    Wondering if HP is better than CP in humid climates

    Thanks so much For the suggestion Pai. Did you buy the contraption or is it homemade. Also does it matter if its wood or plastic? Do you still take care of which oils you may use to avoid sweatibg, or due to the contraption you need not woody about it... Thanks again for the help. Sent from...
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    Funky white globs in my lye water?!

    I have faced a similar problem with my lye sometimes. Once or twice I even discarded my lye solution and made new but still saw similar whitish specks. later on i just used the lye solution as it is and my soap turned out fine.. Few possible reasons that I heard for these white flakes in lye...
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    My first Goat Milk soap

    Lovely looking soap! Sent from my iPad us
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    New soap :)

    Love the pretty soap, specially the crown like rounded shape at the top. How do you achieve that. Sent from my iPad us
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    Wondering if HP is better than CP in humid climates

    Hi chookie2. I have tried both 20% and 38% water discount, and found that both types sweat. But 20% hardened faster, making unmolding easier. So I continued to use 20% discount. Also the chances of water evaporating is less due to the humidity in air in our climate. And that's why the water...
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    Wondering if HP is better than CP in humid climates

    Thanks for the reply new12soap.i do not add additional glycerin to the soap (apart from what is created due to saponification process itself). Also the soap that got DOS within 3 weeks of cure itself was coconut,palm, olive, ( no soft oils).. I do CP, mostly with 20% water discount...I add lye...
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    First attempt at soap making. Not very pretty, but hopefully it was successful

    Looks like a good soap. N I agree, waiting is the hardest part :) Sent from my iPad us
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    Wondering if HP is better than CP in humid climates

    Thanks for the advice sistrum.. Excellent advice! Will definitely try to avoid SHS syndrome in HP.. and thanks for the words of encouragement roseb. Sent from my iPad us
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    Wondering if HP is better than CP in humid climates

    Judymoody, thanks for the suggestion. But I am already doing a water discount and use 20% instead of 38%. The issue I face is my soap starts sweating within 5,6 hours of making because of the glycerin in it, and the humid climate. It makes me worried about the life of the soap. And DOS. I have...
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    Re-Batching - 1 more time

    Hi Lindy, Thanks for the great tutorial. I have a question- when I put my coconut, palm,olive soap in the microwave (after 4,5 days of making it). It completely melted to a a liquid ( it looked like a mixtures of oils again, no completely transparent, not white cream likes yours).otherwise at...
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    Wondering if HP is better than CP in humid climates

    It's not very hot but very humid where I stay ( tropical climate and near sea)...I was wondering if its a better idea to use HP instead of CP - 1. as it will reduce cure time - from 4 to may b only 2 weeks 2. I can package soap earlier in plastic I face a lot of DOS and sweating...so...
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    Can soap be shrink wrapped in 1 week to avoid dos and rancidity, within 1 week

    Great, thanks! :) Sent from my iPad using Soap Making
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    Packaging Poll

    I like number 1. It clearly conveys the 'natural' , 'handmade message'. 4 is nice too. Sent from my iPad using Soap Making
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    DOS, any way to slow it down?

    I keep my soaps in a shoebox away from sunlight with a lot of silica gel (desiccant) pouches nearby (not touching the soap).. I still got DOS. I will give muslin bags a try... Sent from my iPad using Soap Making
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