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She is running around ,climbing, and she can carry a 12 pack of sodas lol it kills me that she is growing up too fast... soon I hope to give her a brother or sister so she wont fell so lonely

Ok thats awesome sry I do beat around the bush sometimes but yes thats the answer I needed. Tomorrow morning I will do a small batch to c how it goes. And one other question I have is can I put my oils and lard in one pan? Or do I have to wait for the trace to add my oils? Ive seen it done both...

4 parts water 1 part lye or 3:1 or 2:1 or 1:1 the calculator does give me that opinion (soapcalc) even using 99% sodium hydroxide. All im needing to know this far is when it tells me I need 2.15 oz lye and 6.08 oz destilled water that it means pour that amount of lye to that amount of water? It...

I dont under the ratio for example: if I just wanted to make soap with 16 oz lard and I wanted to us a 4:1 ratio with the lye 99% sodium hydroxide I dont know how many ounces of lye plus water to add to the lye crystals

Yes the calculator is very useful but there r still some thing I dont understand ab it

There r so many questions that I cant answer thats y im learning.

And I wont use wood ash lye water anymore. Ill learn the right way Ok im not good with words or explaining myself The goats milk batch was made before I joined this forum im jus now learning the mistakes I made on that batch. And im not making another batch until I get all my ducks in a row...

This was before I learned ab the calculator Naoh 99% Im not arguing I promise I dont have a scale I will get one. And we bought the lye online it says 99% sodium hydroxide

I did a 4:1 ratio on the goats milk batch of soup

Im speechless... umm well since the egg test is not a good choice for lye. I might try first the 4:1 ratio for a start I guess. The lye mixture was my biggest problem

My name is Troy. Im 26 years old with a wife and 2 year old daughter. I figured this introduction will maybe help because no body knows anything about me. Im set on learning at this time in my life as well as perfect things I like to do. Im an ex pipeliner currently unemployed so this is kind of...

And yet I am condemned for trying to learn from my mistakes. Like I said I will use this soap calculator. I wasnt looking for an argument or being condemned, it was only for conversation and learning but sense this seems to b more of a problem than a friendly conversation ill stop posting

Ok I got one question. Does the goats milk dilute the lye concentration?

ok ill figure out this calculator and make sure to get the right amount

Now I know theres alot of people that im jus goofing around with lye but im really trying to get good at doing this... these soaps r only for trial and error... And the soap calculator doesnt work for me lol. I use 9 oz of oil to 1 oz of lye. On my last batch of goats milk im on day two of...

I was thinking on making a batch of soap and I was thinking on a recipe I came up with 16 oz lard 12 oz goats milk 8 oz coconut oil 4 oz lye water _99% crystals Any takers?

99% crystal lye and I did do the egg test before mixing it lol but ur all a great help for helping me figure out this new hobby. it really means alot to me Wood ash lye is a challenge but I love a challenge. The egg test on the wood ash was about a penny floating out of the water. And I will try...

Lye water I think my wood ash lye water was too weak in the first batch Ill use less lye next time

No 3 lbs lard and 3.5 wood ash on the first batch and its greasy feeling lol The second betch I used 16 oz lard 12 oz goats milk and 3.3 oz lard water made with crystal lye

I have no idea ab wat oils do what when it comes to soapy and leathery type oil but I will try a small batch of olive oil and coconut for starters I checked the goats milk soap I made yesterday and It turned out pretty good. Its kinda hard after just 12 hrs in the mold