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Today I tested my feather making capabilities with a single color. big '0'. The CO soap took forever to come even to a light trace. So I just used the light batter, mixed up my color and started pouring. First thing, my makeshift dividers didn't hold up and then, my very fluid layers just ran...

I made 100% CO laundry soap and did some swirl practice with blue oxide, it somehow turned a very pretty lavender. AND, I also had overheating and cracking for the first time in almost one year of soap making but this was my own doing, I had insulated it as I soaped RT and my basement was cold...

Rose, I think you need to take a deep breath and retry to focus on your own quest. I saw that Gent had tried to answer your question, please pay attention. I think he has some very valid points. Efficient packaging and labeling is definitely going to be an issue if you want to make it for...

Rose, your pics just made me so sad, for you and for the soap. I'm thinking that it might be an FO issue. One of the swap soaps I received has this rusty liquid oozing out while all the other soaps sitting right next to it in their own cups are fine. So it's not my basement or any other...

I agree DeeAnna, after I finish this batch of sodium citrate I'm just going to use EDTA. Again, not that the lye is expensive but I don't want to run out before my next order.

The mold needs to be lined not because it sticks to the soap but to keep a vacuum seal kind of thing from happening. But since you already molded the batter without lining, you can do one thing when it's time to unmold just introduce a knife edge between the mold and the soap to break the seal...

Brilliant question, I'm sure I can add both CA and bicarbonate to water and wait till fizzing is done, then add the solution to the recipe. But my google search revealed that the end product of a bicarbonate and lye reaction would be the infamous soda ash, which means I absolutely have to wait...

Those look like they will be easy to tip off, so be careful. I never found anything in dollar stores, may be I don't have a keen shoppers eye or soaper's imagination, but the last time I was in a new( for me) store and found those white plastic mixing bowls with a spout, I grabbed 6, they are...

I finished making the sodium citrate and drying it to my satisfaction. I was thinking, it's too much work but it helps me save on the lye, not that it's super expensive but since I'm running out faster. Anyways, the light bulb goes off! If according to DeeAnna I need 6.24 grams of lye to...

Yay! You can now enter the challenge. BTW, I have an opinion on meat eating, but not gonna offer. ETA: I just went to your recipe source. I really hope you've moved on from measuring soap ingredients in volume.

An IV cath up there, ugh! the skills of nurses these days just amaze me. Congrats on the cute bundle! Hope you have a great journey together.

Thanks for the bump folks, it reminded me that I still needed to make it. It's on my stove now, boiling away.

I gave wings to my money:). After shopping Amazon the day before, I ordered my self some regular palm oil and some other (new to me) soaping oils and butters. Also finished purchasing the funnel pitchers and some freezer paper, thanks Gigi! The total for 6 pitchers, 2 large packs of freezer...

They still have the 6 packs in stock, which is what I ordered just now, for 14+ $. Just scroll down the page and hit the green button for the bulk buying option.

1. Snappyllama (woohoo I'm first) 2. Saponista (really looking forward to this!) 3. Commoncenz (If at first you don't succeed ... you're probably soaping) 4. TheDragonGirl (Trying should at least be entertaining) 5. BlackDog (First challenge! Woop!) 6. Rparrny (looking forward to my...

Haha! I see what you are doing there newbie, enablers all of us, aren't we?

I was just excited about the swap I participated in, which is the same one that Judi, DG, DD and others were in. first thing, I would get goodies but most importantly I wanted that knowledgeable feedback from other soapers which is kind of hard to get from friends and family (hubby only wants...

Last night I ordered a KD8000 with adapter, this bamboo organizer box set to be used for molds and some AC on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006MON3XE/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20 I needed a small mold to test recipes and swirling and hoping the smaller two will fit the bill. The...

It all started with the first tub of my handmade body butter. I 'had' very dry and sensitive skin. For almost 2 decades, I had to use moisturizer every single day, as soon as I toweled off no matter which 'mild' soap I used. Now, I am always reading the labels, I like to control what goes in and...

I read somewhere that this new mandate will bring in some real good money and if it supports Michiganders, it can't be bad. Nonetheless, I'm still making my purchase today:).