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Welcome! I'm also from Florida - the Tampa area - and I have found this forum to be immensely helpful. The members are wonderful, and there's a lot of incredibly useful information on here. Happy soaping!

Thank you so much for the compliments, everybody! I wonder, though, does HP make the soap behave differently than it would if it were CP? I just used one of my HP soaps, a day after I made it, and it seemed kind of drying. I've never had that problem with my CP soaps. It could just be...

As long as it's oatmeal with nothing added, I don't see why it would be a problem. Is it just oatmeal that has been ground up? I buy rolled oats in bulk and then run them through a coffee grinder until they are basically powder before I use them in soaps. Oh wait - I think I know what you're...

Thank you - I think it's going to be good. I checked out a book from the library, Delores Boone's "Handcrafted Soap," and it's got some great color pictures of several different ways to do HP (crock pot, double boiler, oven). My soap stages looked exactly like the pictures in her crock pot...

Hi everyone! I did my first hot process soap yesterday, and I'm totally psyched! I could not believe how easy it was. I love the rustic look of it, and I like the more gelled feel than the cold process version of the same recipe. The only problem is that after reading some posts on here...

Thank you! I am pretty excited about it :D

Okay, I'm going to try to post a picture. Here we go...

I haven't figured out the picture feature yet in the forum. I'm gonna work on it, though. I've already got the bars cut and wrapped - that rebatch thing is great that way! I used the soap the next day and it was awesome.

Hey y'all, I finally got a stick blender after reading how great they are on here. It only took me about a year. But since I succeeded at rebatching, I figured what the heck! I've branched out without catastrophe. I'm gonna try a stick blender. I bought one this week, and it's been...

Excellent - I've never seen their site before. They've got all kinds of great stuff! Some of their EO blends look wonderful. Thank you for the tip!

Hi everyone, I know, I know, it's only July. But I'm getting excited about making holiday soaps, and I wanted to pick your brains for scenting ideas. I've got a great pumpkin spice recipe for the fall, so that's taken care of. But I'm looking to also make a Dionysos soap for the fall (my...

Wow! Those are gorgeous! I haven't gotten fancy with my soaps yet, but you've inspired me to try...

Hi everyone, I had my first successful rebatch yesterday. Woohoo!!! I had a soap that was giving me problems, and I tried a rebatch with the boil in bag method. The problem was that I actually *boiled* the water instead of keeping it just under a boil, and my bags melted. What a pain! If...

Mmmm, I like the Merlot... I know there are Costco's nearby, so I can check that out for OO. Do you have to be a member to shop there?

I wish I lived near a Trader Joe's! I could get OO AND wine cheap. Oh well. The stick blender is a good idea - I was just using my Kitchen Aid because I already had it when I started making soap. I would rather just keep it for cooking, though. Thanks for the tip!

Hi everyone, I've tried three different types/brands of olive oil and have gotten noticeably different results with each of them. I was wondering what kinds of olive oil others use, and where you get it. Here's what I've used and how it has behaved, for those of you who may also still be...

Thanks so much for the, site link! I did throw out the oil I removed, but I measured it first, so I know that it was 3 ounces. I'll check out Kathy Miller's site before I begin my rebatch.

I was afraid of that :-( I guess it's finally my time to learn about rebatching :wink:

Thank you so much! I really appreciate your instruction here :-) I'm wondering - do you think it is necessary to add oil if I superfatted at 10%? And how do you know how much oil to add? Thanks again!

Hi everyone, My latest soap batch did something I've never seen before. I'm doing CP, and I did everything the same way I usually do, but after when I uncovered the mold after about 24 hours, there was about a 1/4 inch layer of liquid on top of the soap. I let it sit uncovered for 2 or 3...