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Im gonna try and melt it tommorow! Gotta work night today ; ( I followed a guide that said i did not need to melt the hard oils first, just pour in the lye and let it melt them. I feel like that was a retarded choice. I got so stressed standing there why the hell isnt this melting, is it hot...

I already love this forum! So much activity ;D Gonna try and answer all questions! I have actually premixed the oils. I got really good oils from a british company that i already had premixed for my beard oils. Will not use that one again. It was listed on a things you could use for soap...

I didnt think it could overheat from 77c only. The main problem i felt was that i had it at a point where all ingrediens were mixed fine, it was a pure mixture so to speak. But it was never near vasaline. Not even after 2 hours. It was still runny.

Sorry for not beeing clear about this. Im not giving away something that is not top notch. What i meant is. I dont mind at all taking 10 tries to make a good product if that what it takes. But my goal is to have it Vegan! Is there a good database on what each oil / ingrediens does to a soap...

Man soapmaking is crazy. I looked like a scene from breaking bad yesterday when i tried to avoid getting lye on anything. Now im meant to LICK it? Have i overestimated how bad lye can be? So there is no point in like cutting one of them? To see if they are solid all the way through? To...

Tons of good tips in this thread. Thanks to everyone for taking time to answer! I did not know that the coconutoil would make it dry! I use coconut oil for other stuff like body butter and i thought it would be the opposite! Lesson learned! Is there anything else than lard / Palm oil? I...

Okay, i have looked at them now, and used a plastic knife to feel them. There seems to be on the ones to the right atleast. A very very thing layer of oil ontop. But the soaps seems solid.

Wow so many replies! What i did. I put the hard oils in the bowl. Had rhe liquids in a glass. Mixed the lye and water and stirred. I poured the lye mixture on the hard oils to melt them. Stirred for 5 mins untill they mixed. I felt it took a long time. Read a guide that said i should melt rhe...

Hey everyone! Im surprised and so happy that there is an actual forum for soap making! I just tried to make my first batch today. I prob did tons of things wrong, but i need some help to figure out exactly what i did wrong. So i can learn for next time! Here is the recipe. 400g...