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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...

I love pink colour anyway, and the soap looks sooo pretty! Sent from my iPad us

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Lovely looking soap! Sent from my iPad us

Love the pretty soap, specially the crown like rounded shape at the top. How do you achieve that. Sent from my iPad us

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...

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...

Looks like a good soap. N I agree, waiting is the hardest part :) Sent from my iPad us

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

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...

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...

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...

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

I like number 1. It clearly conveys the 'natural' , 'handmade message'. 4 is nice too. Sent from my iPad using Soap Making

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