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In reply to post No 16, I used beeswax since I thought it would add to conditioning. But then I wondered if this caused the soap to not unmold since it is sticky.

I used beeswax which is sticky. Do you think this caused the soap to be adhered to the molds?

What is PPO? I don't know all of the abbreviations.

Do you mean 3% of the total oil volume? 3% of what? Thank you guys for all your help. I have not had such a failure in soap making and it was very discouraging so I needed a solution. I love making soap.:shifty:

What is sodium lactate? What does it do?

I used plastic molds for the first time and one mold that I have used before with no problems. How do you spray with grease? You mean like the can sprays you use in cooking? My soap turned out very sticky for some reason. I used 34% water ratio. Does anyone think this is why the soaps would not...

I have made a lot of soap batches and had no problem unmolding the soaps. This time, I used a lard recipe with 5% superfat along with other oils (coconut and palm and castor) and after two days and putting the molds in the freezer I cannot unmold them from plastic molds without cracking the...

How do you know if sunflower or safflower oil is high oleic?

Why is olive oil used? What is the minimum that I should use in cp soaps? Is there any substitute for it?

Some of the initials confuse me too. SB means stick blend. OO means olive oil. CO means coconut oil. I alternate stiring with the stick blender with swirling the stick blender to slow tracedown.

Thank you very much!

You or someone mentioned to use 2:1 ration of water to lye if not using colorants. I always use colorants, so what ratio should I use?

Thank you so much for all your help. I just tried out soapcalc and is it really useful. I can see my categories of softness, cleaness etc that I really like.

What do you mean "don't go over 10% of the cp"? You said use as much lard and palm as I want. Is SoapCalc a better lye calculator than the one on brambleberry? Thanks for all your help.

castor oil 2.5 oz, cocoa butter 3 oz, lard 3 oz, olive oil 20 oz, palm oil 3 oz, sunflower seed oil 8 oz, sweet almond oil 1 oz, lye 5.152 oz, 6.6 coconut milk and 6.6 water is the recipe.

I do use a lot of soft oils but used about 50% hard oils. The batch did not go thru gel since the temp was too low. I superfat at 6%

After unmolding my cp soap two weeks ago, it is still very soft, almost like putty. Will the bars ever harden up? What caused this? I let the temp on the water/lye and oils cool to about 90 before mixing and don't know if this caused the softness.

thanks!

I would like to add glycerin to my cold process soap. How much would I add per lb of soap?

Has anyone used this in soap making? If so, how? I like to use goat's milk in soap by adding the milk as part of the water measurement and pour the milk directly into the oils but it doesn't mix well unless I use the stick blender for awhile. Anyone have any ideas about using stearic acid in...