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This fragrance discolors. I added FO to a small amount of batter and added Titanium Dioxide. It will lighten the discoloring up. It was poured at a close to light trace.

I found (for me) electric stove I set at 250 and gas stove I set at 180. But I do check my soap often or the famous volcano will take place. Hense how I destroyed a stove lol... whew boy that was interesting indeed. A higher temp cooks a bit faster lower temp is just steady. I dont leave it...

Interesting. I did indeed find it.... I don't know many soap makers that use the flake form.. But I wanted to know if there was something else in it or was it 100% Sodium Hydroxide.. Hmmmmm Im going to have to look into that. thats interesting indeed. Something for me to research, order and...

Lard makes a great soap :) But I am a veggie soap maker.

Welcome to the wonderful world of soap making :) Here is a few things I would advice and wish I knew when I first started to make soap. 1. Document everything. Keep a note book with thorough notes of everything you did. All the way down to the weather outside. The temperature of the oils...

Ohhh a snickerdoodle league! Thats my kind of league lol

When you try it please post pics I would love to see it!

Well thank you Cuddlebug! In the world of soap making we are always going to disagree on something. Our chemistry is just so interesting. I tend not to push anyone into agreeing with me. I will just say my peace and drop it. Hey everyone will do what they want to do ya know? Just as I did when I...

Thanks Everyone! Yes! Cuddlebugs I love love people.. Love Bugs are cute but Cuddle Bugs are better! lol Nice to meet you all!

Well from my experimenting with superfat on about 20 batches of soap more than half of them cured with DOS or spoilage issues because of too much superfat and the other ones were lye heavy... The wonderful world of experimenting.. Superfatting is usually recommended to stay below 15%. But also...

The liquid is best :) Im not a huge fan of M&P but Micas are best in CP .. liquid colorant works easier in M&P Good Luck!

I love heavy cream in soap :) My suggestion is to take an ice cube tray and freeze them. Once frozen pop the amount that you would need for your water count. Place your bowl in a ice water bath and add a tiny bit of lye to the milk cubes a little at a time. It takes time.. but it is so well...

Well... if you want to experiment and go against the grain and soap in the "red zone" hey you never know until you try it :) He wants to soap at 4%. 5% + is recommended..

Ok I can accept that. :) 4% lye discount will cause a lye heavy soap and will burn someone. That is more severe than just a tiny amount of essential oil that is diluted during the soap making process. Everything is a possible sensitizers or irritant is all that I was saying. But of course...

I found a link to a website to explain how the MMS soap calculator work. It took a while for me to find it lol HTH http://www.millennium-ark.net/News_Files/Soap/Lye_Fat_Table.html

When this forum was created I was well into pass my 7th year of making soap. I was a soapmaker who helped out the newbies. If a newbie read this thread that person would see a full recipe I provided with the amount of EO to use. On page three of this thread is the recipe with the .5oz per...

OMG your in Vacaville! Im in Sacramento! Hey Neighbor!

Hello Cuddlebugs! I am new but not new lol Well.... My name is Shannan but I have always been called LilSoapy. I have been making soap for just about over 15 years now. I have watched many of the big league soap makers out there become big and I have watched many disappear.... I have...

This is my favorite Olive Oil Recipe (but you have to move at a great pace) 2lbs Olive Oil 28.8oz Castor Oil 3.2oz Lye 4.1oz Water 8.2oz FO up to 2ozs. You can hand stir this. No stick blender needed. It will go quick and you can cut it within the same day. Also you will have a...