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WSP seems to be sold out right now. SKS has them but not the 63/400 size, that's the one I'm struggling with the most.

I've been trying to find the aluminum caps for jars sized 58/400, 63/400, and 70/400 and can not, for the life of me find them. Everywhere says they're out of stock. Does anyone know where I can get some, I only need 24 of each size.

Which is the best olive oil to soap with? :?

I personally live in the dfw area, there are TONS of Hispanic markets in the area and the Manteca is always really really cheap.

A lot of towns in Mexico are so humbly beautiful. My family originated in Zacatecs. We own a ranch over there. I wonder if I can get goat milk through customs. Haha! If there were a way to send you a tamale through the mail without them molding, I would :)

Actually I'm in Texas hahaha :lol: not sure why it said I'm in the UK. If im being honest I am Mexican and every year around Christmas and Thanksgiving we make tamales so I might just steal some to soap with. ;)

I'm so happy to have found this forum. Everyone here is so nice. It feels good to be in an encouraging environment. I've been on other forums of different communities and never have I seen any of them welcome new comers with open arms. I think I just found my new favorite place. :clap: :thumbup:

Thank you all so much, for being so supportive of me and answering all my questions. I hope that I will have all my ingredients by the end of this month and will be able to make my test batches. I will keep y'all updated as I go. :D If I have any more questions I hope it will be ok to ask them...

It's ok, no worries :) So just to make sure I understand this, *fake measurments* If I need 2 oz of lye and 4 ounces of water I would take the 2 oz of lye and mix it with 2 oz of water and use milk/cream/etc. to substitute the remaining 2 oz? Then I would mix the lye into the water...

Thank you so much Llama! I appreciate your help. I feel like option number two would work best for me because I'm not sure I'd be very confident splitting the portions up into two until later on down the road with more experience. Seawolfe, I honestly never considered using lard. I might try...

So should I find my favorites and then start adding clay and SL? Also when the time comes to experiment with cream how do I go about adding it?

Hello everyone!! Sorry it took me so long to post a response. Between the holiday weekend and work I didn't have any time. :/ Anyways I've decided to take everyones advice and do a round of test batches, here are the batches I'll be testing and their quantities. Please let me know if this sounds...

Thank you all so much! This is why y'all are the experts.

Ok, thanks for the advice, let me plug that into the calc and see what I come up with. I'm really just trying to find the perfect balance. :)

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. :smile: So I'd be making a 1 pound block, is what I guess it's called. Here's what I want to put in and the quantities. Castor oil @ 4% or .64oz Cocoa butter @ 10% or 1.6oz Coconut oil 76 @ 32% or 5.12oz Milk fat @ 4% or .64oz (I plan on using...

Hello everyone, I'm new to soaping, so new in fact I haven't even made anything yet. I was just wondering if any of you would be able to look at my recipe and tell me if I'm going in the right direction or not. I've been researching oils and such for about a week now and I've found this forum to...