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  1. sjeanine

    Lye water was like jelly??

    Well I did the zap test and didnt get zinged so maybe it’ll be ok to use? Sure wish I could find my test strips! Ugh
  2. sjeanine

    Lye water was like jelly??

    No, I only used half the water and then replace the other half of liquid called for with evaporated goats milk.
  3. sjeanine

    Lye water was like jelly??

    The recipe I used is as follows : Oatmeal, Milk & Honey 32 oz lard 20 oz coconut oil 16 oz olive oil 4 oz canola oil 8 oz palm oil 18 oz water 11.35 oz lye 2 oz castor oil at trace 1 - 12 oz can goats milk (added to oils) 3/4 cup ground oats (added to oils at light trace) 1/4 cup honey (added...
  4. sjeanine

    Lye water was like jelly??

    So to be safe should I just rebatch? Darn! I thought those instructions seemed odd... shouldve gone w my instincts. I will say I added about 2 oz extra oils and it took forever to trace! Thought my stickblender was going to blow out on me! Lol
  5. sjeanine

    Lye water was like jelly??

    Ok the recipe called for 18 oz of water but I used 9 oz water to the 11.35 oz lye recipe called for...then I added 9 oz of goats milk to my oils before mixing w the lye water...this is what/how I understood it when I read about evap goats milk on this site... (See below) “If using evap canned...
  6. sjeanine

    Lye water was like jelly??

    I accidentally bought evaporated Goats milk instead of just goats milk so I split my water in half, using half to mix with the lye and the other half I threw out and used the evaporated goats milk. I Read somewhere on this form that that was how to do it if you had evaporated milk, however...
  7. sjeanine

    Anyone care to share laundry soap recipes?

    With the economy going like it is...I need all the help I can get!
  8. sjeanine

    Where to buy Glycerin and lye???

    What stores carry these products? I've tried all my local stores and none have it.
  9. sjeanine

    Face soap

    How do you measure using percentages?? Do you have some certain measuring tool??
  10. sjeanine

    New and not sure where to begin

    I want to learn to make my own soap but do not know where to begin. I came to this site and have been reading all about everyone else's soaps but not how they got directions or where to begin! Can someone plz help me out?? Thanks.
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