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Hello! I'm searching for a good resistant stick blender that prevents air bubbles and is strong enough to mix up to 30 lbs of soap, do you have any favorites? How many watts should I look for?

I add the oat milk to the oils and ensure it’s well mixed before adding the lye water. Yes I make my own oat milk. No need to freeze it. Thank you! I'll try it this way :)

Thank you! And the you add the oatmilk to the lye and water mix? Do you have to freeze it? Do you make your own oatmilk?

How do you use oatmilk?

I got soda ash on this one that has 35% lye concentration: Post in thread 'Trying to solve this enigma... do you have any thoughts?' Trying to solve this enigma... do you have any thoughts? I’m just assuming the white edges are that based on this post: Explaining and Preventing Soda Ash - Soap...

Thank you! But wont the water discount rise the temperatures?

Hi everyone! After my lasts trys I’m having trouble deciding how to proceed… There are ao many issues! My bars have overheating and underheating problems, somehow… The oatmeal ones have had glicerine rivers (meant to be a problem linked to too much heat) and at the same time A LOT of soda...

Hi :) I’m wondering if you’ve noticed anything else in your oat/rice soaps. I’ve kept making the rest of my soaps with no issue! But all this troubles keep happening as soon as I incorporate oats or rice… I’m thinking its a combination of 1. My high in cocoa butter recipe 2. The starch 3. The...

I will do that, thank you very much. So probably I over did it with the heating in my attempt to solve the other issues 😂 But still trying to understand what's happening with my Oat and rice soaps... Do you have any insights? Here's a link to the pictures from my lasts 2, at this point both...

Does sodium citrate heat soap batter? I'll make smaller batches 😂 thanks!

I'm soaping with 33% lye concentration, I'll try 35 :) thank you When my problems started I was soaping around 70-80 F, the soaps I've had problems with are oatmeal and rice, both heat up a lot so I soap colder. I started using higher temps and working u my batter to thicker trace trying to...

I'm just seeing this comments, thank you so much for your answers! I took your advice @TheGecko and started with the testing in 1000 gr batches. First one (control, just the oils from my recipe - OO: 60% CO: 25% Cocoa: 15%, lye concentration 33%. And no additives) went well. I soaped at 100 F...

Hello everyone! I'm trying the oatmeal bars (pale yellow) I made a couple of weeks ago and the edges that looked a bit whiter are stingy. They don't burn a lot but if I leave my tongue for a while I can definetly feel something that doesn't feel in the rest of the bar. Im guessing they are...

Hello everyone! I'm here with more confusion :( I cut the bar I made yesterday and seems to have the same problem, so here I go... Base recipe is the same but with 35% lye concentration with 1% Citric Acid (as percentage of oils), dissolved the AC in water and then when cool added the lye. No...

Forgot to ask again... would you use this soap or toss? :( Do you think it's safe?

Thanks for your explanation! I just made another batch and soaped around 100 F, got pretty nervous because it was an oatmeal soap and thought it could scorch but it seems fine. It doid bring up a question though, ¿Is there a maximum temp for mils before they scorch? I kept an eye on it and the...

Oooh! I always get floaties in my lye solution! How can I prevent this? I only have this problem with this particular soap which is the one that I soap at the lowest temp because of the oatmeal and eos so it makes sense that it's the temperature what's affecting me. At which temperature would...

Hi :) Mmmm it does sound like this could be the issue!! Do you mean 46 Celcius? I soaped at 24 Celcius :O Wow thanks for all this information! I will certainly soap at warmer temps. Is there a reason you heat your oils to 120 F? We've been having really cold weather too! I'm sure it's been...

Hi Ali! Thanks so much for your answer, it has given me a bit of hope. I completely forgot to write my recipe, sorry! Here it goes: OO: 60% CO: 25% Cocoa: 15%, lye concentration 33%. I used 300 gr of water to make de rice milk, boiled the rice, blended it, strained and added more water to...

I've been having problems with one of my soaps. It's a rice milk soap with pachuli and lemongrass EOs. I'vee been using the same eo blend for 6 years and making this exact same soap for the past 2. It has always been a tricky one because the scent + milk combo can get very warm, however my last...