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All of you have been very friendly while I have spent time here on the soapmaking forum.

The bedroom that my soap bars are in is almost nauseating because of the mixed FO smells...

@TheGecko Reply here with the number on the soap bar that you have tested.

It's tax time for everyone and Cheryl "logs in" on to this forum almost everyday. What I need with her will only take 10 t0 15 minutes of her time.

@TheGecko Cheryl, You have a private message on here from me...

@TheGecko Cheryl, I'm still waiting for the soap test results. Are you ok? Do you have an issue that is preventing you following through?

@TheGecko @Prysm @AliOop Soon I'm going to make multiple batches of my tried-and-true LARD soap recipe. I need some suggestions for a gender-neutral FO for the next few runs. I might have used 12 bars of the 240 bars that I started making almost a year ago. I forum user here kindly gave some...

@TheGecko Cheryl, Please look at the batch numbers scratched on the bars and let me know which ones that I sent to you. I made ~ 16 batches but I didn't jot down the numbers of the 7 ? that I sent to you. As you test them, I will test the same. Thanks, Greg

@TheGecko I recently sent 7 bars to Cheryl to test for me. It has been a few months. What's up Cheryl?

I use 100% home rendered LARD. I save only bacon drippings. I use the Cold Process. I made 240 bars this past late spring. It was at least 2.5 years of bacon drippings. below is a link to my 2022 effort. KeepItSimpleSoap 2022 soap making effort Keep it simple.....

@TheGecko @Krysam Cheryl. I'm so glad to hear you say that. For the soaping that I did 2 and 3/4 years ago, I was always trying to reach trace before pouring into my soap bar molds. More recently, it took me until after about half of the batches that I made was, once the batter emulsified, get...

@TheGecko I haven't done anything soapy for a while. However earlier this week I mailed a package to Cheryl to check out a bar/s from my last 7 batches. I tracked my USPS package and she received it yesterday. Over the weeks I have sent her several messages though the private conversation...

The soapy things I have done lately. Update 6-15-22

Over the weekend, I got the box with batches 1 through 4 out and numbered each batch. Also I started using a bar from batch #2. I had used McCormick pure orange extract (food grade) as a FO. Either I didn't use enough or the FO evaporated. I t doesn't smell like anything. About 2 batches after...

@Dooleykins Go to post #1 of this thread and I go over how I boil and congeal the LARD 3 or 4 times depending on how many little bacon chips are in it. I made a handy tool to help hold the congealed LARD cake.

The soapy thing that I did today for the first time in two weeks. KeepItSimpleSoap update

After using the first bar out of batch 2022, it is still in use. This soap is durable, and all 240 bars will last more than 10 years. I gave one to the neighbor. She saw a box full of bars of soap and ask what was going on? I told here that it was made from bacon grease and at first she didn't...

Batch 16 turned out to be 17.4 oz of oil. This is the first time I did 2 separate batches in the same day. 12 more bars. 2.5 years ago I processed about 11 pounds of Rendered LARD. This time 2022 over a 7 week period I processed ~26 pounds. I'm all out of LARD and I only had to throw out 3...

Here are some soapy things that I have done this week. KeepItSimpleSoap results

Saturday my first batch got to the 7 week mark. Somehow I figured wrong and originally didn't think it would be ready until the 24th. I had used a FO which is not a tested one. It seems ok and doesn't burn my skin. @AliOop I'm still doing a 48 hour refrigeration process so that I can get them...