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I guess I'm the minority here, but I didn't enjoy the flaked lye. I thought it was a lot harder to dissolve in water. The flakes seemed to form a hard lump on the bottom of my lye container. I also have a small scale and the large flakes were harder to pour into a small container to weigh.

fill them, wait for the soap to reach a consistency that doesn't splash then pick them up about 3-4 inches above a counter top and drop them. If you're a patient person gently tap the mold on a hard surface a million times until all the bubbles come out.

Do you have a longer cure time with the moisture from the puree?

Not much stays in the blades if it does a quick rinse knocks it right out

my bad batches that look like that have been from adding lye that was TOO HOT to oils that were also hot. I'd try doing CPOP instead and see what the results are like. Soaps that are lye heavy also tend to crumble0

Since male soapers seem to be the minority I thought I'd share this little discovery. I've been beveling the edges of my soap with a disposable triple blade razor. The depth is consistent and starts off small, if you keep the number of passes the same, the depth won't change. This method takes...

I have about 7 lbs of 76 degree coconut oil, I was wondering if freezing it will damage the oil in any way. With summer coming and it's low melt point this seems like the best solution for a house with a ton of freezer space and very little cabinet space.

the only color was the light green of the grapeseed oil and the clay, I thought between the clay, grapeseed and leaves that I'd get a light gray with brown flecks. It smells great but I'll probably never reproduce the color

Sorry here's the soap

So I made a 3lb batch of peppermint soap and it's got a lighter outside color and a strange burgundy interior. It's been unmolded for 48 hours now and the color hasn't changed. It's CP that was put in a 170 degree oven for about an hour and left in the oven overnight. No coloring agents were...