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It will if you don't superfat, or maybe if you superfat only a small amount like 5% or less. But if you superfat 15% or more it will be an off-white color. Mine was anyways.

I sure wish I could find this recipe! I've been searching it for an hour, using the search feature, and I still cannot find it. :( Paul or anyone, if you can send me a link to this recipe or the recipe itself I would really love to try it. I'm kind of into this "economy mode" thing...

Yes, like almost all the other oils the rest of you can get but that I can only buy at prices far higher than yours -- assuming I can get it at all! You might think lard would be cheap here since so many millions of people raise and eat pigs (much more popular than cows in this country) but...

I pay about $5.75 per gallon when I buy it in the local supermarket, and $4.06 when I get it from a wholesaler. A gallon is about 7 pounds, so I guess I'm paying about 58 cents a pound. Of course I'm in the Philippines, and they have so much Coconut Oil here you would think it grows on trees...

Hi sofietje, Please accept my sincere apology for hijacking your thread! I was interested in Aloe Vera as well which is why I came here, but then I forgot all about it when I read Paul's info about room temperature CP. Next time I will try to ask my off-topic questions in my own thread...

Please excuse me for being so "dense" here Paul, but am I correct in understanding that you still do not add any heat? Even after emulsification? It's funny that everything I have read so far (and I have read a lot!) says the ingredients should be heated in order for saponification to occur...

Hi brian0523, I was wondering this myself. The best info I have been able to find online about discounting water is here: http://www.tlcsoaps.com/waterdiscount.htm I'm just a beginning soaper and I have not tried discounting water yet, so I don't really know if this info is useful or...

Hi Paul, I'm just getting started in soap making and trying to learn about temperatures and such. When you say you use room temperature lye solution with room temperature oils, are you saying you make CP soap without adding any heat?