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Keeping CO2 out is the key to keeping it from changing to sodium carbonate and then later to baking soda. If you don’t mind having sodium carbonate or baking soda in your soap you can adjust for potency. Otherwise you will end up with high super fat levels and not as strong soap. It could be...

The inventor of Vaseline, Robert Chesebrough, believed in the product so much that he ate a spoonful of it every day. More importantly we should be talking about Radithor. It could hold the key to ending questionable COVID-19 treatments. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radithor

My very first batch and just about every batch since then has been of my own recipe. I highly recommend it too. Small batches are usually better when doing this. Two things of advise. 1. Keep an eye on your temps. 2. Skip the additional colors and fragrances until you are more comfortable with...

It’s very likely the o-ring is worn and/or dirty. You could wrap some duct tape around it and then try your strap wrench. Taking a piece of duct tape and folding it in half, so both sides are sticky, and sticking between the filter and the strap wrench should stop it from slipping. That or put a...

I’m thinking that the clear liquid is probably glycerin that formed and separated. Normally you would be stirring it and you wouldn’t get that separation. And for laundry soap, glycerin isn’t really useful but is really useful in other soaps. I would put it aside and try to use it somewhere else.

TashaBird - the reheating can sometimes be tricky. I work with a lot of butters and hard oils. I found that I had been way over heating them to get the batches clear. Reheating to a lower temp will require a lot of stirring and might be an option if you have a stick blender to break up the large...

So with you MB you should keep in mind some of the basics. Storing your oils and fats in cool temps and with little air in air tight containers will help them from oxidizing and going bad. While some oils have amazing shelf life, others would go bad faster in warmer and open air situations. I...

Warning would be nice. Unfortunately curiosity got the better of me. Good information to know but not quite as helpful to me 🤣

Lebermuth’s minimum order is $500? I am not sure how many people are moving that much product on this site, but I know I probably won’t be seeing that anytime soon.