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Thanks everyone one for your help!

Thank you! I have had absolutely wonderful results using 100% milk. I only had one time that I didn't get all the lye dissolved, but I don't want to chance a not safe soap!

Yes. I just wanted a higher percentage of milk. I really would prefer to skip the water and and just use the milk, but I don't want to risk not getting it all dissolved. Thanks for the advice

Thank you all so much! I do freeze the milk, and use transparent containers and I also strain it. I just thought that since I add the lye water to the milk , I could maybe use less water and more milk. Oh well! :)

When making milk soap, I dissolve the lye with an equal amount of water, then use milk for the rest of my liquid. I would like to know if I can dissolve lye in less water. Example: recipe calls for 8.7 ounces of lye and 24 ounces of liquid. I dissolve the lye in 9 ounces water and then add to...

Hello everyone! I am wondering if anyone has ever had a problem with soap becoming oily when the bar is almost used up? I saw no kind of separation during the blending or while curing. Any ideas of cause and/or how to fix? All answers are greatly appreciated, thanks, and happy shaping to all!

I have used kaolin clay in HP, and it helped. Also after cutting the soap, curing for one week, I placed the already scented bars in a large zip lock bag with a cotton ball with a few drops of patchouli oil for a week. The soap absorbed the scent making it stronger. It has been 2 months and the...

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Hello I am also hoping to sell as well. I started making soap last summer. Just beginning to use EOs and FOs in my soaps. My sons are having fun telling me what smells good and giving ideas for scents! LOL. I also want to learn and help.

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After calculating the recipe, the total weights are listed under the oils, lists in pounds, ounces and grams.