Soapmaker Man

I have one from soapsupplies.net that has not turned in a week now, still looks fine. Paige states that her Pink Sugar does not discolour.

Paul

The type I have used for the past 2 years do just fine in my wood molds. I am the one that got all this started, and I have not had a single TOG customer who likes to CPOP have any issues with theirs in an oven up to 170 degrees.

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I'd like to see a picture, Jamie. Thanks. You can remove the wooden top after gel. You want the soap to cool as fast as it can after achieving gel, so you don't need to leave the wood top on it. HTH

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Jo Ann, I added it just like you would use soy oil as a oil in your soap. I thought, like most seen to think, it would add hardness to my soap, and it did. That was the main reason, coupled by the fact that I has about 15 pounds sitting in my candle area. As ling as it was 100% soy flakes....I thought it would be fine. Like I said I have not used it in at least a year or so, just went on to a better recipe.

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It's been at least a year since I tried it, but I used it a few times and do think I remember it did inhibit the lather at the amount I used. I think it was +- 25% area. I think it did harden my GM bars though.

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Another vote for Mike and his bunch at Columbus Foods! Great products, fast shippers! Can't say enough good for Mike and Co.

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Absolutely gorgeous swirls!

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If you want, I will share with you a pretty good soap I call "Wal-Mart Soap recipe." You can buy every ingredient at Wal-Mart, except the lye where you can buy at Lowe's. It's called Roebic's Heavy Duty Crystals, and it is 100% sodium hydroxide (lye) and costs about $7.00 or so for 2 pounds.

PM me if you want the Wally World recipe. It is a 5 oils/fats recipe.

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Congratulations to everyone! You guys all did good. Grumpy Girl, thank you for hosting this class.:highfive: I learned much from you about multi swirls in salt bars from this tutorial. Thanks again GG!

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Paul, I thought you were supposed to be taking it easy! Get some rest my man!

Thanks for you concern my friend CareBear. I have been working 6 full days per week and today I had to work this afternoon. I had 4 custom TOG 8 Wire Bar Cutters to get out in the mail tomorrow. Done.

Thanks again, I'm doing very well though, haven't felt better in a long time....

Paul;)

Hey you guys are making me blush, and I really thank all for the support. I want to provide a superior wood crafted mold that is priced well below what others are asking for something similar. The 3 weeks that have went by since I debuted the TOG 12/24 Bar Slab Mold W/Dividers and Lining System is my very favorite mold, to make, to use, to sell for a great price. All you need to do is after set-up and cooling, like 8 Granones mentioned, the soap will fall out of the mold when turned up-side-down, and all you need to do is peel off the dividers, and the bars will easily remove from the dividers! It is completely CPOP safe too, besides having a wood top. Next weekend, hopefully, I will be debuting my newest Slab Mold in this series. It is my TOG 20/40 Bar Slab Mold With Dividers, Liner system and Wood Top. It is exactly like the 12/24 Slab Mold and the baby of the group, the TOG 6/12 Slab Mold. It will hold 66 ounces for 20 bars poured to a 1" depth, and 132 ounces of oils for a double pour 2" deep to make 40 bars. So if anyone wants a really large production mold, hang on tight for a few more days!

Absolutely beautiful! Great job!

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Darn, you beat me to it. Guess I'll have to wait for co-op & pay more.

Lucky girl chopsgirl!

I've listed more for the weekend pricing.

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Paul,

I need to make 24 bars in one layer. What do you say?

e

Id say;

Wait until next weekend to see the large version of the basic 12/24 Bar Mold.

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I'll send a recipe with your mold Jamie.

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SWEET! I just ordered the smaller one.

maybe I should have waited till the co-op????

The special price you got it for is good, it won't be any lower in the CO-OP.

I swirled in this little guy and really liked it. If a person doesn't like it, not a big waste. It's just fun playing in this little guy.

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question Paul, wouldn't driving the dividers in mess up the swirls?

Nope! Look again at the salt bars 8GranOnes did, this was done in my Slab Mold w/Dividers.

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I'm listing it this afternoon later at my shop as a "special" this weekend. It makes 6 or 12 bars. I love that little guy as it is so easy to swirl in. 24 ounces or 48, it is just as cute as a bug!

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I buy deer tallow from a woman online, bought 9 pounds a year ago. I won't go into selling soap with deer tallow for fear of causing a mad house, beleave me, it has happened at another forum! I do use it for my personal soaps and love it! It makes a white bar and a hard bar. Shhhh Paul, be quiet now!!!

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Paul, I think that you should change your specs solely based on what I want, LOL.

Where can I see the 12/24 TOG?

e

LOL, adding 1/8", perhaps sometime, it just doesn't work out in a 10" by 10" frame. Here you go;

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=7768290

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I'm going as a vendor, showing all my TOG Soapmaking Tools and giving away a TOG Mold, maybe a TOG 8 Wire Cutter. I am doing a demo on goat milk RTCP using room temp oils and room temp premixed lye solution. While doing the demo in one of my TOG 12/24 Bar Slab Molds, it will be given away after the presentation to a lucky attendee! I hope to meet many of you guys there! It's going to be a blast!

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Paul, my favorite mold is the one my husband made for me, modeled after the Misty Creek. You have to line it; it has the knife slits. At any rate, the bars are 3.5 x 2.5 and it makes 24 (6 lbs).

Are you up for making a divided slab for 3.5 x 2.5 bars? I got rid of my Kelsei because I wanted bigger bars (they are 2 x 3). I use boxes, these are the specs:

3-13/16 long x 2-3/4 wide x 1-3/16 high

I loved the principle of the Kelsei, but the bars rattled around in the boxes and I really like my packaging.

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My TOG 12/24 Bar Slab Mold W/ Dividers is lined as all my TOG Molds are, and the bars are 2-1/2" by 3-3/8" just 1/8" shorter than you wanted.

I can make one exactally what you want if need be.

Well, I test drove the new TOG Mini 6 bar Slab Divider Mold today. It holds 24 ounces of oils to make a batch of 6 bars, 3-3/8" long by 2-1/2" high by 1-1/8" thick. It was really cool to swirl in this size mold! You get 6 bars, kinda fun and cool!

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In soaps, I've used rain water collected out from the house with a large plastic funnel in a plastic bucket to catch it in. I then filter it through a pitcher filter, a Britta, just to make sure there is nothing else in there. Don't do it all the time, and never for my lotions, creams or anything like that, just soap.

Spring water....like careBear, why not?

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Advice taken, mold under construction shortly.:smiley2:

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