Those are two very good points. Don't sell unless you've tested your product and can honestly answer one question. Would I buy this? I hope everyone starting out do these two things and also make sure that you don't over or under bake your beads. I've had beads fall off cause they were under baked and I've had ornies with ugly backs cause they were baked too long. In fact a friend of mine once commented that my ornies were lethal cause they were so ugly. That was many years ago.
IMO One ounce is a lot for 1 lb. I start with a tablespoon and work up if I think it needs more. I tried 1 oz and the soap was seeping. The fo is that last thing I add to my base by then it's cooled down quite a bit.
I'm a die hard SFIC user, however someone sent me some clear low sweat from WSP (which carries Crafter's Choice, and I'm really pleased. I put some erasers (halloween) and it came out great, no bubbles and it didn't cloud.