Anna

I made my lye water a few days ago,and I'm about to use it,and it is 64 degrees.Do I need to heat it?If so how do I do it? Thanks,Anna

Thank you quietgirl,My brain started working after I enter that question.You know that could be dangerous.I have been making candles for two years,and using this same scales.I stay up until 3:30 am this morning playing cards,I quess my brain was dead this morning. Anna

I am having a brain fart this morning.I need 1.25 lbs of oil,and my scales is digital,so it weigh like 1.1 and so on till it get to 2 lbs.what I am asking is 1.25 is one and fourth lbs,right?On the scales would that be 1.4?:undecided Thanks,Anna

Those are some pretty soap. Anna

You know what,My DH is a Painter.I can get all the five gal buckets I want.Sherie go to the paint store.I was planing on dividing it out into separate batches in the boxes,I may change my mind and do it like Eugenia.It stays warn in my work room. Anna

Well Sherie,you probably wouldn't use what I got.I went to the Dollar General store,and got some seven qt Sterilite hinged plastic boxs.I don't plan on making the soap in the boxes.I will use my stainless pot.I work in the school caferteria,I ordered some twelve qt food storage containers thru them.I don't live close to a lowe's or home depot.I live in a very small town,if you blink your eyes you will miss it.LOL Anna

Eugenia,do you weight your oils or measure from the master batch? Thanks,Anna

Thanks everyone for the replys.I went and bought some containers when I got off of work today,so I could divide it up. Anna

Thanks Gene!

If I made up my master batch tonight and didn't want to soap until tomorrow night,will the oils still be liquid?Or will the hard oils become solid?I normally do a 6 lb batch,I plan on multiplying it x six.Is that to much at one time for a master batch?Hope this makes sense. Thanks,Anna

You can add 15 drops of red,and 3 drops of brown per lb,and have a pretty red. Anna

Sure you can,get some dry ice,and my address LOL.That's great that you can get the fresh goat's milk.I have'nt tried the goat milk yet,too much of a chicken. Anna

Wow!!! Pretty soap.I am so jealous of everyones swirls.LOL Anna

Crafty,your soap is very pretty,I wish my swirls look like that.I ordered some red oxide from From Nature With Love,Hope it works,that stuff is costly. Anna

Thank you,Jan.I will order some. Thanks Again, Anna

Anyone please!

It's for cp. Thanks

Can someone steer me in the right direction,I need to make some soap with red swirls for my DD.I have the red mica,but it turn the swirls peach. Thanks,Anna

has a good scent throw as paraffin?I have read that soy doesn't have soot when you burn the candle.Is this true?I have soot on my walls,shower walls,door casings,and my candles don't smoke.When I get though testing a candle the jar is clean,I keep my wicks cut.I don't think it is my heating unit.I just can imagine what someone house looks like if they don't trim their wicks. Thanks,Anna

This may be a stupid question,but how do you melt your hard oils when you use a plastic bucket?I have a stainless steel pot that I use on the stove to melt my hard oils. Anna

Thanks Top,you did alot of work! Anna

What wax are you uising,and what size wicks are you using?Maybe you need to wick down. Anna

Kerry that is cheap,I payed eighty bucks for 50 lbs at Starville's.Did I get ripped off?When I got home my brother-in- law was there when I unloaded the lye.He ask me what I was going to do with it.He said he get me all the lye I wanted,he works on a drilling rig.I don't know if he really can.50 lbs will last me for awhile. Anna

My recipe,6 lb batch.Cooled lye water,and oils to about 108 degrees.at thin trace poured some oils in cups and color with Kelly Green clay,and Yellow mica in other cup.At trace added 4 ozs of cucumber canaloupe fo.Pour colors in oils in pot.poured in wooden mold,covered with towel,and blanket for 20 hrs.The colors turned out very good in the soap except for the soap that didn't have color,it is a yuck color. Sweet Almond-7% Avocado-7% Canola-6% Cocoa Butter-5% Coconut -15% Anna Olive-10% PKO Flakes-10% p.s.I mixed my own cc fo-50/50 Garden Cucumber, Canoloupe Lard-40% Water-34 ozs,Lye 13.60 ozs

Thanks everyone for your replys,I am going to use the same reciepe and a differant fo,and see what happens. Anna