Misty

I use on line labels as well. I design in print artist label program.

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I used this wax when it first came on the market years ago. I loved it at first, but it later had issues with consistency in the way the blend behaved. It started to get frosting, and no scent throw. It is a soy blend. I tried it again a couple of years ago, and it smoked and was sooty. It may have changed in the past couple of years, but I won't try it again. The same thing happened with perfect blend from KY. That even got discontinued. I don't want to use a wax that I can't depend on to perform the same from case to case. I make my own blend now, to avoid all of this.

I haven't found any drawbacks. I work in larger batches, so I don't know about one pound batches. For me it's quick and easy. Yes, you can use milk. You are just skipping the melting of the oils phase of the process, and the waiting for the lye to cool.

I do it this way. It is a time saver, because the hot lye water melts the hard oils. I do try to cut up my large chunks of hard oils, so they melt faster. By using the natural heat created by the lye mix, I don't need to use electric to heat up the oils. I just mix up my lye water, and once it is completely dissolved, I add it to the oils. In a few minutes everything is melted down. Many years ago when I first started making soap, I would heat up the oils, and then mix the lye water, and have to wait, and wait for everything to get to the right temp. Time is money, when you are in business, so anything I can do to save time is helpful.

I love their Christmas tree, Emerald sea, and Secret Beach.

Do you have these items in inventory in QB? Or do you have just the basic version of QB? I'm used to QB pro, so I would have the craft business set up as a customer, and then invoice them for the stock that was sold, as a sale.

I get mine from Woodfields.

I use the lye guy. He's on the east coast though.

I'm thinking glycerin is going to attract moisture to your bath bombs and destroy them. M & P would give it a sheen, but may be hard to apply. Maybe if you brush it on?

It looks good. It will however, depending on the amount of vanilla, darken over the next few days. I don't like lining either, so I use silicone lined molds.

I usually let the leftover soap in the bowl harden and clean it out the next day. I fill it with hot water and let it sit a spell and then it should rinse clean. I then wash it with some dish soap. Just check the soap in the mold and see if it is hard. If so, you can take it out. I usually take mine out the next day. Pudding consistency is okay.

Well, if your oils are already melted, let your lye solution cool down a little. But there are no adverse effects. Usually my oils are still hard and the hot solution melts them, so if yours are already liquid, you won't need to add real hot lye mixture. Let it cool down to maybe 115.

See I don't wait for 80 90 degrees. I add my lye to my water and stir until it is dissolved, and then add the hot mixture to my oils. This melts my oils without using any source of heat, other than the natural heat that the lye makes in the water. It saves time and electricity or gas.

No advantages I guess I'm just too impatient to microwave a little and check and re-microwave. But, I don't melt mine these days anyway, I use my hot lye mixture to do that for me.