gloworm

Hi, We're in SW Pa. About 60 Miles N of Pittsburgh. Do you find your bars softer than CP? I even used Sodium Lactate. Had a bit of Fo leakage in the Nantucket Briar. Hope it soaks back in. Must not have gotten that one mixed good enough. The S. Potato is going to smell good I think. I tried to post pics before and I guess my camera files are too big or something. Another nice poster reduced them for me(I don't know how).

Did my first four batches CPHP this week end. Not too unhappy with them. A little soft, hoping they will harden with cure time. I poured in individual bar molds and they unmolded pretty nicely but the backs af the bars are quite rough. I cleaned them up some. Anyone who does this kind of soap-do you leave the backs rough or shave them off smooth? Do customers really prefer one or the other? Will really be a lot of scraps and smaller bars to smooth the backs. Made Fisherman's soap(really like that one),Lavendar Rose, Maple Sugared Sweet Potato(with Sweet Potato Juice), and Nantucket Briar(smells so good). Glo

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Thanks all. FunFur I saw some recipes for aloe juice in soap. Like cucumber and aloe. Glo

Where do you get aloe vera liquid (juice)? I thought someone said Walmart-but where would it be stocked at Walmart?? Glo

Ok guys sorry for the delay. Just tried the christmas candy ornaments. The 12 pk of plastics work like a dream and are just about exactly double the size of the large meatballer I use. Much easier then the meatballer to unmold. My recipe says use two to a bath (I only use one and have been happy with the results) so one of these big ones would be just fine for a bath. Only get 10 from a batch. How much do you all sell bombs for? I haven't even priced them out yet-only doing for family & friends- but I think they are kinda expensive due to my ingredients. The metal ornaments don't work-have a "lip" inside that I didn't notice and make them impossible to unmold.

I really haven't had any problems on here but I did on ebay. You can't always get your money back through paypal. Only if the person has money in their account can paypal reimburse you. The scammer I bought from did it to many people and her account was emptied so paypal cannot do anything. I will give her credit in the end though-(she has done this more than once on ebay). Almost a year later she sent my money back.

These bars set up fast and HARD. Keep an eye on them and cut as soon as you can. Don't leave overnight or you will never cut them. They are like a rock. I saw some that the person kinda had to smash up with a hammer or something. I actually think they were called some kind of rock (soap rock,salt rock,spa rock or something). I hurried and put mine in a half round mold to avoid trying to cut. Glo

I have them. Wasn't sure how to incorporate in the soap & did it wrong once(added dry to the traced soap) hadn't got up my nerve to try again yet. Didn't ruin the batch just didnt color it good. Small lumps of color. Glo

Yes it is sort of grainy. But not hard like sand. Pulverizes easily between your fingers. Glo

Just plain powdered cow milk? You can buy the huge box at Walmart for 8-10 dollars. Lasts forever. Glo

Purple Lilac, Did you get an answer? Inquiring minds want to know the answer too:wink2: . Glo

Ok, I don't know if they are gonna work but I found round ornaments with candy in them at K-Mart. Two diff kinds-one pk of 12 plastic with willie wonka candy in them, 2.49 a pk. Larger then the big meat baller I have. Then ones even larger- metal with nerds and stuff in them-49 cents each. Trying them for bath bomb molds. We'll see. Glo

I made these several months ago. Used the half round molds. Came out pretty nice. Had to get it in molds quick though. The second half of mix had a lumpier texture and a few air holes. I use it to shave my legs and pits with. Used a energizing scent in mine. Glo

Good idea Brenda-actually I did the same thing only printed Robins tutorial from this site (Waters Gulch). Helped me out a lot. Glo

Tara, I'm surely no expert but if I can answer any questions for you I sure will. Why don't you post your questions and the oils you have and maybe we will all try to help you through this first batch. It's not nearly as scary as it sounds. Gloworm

MaryAnn that looks great. I could even be tempted by that set!! Glo

How about Kitchen Catastrophe Bar? LOL:grin2:

What is piercing soap?? Glo

We live a couple of hours away but when we visit our son we are about an hour away so we have picked up a huge order from them. Last time the lady at WSP said wow you saved 70.00 in shipping charges. DUH- that's why we picked up. Even with gas the way it was in July it was a savings to pick up. Son makes a trip now & then and we combine orders. Just a FYI, if you pick up make sure you have your tax ID stuff in order. They charge state tax on pick ups if you don't have one-there goes your savings. It took me threee emails and phone calls to get them to straighten our account out and refund my tax money. They kept saying it was taken care of but it wasn't. Also I have to say I was surprised at how small the operation was too. We drove right by looking for a large warehouse and it is a small brick building-looks like an office. No big signs or anything. Glo

Kim, Where do you get mylar? This would be an improvement with the Martha molds too I would think. Paper or plastic leaves creases in the soap. Last time I even got the print off of my plastic bag. LOL Glo

If you sell your bombs naked I would think transporting could be a problem?? How do you keep them from crumbling. I was thinking of wrapping in breathable paper at least so they would have a little help staying together. I haven't transported any yet and they do seem really hard but I thought they could be fragile. Or even susceptible to humidity and I thought a wrapping could be a protective feature for this???? Glo

Mountain, How do you pkg now? I tried shrink wrap with the edges open but mine looked similar to yours Landa. Not really happy with the shrink wrap look. Plus like you said took more time then the soap did.

Went to Mennonite bulk store today and found two interesting items. Very finely groung unsweetened coconut and coarsely ground cracked wheat. Wondering how either might do in CP. The coconut seems like it might be quite yummy. The wheat I wondered if it might work in kitchen or MAN soap kinda like a pumicey (did I invent a word)?? type ingredient. Figured if oatmeal works this might too. Both were pretty inexpensive and no shipping!!Yippee