Fire and Ice

Okay~ Thanks to Space girl, in the Co-op section of the board, I went over to this site and they have the type of mold I'm looking for! YEA! I'll be getting a few in July!

http://coloradoorganics.net/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=13

Fire

Well if someone knows of somebody who is selling their Misty Creek molds, please let me know! I really don't have anyone that I trust with the only mold that I have.

In a few weeks, I may buy a Mission Peak mold and several blanks.

It really is too bad about Pa Shop because I've heard awesome reviews of those molds.

Fire

Those are VERY pretty!

Fire

Since Misty Creek has closed asn Pa Shop has stopped production, the only site that has the inthe mold cutting system seems to be Mission Peaks soaps.

As I love the looks of the bars that I get from a Misty creek mold, is Mission Peaks the only company now that sell a similar mold? I guess Pa Shop is closed due to getting some very poor quality plywood from China.

I want a large, chunky bar that I'm just not able to get from a log mold. I have a MistyCreek mols that I bought from Chris R and it's my Favorit Mold!

When I decide to sell next year, I want to be able to make consistant size bars of soap to sell and have several mold to work with.

If I go with slab molds, I have to buy a FCS log splitter right? I wouls also have to by a cutter as well. I could buy Upland slabs but I don't know if the solved their cut line problems or not.

Fire

I love lard in soap. I've never smelled it in the soap. But I also love Crisco in soap too. I use the lard strictly in the goats milk soap. I can't smell the lard, just the Goats milk and OMH scent I added.

Fire

Those soaps look wonderful!

I fully agree with Jbren. Read the fine print on the bottle. There have been problems with OO being cut with soy oil and selling it as pure OO.

I saw a huge bottle of Olive oil at the Dollar store but when I looked at the label it was actually a blend and I didn't buy it!

Fire

Oversoyed, making soap is chemical synergy, and truly not equal to baking a cake. If you bake a crappy cake, it's still something harmless, for the most part. If you make a batch of soap and the "eggs" are missing, the soap is lye heavy. Do a Google on sodium hydroxide. It will enlighten you.

Do you make soap?

I totally agree, Mystical. When I give any advice over here, I will state that I've only made 3 dozen batches of soap CP and give my own experience. Then I'll explain it's just MY experience, not FACT!

Fire

GM soaps can move sllightly fast so switch to a whisk after you have added the milk/lye to the batch. I have made this several times with GM but it's the full water - 12 0z for the Goat's milk. Keep your temps are cool as possible.

My lye is mixed with water, not GM and I would never do a water discount with GM soap either.

As I have never tried or used that scent, I can't say if it accelerated the trace or not

Anything will GM, I try to just leave alone on the counter. It will gel but because it's not insolated, I don't worry about over heating problems. But I'm working with wooden molds, not a shoe box.

Fire

I did a 5# Dead Sea Mud Soap. Swirled the top with the mud as it was in a slab mold. Came out very nice but the swirl didn't go all the way through. Oh well, I'll know to either do some ITP swirling as well as top swirl or pour a a slightly thinner trace. I'm really loving this Misty Creek Mold I just got!

Fire

Awesome! Way to go!

Fire

Hi Vio,

Very pretty salt bars! Love the colors! I have yet to try those as I'm very addicted to the Goats Milk soaps right now and am doing tons of those.

I just placed a good size order with KB for some supplies but I'm out of OO for the time being. Used up the last of it last night when I made a 5lb batch of GM soap in a brand new slab mold. The mold rocks for me! I hope by later this summer, Pa Shop, will be back in business for making similar molds to the Misty Creek mold I bought from Chris R. I really like the style and the ease of the Mysty Creek. MissionPeak soap has a similar mold as well that I may buy later this summer after a few shows.

I've made the choice to quit the candles at the end of this year and start selling my soap in spring of 2009.

Fire

Well I'll wait for a silk thread co-op to come around on the co-op section of the boards. I want to try it at some point because I have always heard wondeful things about silk in soap.

Later this week, I'll be buying so DSM from KB to also try in my soaps!

Fire

I've seen them around, usually they are meant to be crumbled, not on accident. My guess is they are poured on a cookie tray, then cut with a pizza cutter into small chunks.

What you are discribing are chunks, Crumbles are just that crumbs of wax.

Swancreek candles has them but they're easy to make.

Fire

I use to make crunbles two ways:

Using a knife to carve out the wax on a mistake with a container candle is one.

The other is to pour scented, colored wax on a cookie sheet, wait for it to harden fully and then break it up into small crumble by placing it in plastic bag and strike it lightly with rubber mallet.

I don't make them any more because clamshells sell much better!

Fire

I heat the pour pots with my heat gun and whipe clean. Then Save the wax covered paper towels for getting fire started in my wood burners!

Fire

I love them, Scent! Well done!

Fire:cool2:

I really like them all! I need to buy a mold like your!

Fire

Yeah I guess they moved from Columbus Ohio to Chicago! I wish they did Pay Pal too, Scented. It would make it SO much easier!:undecided

Fire

Yes I have a debit card. Thanks. I'll call Mike on Monday. I was really hoping the Bababssu oil would be in but it's not! Maybe if it's coming by the end of the week I'll wait and place the order then!

Thanks for the answer.

Fire:cool2:

Your soap looks beautiful! Wat to go!

Fire

Darn! I'd love to go but I'll be working most weekends.:undecided

Fire

Yes, the soap fully gelled and I'm okay with it as long as I don't get Alien Brain look to the log. I cut them this morning and now it is curing. As I don't ever add color to my GM soaps, the color really doesn't matter to me.

Fire:cool2:

I want to place an order of about 50lbs and I just noticed that the site doesn't have a PayPal logo. I was going to call Mike on Monday to ask but I fingured someone here would know.

I HATE credit cards and don't own one! Never have and never will!

Thanks.

Fire

I would think that it is condenssed goats milk that needs water. Not powder. That's why I was thinking that I would half the water and add the rest of the water portion in GM at trace. Is that wrong. That would make the liguid portion 100% gm right?

Yup! Add the can of chilled GM at trace but make sure you've got a real trace. Keep it chilled till you pour it. I open mine just before I add the lye water but keep it in the fridge until I need to pour it.

Fire