The CrockPot Soap Save – Hot Process Saves the Day

Have your ever had a situation with your cold process soap i.e. your batch seize up on you when you added a certain fragrance oil or additive?  Or your soap separated when in the mold doe to not enough stirring?   Most of you probably have at one time or another.  Well, good news it has happened to all of us and there is something that could possibly save your batch of soap.  Amanda Gail of Lovin' Soap shared in a recent post called The CrockPot Soap Save - Hot Process Save the Day tells her story about what happened to a particular batch and how she saved her batch of soap.  If you want to learn what happened and how you can potentially save a batch of soap.

Explaining and Preventing Soda Ash

If you are new to making soap by the cold process method, you may have experienced soda ash on your batch.  There are several things that may cause it to happen in your final product.  If you want to learn more about soda ash and how to prevent it, The Soap Queen has posted information in a post called Explaining and Preventing Soda Ash.  This is a very informative article for the novice or experienced cold processed soapmaker.