Teach Soap

I made a batch of coffee soap using my slow cooker. The recipe called for coffee in place of the water. I think the texture may be right but it is the ugliest brown I have ever seen. Pretty sure MP is not for me. I have not had a successful batch yet. Anyone have a no fail recipe and method?

MP melts pretty fast. How long did you leave it in the slow cooker?

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I'm a little confused... you said it requires coffee in place of water, but you shouldn't have to add water to MP. What was the recipe?

I left it in for 1.5 hrs. for a 2lb batch.

The recipe was from "The Everything Soap Book." Page 145 and146

Um.....I'm not familiar with such a recipe...when we talk about M&P we're refering to a glycerin base soap that we buy from a supplier. It's already made, you can slice off a chunk and go wash up without doing another thing to it if you want. But we chop it up, melt it (in a double boiler or microwave, either way it only takes a few minutes) color it, scent it and pour it into a mold. That's your basic M&P.

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Call me crazy. I am sorry- in my original post I see I said MP when I ment hot process. Guess that changes things:) I have yet to try a "real" MP as in ordering nice shredded soap. I have tried rebatching mine and that was a epic fail.

Soapbuddy- It was in the hot process chapter...I was watching for the stages- like the pictures showed, like applesauce etc. I remember on another post you said you only leave it for about 45 min. What texture would it be like when it is done? Smooth like CP?

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Learning this soap thing is like getting a college degree and takes just as long! So MP soap is usually sorta clear to begin with? I can see I have been mixing up MP with HP. And you can make your own MP base? I have bought Primal Elements soaps. Those must be MP? Is there any way to get a harder bar when making MP?

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