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| Marcy |
Posted - Mar 03 2008 : 08:16:03 AM
Hi everyone,
I am interested in learning how to make soap. I have made the melt and pour for years, but I am quite intimidated with the lye soap. Does anyone have a recipe that I could use that does not include lye or is lye a given? I have books on the subject, but I have never actually talked to anyone who has done it. Any help or tips are greatly appreciated. And if lye is a given, can someone please tell me a good website that I could use for supplies. Please feel free to email me if you would like.
Thanks so much,
Marcy
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| JudyBlueEyes |
Posted - Mar 04 2008 : 4:03:07 PM
You can get lye at chemistrystore.com.
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| QueenofQuiteAlot |
Posted - Mar 04 2008 : 3:45:34 PM
it ain't easy anymore. You ca nget it from Brambleberry, or I think from Lehmans online? I found one small farm & garden place that still sells 100% lye!! yahoo.
Just google it, there are places online. YOu have to send in a waiver though. Not a big deal really, but a pain.
Dalyn
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| mikesgirl |
Posted - Mar 04 2008 : 2:50:09 PM
Where can you buy lye?
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| WisGal35 |
Posted - Mar 04 2008 : 2:41:15 PM
Dayln, your site is great, you obviously put a lot of care and pride into your products. Something every farmgirl should aspire too (though I gotta admit the thought of lye in my kitchen kinda freaks me out!). I'm rounding up some customer requests...will be in touch via e-mail soon.
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| QueenofQuiteAlot |
Posted - Mar 04 2008 : 1:43:07 PM
thanks Miss Wima...you are a sweetie.
Dalyn
Muckboots 'N Aprons Chapter
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Homespun Raw Goat Milk Soaps 'n More
http://muckbootsnaprons.blogspot.com/ |
| miss wilma |
Posted - Mar 04 2008 : 09:03:34 AM
Girls I can tell you Daylns soap is wonderful,My daughter works in medical and the chemicals to wash her little hands with eat the skin up up, I gave her a lotion tin and she loves it, wish some of you girls that make soap lived closer to me
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| Marcy |
Posted - Mar 04 2008 : 09:01:10 AM
Thanks so much everyone. This is going to help me a great deal.
Marcy
It is such a happiness when good people get together-
and they always do-
Jane Austen- Emma
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| nashbabe |
Posted - Mar 04 2008 : 08:56:29 AM
go read that millersoap page, it will get you started very well! :-) it's primo.
Crunchy crafty goodness and psychoses...;-)http://nashbabe.blogspot.com
groovy stuff 2 buy...http://www.alittlesplurge.etsy.com |
| QueenofQuiteAlot |
Posted - Mar 04 2008 : 08:54:30 AM
I make goat milk soap darlin'...
and btw- lye is a given. But it isn't in the soap anymore after saponification. When it's all done there's no lye, and natural glycerine is there. If you "cook" it it will be cured right away. I do it cold process with raw milk and keep my temps way down to preserve the good raw milk qualities and have to let mine cure longer.
Dalyn
Muckboots 'N Aprons Chapter
~Hick Chicks Soap Barn~
www.hickchickssoapbarn.com
Homespun Raw Goat Milk Soaps 'n More
http://muckbootsnaprons.blogspot.com/ |
| WisGal35 |
Posted - Mar 04 2008 : 08:40:07 AM
Could you make goat milk soap? I need to buy some in bulk for my egg customers, who just can't understand why I can't make goat milk soap. After all, we have a goat. Never mind that *he* is not likely to cooperate with their goat milk soap needs, lol.
I haven't found much bulk available online...any ideas or extra goat milk soap out there?
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| Farmtopia |
Posted - Mar 03 2008 : 2:27:15 PM
Hey Marcy, there are tons of posts here, as Alee mentioned, and really GREAT sites all around that include soap makers.
The important thing with lye is to use EXACT measurements in the recipe and not to mess around experimenting because your soap can become a disaster!
For soap supplies I like The Sage: http://thesage.com/
or wholesale soapmaking supplies are good, too: www.wholesalesuppliesplus.com/
Good luck! :)
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| Alee |
Posted - Mar 03 2008 : 10:58:36 AM
Here are some previous topics that have some great advise:
http://www.maryjanesfarm.org/snitz/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=789&SearchTerms=Soap
http://www.maryjanesfarm.org/snitz/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=8577&SearchTerms=Soap
http://www.maryjanesfarm.org/snitz/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7245&SearchTerms=Soap
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