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| henlady35904 |
Posted - Nov 14 2011 : 11:02:28 AM
Well, another farmgirl and I got together Friday and made soap from the recipe in the new magazine. We used milk from my dwarf nigerian goats. It turned out great and we are hooked. Thank you MaryJane for an easy to follow recipe!
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| Wildcrafter |
Posted - Nov 21 2011 : 4:26:38 PM
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Originally posted by Homestead Dreams
I can't wait to try it! I just read about it in the newest issue this past weekend. Trying my hand at soap-making is on my to-do list this Christmas season. I had one little question, should I designate certain tools for soap making only, or if thoroughly washed do they become safe to eat out of after? The lye safety is the only thing that has me a little timid.
I use my soap pots for making other herbal products and for cooking as well. The soap, whether completely saponified during the hot process or is raw and still lye heavy when coming out of the pot with the cold process will wash completely with soap and hot water.
My soap stirring spoon, however, is a designated soap spoon. The spoon gets impregnated with soap and is not the taste I'm going for when making food! 
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| Wildcrafter |
Posted - Nov 21 2011 : 4:23:38 PM
When lye and cold water come together, the temperature of the cold water rises to 180 degrees. Lye isn't soap, but when the lye and fats come together, the molecules of both join to form long molecular chains. At the end of the process, if the formula is a good one, all the lye molecules will have found fat molecules to bond with. With cold process soap, this takes about a month. With hot process soap, it takes about an hour in the oven. The heat of the oven speeds up the process. The heat in no way makes the lye any more dangerous than when making cold process soap. Either way, your lye pot, which needs to be glass, stainless steel or pyrex, must be washed well with soap and water. Then it is fine to use.
I used a glass jar for the first 9 years of my soapmaking career. 2 jars broke with the lye solution in it, so I switched to a stainless steel pot. I've been using the same pot for 13 years. That's 22 years of soapmaking!
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| walkinwalkoutcattle |
Posted - Nov 21 2011 : 07:46:12 AM
I think the lye is basically just "Soap" when used at normal temperatures. I've been told that as long as you just wash it out it's fine. It' when it comes in contact with intense heat (Cooked) that it becomes dangerous
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| Homestead Dreams |
Posted - Nov 15 2011 : 08:52:58 AM
I can't wait to try it! I just read about it in the newest issue this past weekend. Trying my hand at soap-making is on my to-do list this Christmas season. I had one little question, should I designate certain tools for soap making only, or if thoroughly washed do they become safe to eat out of after? The lye safety is the only thing that has me a little timid. |
| Catherine L |
Posted - Nov 14 2011 : 11:18:49 AM
I made the soap also and it turned out wonderfully. This will definately be a recipe I use again.
~Catherine~
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