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    Preservatives

    Jesus christ formaldehyde!! please dont even go there. The system is corrupt and we are being poisoned by everything, its stated on the labels, read and research every ingredient, I don't take advice from profit making companies, there are plenty of neutral info sites who know what they are on...
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    Preservatives

    LOL god no i don't sell and know the s**t id be in if was & labeled medicine, I do make vodka based tinctures which are remedies for friends when requested, they supply the ingredients & ill do the rest , and by medicated i mean the basics for burns, skin conditions and cuts, bruises aches and...
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    Preservatives

    Hi, concerning Germall plus a lot of you use as preservative, I would like to quote some alarming info from another site, and also share the links to the page and another relevant site. Quote from : (link 1)...
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    Preservatives

    Natural Hi, im into natural too, I make medicated herbal creams and ointments, also liquid soap. Most people use Benzoin essential oil or tincture as a preservative in most natural products and I use a few drops of it in liquid soap. I use the 'Julia Lawless Aqua Oleum Benzoin ' as it is...
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    Liquid Castille Separating

    Sorry ive only just got into this (loads & loads of reading, but only on 3rd batch tonite) the thing with reading is its produced so many differing opinions that my heads abit woozy trying to comprehend .. hence the super fatting going over my head. I only chose summerbeemeadow because all...
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    Liquid Castille Separating

    hi, i dont superfat but sometimes i get clear liquid at bottom and cloudy at top (half and half) when diluting, all i do is add borax (approx 1/2 teaspoon to a pint) best to add borax to small amount of hot water, let dissolve then add to the main dilution. I dont superfat because it goes over...
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    Added glycerin seizing/reacting with lye?

    Hi peter, Maybe its because you are adding the glycerine to the fats? I make olive oil and coconut oil liquid soap, same way you make yours but iv always used the glycerine to replace the water when making the lye solution (traces alot quicker than water & lye). isnt glycerine water based...
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