Recent content by crafter

I haven't tried the "make your own lye" method... yet. That's a big variable to throw in soap making. What kind of ashes are you using? Red oak, pine??? That harkens back to great soap that would peel the hide off some body. A good project to undertake seems to me.

Door catching on fire? I would like to know the story on that. Likely the glass was jammed and somebody just stayed on the button until it fried the motor. Wow... Spent 15 years as a GM manufacturing engineer. It's amazing the stuff that can go wrong. Al

Good job. I've never seen anything like that. Looks great. I guess you end up with no sharp edges. Al

Good for you on the deer. My two bow hunter sons have been seeing deer, but not close enough to shoot at. But they are using recurves so the shots must be close. They already smell like dirt, so the soap probably wouldn't help. I guess that's a dirt smell... But then again, maybe the soap...

Hi, I'm Al and am new to the forum. I've been making soap off and on for about 10 years. Have sold a lot of soap. Spending quite a bit of time marketing other crafts now, working with one of my sons. Here partly for the soap discussions and partly for marketing ideas. Look forward to it. Al

My temperament has been described as bear-like for much of my life. That's the avator I often go with. Bears are often cranky and unpredictable. Fits me... Al