Recent content by Jane Jacobsen

I use just a tablespoon of citric acid. Just enough to fill the dispenser cup. I used to use Lemmi Shine until I started researching making ny own household cleaners and discovered how inexpensive it is to make your own. I looked up Lemmi Shine on their website and Lemmi Shine is just pure...

I cut mine using an old electric knife. Works like a charm. I hold the loofa in the modified miter box my son made me. The slot for the saw is a little wider to accommodate the thick bkade of the knife

Major gripe: i had surgery to remove a skin cancer from the tip of my nose and now my whole face is swollen and sore. The little bugger spread while I was resisting the idea of surgery so the incision was huge. It hurts like blue blazes and I look like a swollen monster. So I'm in hiding...

That's what is so great about this forum-the voices of experience. I won't worry about the post about using agave, but I still can't bring myself to try it. Between myself and my son we have 3 huge blue agaves and we joke all the time about making tequila (neither of us drinks it). After...

Thanks, Irish Lass. I always enjoy your posts and wonder if I'll know ever know half as much as you do. Right now I'm immersed in a quilting project with a very tight deadline (for a show) so I've only made two batches from premade recipes but am so enamored with the way they turned out that I...

Thanks. I really like the forum. I start reading over breakfast, following different threads, and end up late in the morning scolding myself for not doing my morning chores.

Thanks for the advice. I'll start commenting on the pictures. I'm not a very chatty person but I do need to build credentials so when it's really important I can post something.

It was the Yesterday's forum. What new soapy thing did you ...? Right now I am racing to finish a non-soaping project with a tight deadline so I have to wait until later to find the specific post. I think the member's name was Maarti he's in Mexico and was talking about naking soap from...

Hi, everyone. Please forward this to someone in administration. I'm new to soapmaking and, as a very senior citizen, a lot of technology has passed me by. I signed up for the forum, replied to the email asking for confirmation, and was told my registration was confirmed, but every time I...

I have read that many infused oils cannot hold up to the rigors of the CP method. But I want to experiment anyway. Does anyone have experience with making homemade infusions and using them in soap? I have a large jasmine vine in my front yard and it perfumes my whole yard in the spring. I...

I like Bulk Apothecary. They have a huge inventory and ship fast. There'salso a paragraph or two with each item describing what it is and where it came from. I get their monthly newsletter with suggestions about growing your business. Their prices are good, too.

Thanks everyone. My local Publix grocery only carries lard at the holidays so I'd better stock up asap. Plus finding another source for the time between holidays. And I'll scout the thrift stores for suitable steel pitchers and bowls. I carry a small magnet in my pocket to check the metal...

I'm new to soapmaking and have a couple of questions. 1. What is a good substitute for palm oil? They're tearing up the Amazon forests to plant more palms and I'd rather avoid that issue. I know different oils have different characteristics and don't want to mess up a batch by experimenting...