Recent content by slipperybubbles

I did make it as per recipe, 1st CP, then HP, both turned to soap , of course, I colored them to help me ID then,(getting quite a collection of soap I am trying out). They seemed to work as well as the other types I have made, except, the HP did take quite a bit longer to trace, could be the...

GREAT!, it looks like it worked, so here goes,,,

If I did this correctly, this is the front and back cover of a booklet of all the uses of Lewis Lye, and, as expected it has soap. As I read it, I found the recipe that my Grandmother wrote in her cookbook, is almost verbatium to what is printed here. I also has variations such as pine tar. I...

heavier than what I have been doing so far, 5-7%

nonna, I agree, a bit lye heavy in my newbie opinion. When I get a chance to talk to her, I hope to get more information.

Thank you Nibi for the in depth information dive, very nice. I have already ordered a bottle of the sassafras oil, and will report back on the attempt of re-creating her soap.

No matter where I calc this it comes out at 2-3 % sf. I will do a very small batch as written, and as a HP, just to see. then I will balance it a bit to get 5% SF.

Wow, I know it is an old recipe now, Sassafras, according to Google, was banned in the 1960's as some sort of toxin, hmmmm, need to look further into this ingredient. BUT, I have found some, so I will get it to make thiss as close to hers as possible.

If I know my Grandmother, she made it herself, a survivor of the Depression Era. KimW, I am going to try this one out for sure.

I just recieved my Grandmother's soap making recipe, it is at least 60 years old, hand written in her cook book. This is a direct transcription of it; 3 Parts, (pints?) rainwater in a large stone jar in P.M. , 2 heaping Tbs. powdered Borax, 1/2 cup ammonia, 1 can of lye, (the old lewis lye I...

hey DeeAnne, thanks for the other sites, I will check them out as well.

obsidian, thank you, I have been using Majestic Mountain, I do not know how to use Soapcalc yet, I guess I need to sit down and figure that one out.

I have a question, make some Pine Tar soap, following the recipes I find, but I always like to check them against a calc, BUT, I have not found any that list pine tar as an oil, am I missing something? Is pine Tar NOT and oil? I would like to get this straight in my head, so any more...

I am new to this site, and seem to always be on a quest to learn new stuff. I build/make everything I can, and look at something, and say "I think I can do this". So I am here to learn more of the soapmaking arts, cause I think I can do this! I have made 7 successful batches so far, from Castile...