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    Lye Disposal

    Howdy! First I would test the PH of the failed soaps just to see HOW caustic they are. Get some Litmus paper and (while wearing heavy duty gloves) work up a lather and apply the paper, read how it is. Now that you know, probably the best way to dispose I can suggest, is to put the soaps into a...
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    making your own silicone molds

    Now that sparks some serious creativity! I've played around with making molds before, mostly from this website: http://www.hirstarts.com/ (Miniature Castle Building and Diorama's) he has a whole section about making molds out of simple clay creations to complex furniture pieces, (all miniature...
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    Howdy!

    Supplies For most of my supplies I buy from Mountain Majestic Sage (http://www.thesage.com/), they're located in Logan, Ut, and can quickly ship or schedule a pick up. Also I get lye and all the fun chemicals from AAA chemicals (www.aaa-chemicals.com/). Hope this helps!
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    Stewing Plant Essence In Lard

    It's very intriguing to me to study this and figure out what the possibilities are. Thanks for the ideas! I'll have to play around, so thus far I took Rosemary and Mint and stewed it in melted lard for about 2 hours on very, very low. The fat turned a dark green and had quiet the herbal scent...
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    Howdy!

    LOL! I always get that reaction to my soap making name, it certainly raises eyebrows and they won't forget it! ;-)
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    Howdy!

    Howdy all! Just wanted to say howdy from Utah! I've been making soap and experimenting for over a year now, and I want to thank everybody for their ideas and stories of soap making adventures! I've benefited from many posts and welcome any ideas and suggestions! Until the next post, Naked...
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    Stewing Plant Essence In Lard

    Howdy all! This is a question I've thought up while at work. I know that in the old school enfleurage process of extracting essential oils, they would take beef fat or pig fat and allow the plants to soak inside it, then distill it to obtain essential oils. (A recent movie about this subject was...
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