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I think it's because the goal in pressure canning tomatoes isn't so much knocking out nasties such as botulism bacteria, but simply speeding up the cooking process vs a water bath canner. That's why we pressure can tomatoes vs using a water bath. On the other hand, the goal with pressure canning...

I was poking about on the web for soap mold suggestions, and found this DIY round mold suggestion on Lowe's web site: http://www.lowes.com/creative-ideas/woodworking-and-crafts/easy-to-make-soap-molds/project Click on Round Soap Mold to open the instructions. Basically it's what's been...

I was toying with the idea of using short sections of 3" PVC pipe, but wasn't satisfied with possibly using wax paper and rubber bands to secure the bottom, and questioned removal. Then, after watching the soap extruder in a <i>How It's Made</i> video, I thought about a longer section of PVC...

Very informative. I was concerned about the smoothness of molding HP soap, and like how you formed the pucks. Noticed you went with all KOH instead of a KOH/NaOH combination. Is that due to the use of stearic acid?

This is what I was wondering. Filtering might not remove "stuff," if it's there, but you have to heat the fat to render the lard, which would mean "stuff" would have to survive that process and a later meeting with Sodium Hydroxide and/or Potassium Hydroxide. As already noted, this would be an...

Hello, everyone. I'm not a soapboiler yet, but have been interested in soap making since the 1970s, with researching 19th Century shaving soap reviving that interest. Basically I'm just doing more research before trying my hand at it. Right now I'm leaning toward HP.