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Brewer George, Custom motorcycle shops had not even crossed my mind, thank you for the tip! We do have several of those within a reasonable distance. Chick also has a motorcycle enthusiast in one of her classes, he might be able to tell her what shop he uses and if they offer plating services...

Lorenzo, Sorry for the delay. My daughter has an email out to the chemistry department at the college about the disposal issue, hopefully that will get her an answer that is helpful. Upon further research, Chick has also come to the conclusion you mentioned; that it might not give her even...

Lorenzo, I know this was totally off topic, but folks here seem to be reliable and knowledgeable about many things. And certainly about chemistry! I know baking soda has lots of uses, but it seemed to be too much to expect that it would neutralize these acetates and make them...

Thanks so much! I will certainly check those out!

Hi, It seems there are a few chemists or at least chemistry savvy individuals on here and I am hoping someone can help. My sixteen year old daughter is enrolled at a local college and in one of her classes the need/desire for nickle and copper plating have been broached. She is keen to give...

Hi, I am not sure how to find who carries duplicate scents so I am asking experts! I am looking for a duplicate (or close facsimile) of Loris Honey Oud, any suggestions? My two eldest children (grown) love this scent. My plan for Christmas this year is to give each one some bath products and I...

The kidney and liver fat is called suet. It is a harder, waxier fat then fat from other parts of the cow. It was, and can still be, used in baking for things like pie crusts. It's not traditionally rendered for use in baking, it's just kind of shaved off and incorporated into the recipe. When...

I looked up some lotion bar recipes....I don't have shea/cocoa/beeswax or anything "exciting" just yet. I have to order them, but since this is a hobby, it can't make too much debt without drawing attention! I hope to order some or all of the above soon so I can play around with it. Do you...

Hey Manchy, I was in the local big box store and dragged DH down the pool isle to investigate some for you if I could. :) This is what I found: the item they carry is to be sprinkled in at each use and it admonishes the user to swirl it around to be mixed completely, using feet to make sure...

Hey agriffin I don't know what it is supposed to do or how you would use it, I have not graduated to liquid soap. :) But, this is what I found about both of them. The common name for potassium carbonate is potash. It's either mined or derived from wood ashes. The potassium bicarbonate is...

Thank you for the tips and encouragement. I was worried it would not work. I guess I will give the applesauce a try and see what it does, if pureed carrots work, maybe it will to. I have a vision in my head and a scent in my nose for how I want it to turn out.....I hope the reality and the...

agriffin, Have you gotten your sticks? Tried them yet? Inquiring minds are desperately wondering! DH said the same thing about the baking soda! He warned me to be gentle. He is in day 5 of the trial and it is doing well. He sweats to the point his clothing is soaked and has salt lines on...

Can one use juice, or juice concentrate in soap? My oldest child has recently moved away and he loves white grape juice that we can. Can I use this as the liquid in a soap for him? (I'd like to make him some comfort things to have with him, and that serve a purpose.) If I can, what cautions do...

Hey, It smells great, but I don't know if it smells like happy! :oops: I have never smelled the fragrance before. I have texted the friend I made it for, she knows what it smells like, and asked her if it smells like it should. I will let you know what she says. I didn't find it discolored...

FWIW, our particular stripe of southern dry renders our lard. I have not ever wet rendered it.....now tho, I might have to try that. We have a "neighbor" across town who said, "Sure, to get real white lard you need to boil it in double the volume of water with some baking soda, a handful maybe...

Hi, I don't know if this will help, or if this kind is even close to the kind you are referring to: But, my sister worked for a few years at a pool distributor who did pools and hot tubs. Many of the ones she dealt with had these dispensers for the salts, I want to say it was about a cup full...

Everyone sounds like they had wonderfully productive weekends! :) I got no soap made this weekend, but shared some I had already made around. I gave some milk soaps I made, one was Happy scented, and another was London scented. I made some bubble gum scented earlier in the week, it's still very...

I guess for me KISS is the easiest. :) My oil sources are limited so I just plugged in what ones I had and played with the numbers to get where it looked close to right, within the numbers soapcalc recommends. For me that is as hard and conditioning as I could get, then worked on upping...

:D Thanks ewenique. I went with the recipe in the link since I made it up yesterday. The link recipe: 1/4 c baking soda 1/4 c cornstarch 5 T coconut oil But tweaked it a little bit, by doing this: 1/4 c baking soda 1/4 c cornstarch 3 T coconut oil 2 T olive oil 5 drops Tea Tree...

Thank you so much, for where you started, for the link and the ideas to search under! I appreciate them. I liked the link, it was very interesting. I am new to the whole soap and body arena and most of the stuff I am reading about on here I never knew existed! Or that you could make some of the...