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Hello all, I've posted about this topic in the past, but have a secondary question to ask. When my home-made pine tar reacts with lye water (even if using a miniscule pinhead-sized amount of pine tar on end of wooden stick dipped in lye water), it instantly produces an ammonia like scent, that...

Hello All, I'm a newbie to the world of soapmaking, and have become quite interested in making some homemade pine tar soap, using homemade pine tar. I'm struggling quite a bit with trying to maintain the pleasant campfire aroma of my tar when it is combined with lye water, and have come here...

Hello, I'm experiencing a really vexxing problem that I am having a very hard time figuring out the reason for. I made some home-made pine tar using the tin-can/campfire method, and was quite pleased with the result. The tar has the consistency of molasses, and has a decent scent. However...