Gratitude, Courage and Love
Aug 11, 2015
Understanding Soap Making
Soap is a bit like curry. Sure you can buy straight yellow curry powder but most chefs will tell you that the very best curry is made by carefully combining lots of different spices. The end result is a dish where all the spices work to create something greater than the sum of its parts. But…it pays to know your ingredients. Too much of something (usually chili) and you’ve got a flop.
Soap making (saponification) is a chemical reaction between a base and an acid. Generally the base is sodium hydroxide while the acid is one or more oils or fats.
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Apr 28, 2015
The trouble with short cuts
I've been making soap a long time. Thirteen or fourteen years to be not very precise. I can't remember exactly becaus...
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