soap making essentials

There are so many recipes for the mold castile soap and can’t find anything on the liquid version.

I’ve seen recipes for making liquid soap which seem to involve mostly using bar soap, grating it, and dissolving it in distilled water. Maybe if you just added more water to your recipe?

can you tell me if this looks right? It’s my first batch of CP soap. I used Olive, Coconut and a few other oils. My batch got cold but I nuked it to jump start it again and it traced after that. I think it initially got cold because I was working in the garage and it was cold in there. The temps I mixed at was oils-107 and lye-104. Tell me if my traces looks okay. Its a small batch, only a pound or so.

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okay, just to clarify now because someone answered who obviously knows nothing about CP soap… I only want answers from people who have actually made soap. But, it is now the next day and my whole batch is now solid, and smells lovely… so I guess I did something right…
And yes, a good trace looks like pudding from what I gather… I’m still new at it.

it looks like pudding

or something cheap and easy to find…

chia
coffee tea
orange zest,lemon zest
dried rose petals
saffron
icing coloring kits(gel dyes)

I know I have seen simple "recipes’ for recycling old bits of bar soap into liquid hand soap…but cannot find one now. Please help!! Thank you!!!

All I’ve ever done is take all those small bars, break, smash, grate them to as small as I can get them, put them into a container, fill with water and let sit for a few days, shaking every so often. They all don’t magically melt down, but I use the liquid and replenish the water as necessary.

When soap is made in a pre-industrial process, animal fat is boiled with water that has been steeped with wood ash. Why are the wood ashes needed in this process and is the water acidic, basic, or neutral?

Making soap requires animal fat (not soluble in water) to be added to Lye (Sodium Hydroxide, a strong base). This adds a Na+ to the fat and makes the fat somewhat soluble in water. The Na+ part sticks out of the large organic part of the new molecule. This sodium is essentially polar and is attracted to water. The rest of the molecule (primarily fat) is essentially non-polar and is attracted to oily materials, like skin oils. This is what allows soap to remove dirt, this bridging between polar and non polar.

LeChatlier’s principle allows for a system to move away from a stress. Wood ashes tend to contain many minerals which have been absorbed by the tree while growing. This includes sodium. When the ashes are added to the brew, it forces the reaction to the right and produces more soap.

hear is a web site with soap formulas

http://www.snowdriftfarm.com/soapcalculator.htm

whats good for my skin ? i need something to stop the breakouts and black spots whats good?

Make face masks yourself. You can go to all different websites and make face masks out of banana and honey and all kinds of things. Also if your skin is oily you can put talcum or baby powder on it to absorb the oil.

I am doing a organic chem project but I can’t find out why is water used to make soap.

I would suppose that one needs the OH- ions to be in solution.
So in that case the water is the solvent.

CONTENTS

BORSCHT SOUP

GRANDMA’S SPAGHETTI AND MEAT BALLS

BAKED WINTER SQUASH

GRANDMA’S WHIPPED SHORTBREAD COOKIES

AUNT PAT’S BUTTER TARTS

LIGHTSIDE

BUY LOCAL FOOD

FOOD INFORMATION WHEN EXPOSED TO FIRE, FLOOD, HEAT, POWER OUT

CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING

RESPONSIBLE DRINKING

BAR MIXES

NON-ALOHOLIC DRINK

VEGETABLE SOUP BORSCHT

2 pounds beef, with soup bone.

2 carrots.

1 medium head of cabbage.

2 average-sized onions.

6 average-sized potatoes.

2 cups canned tomatoes.

6 whole pepper kernels.

1 bay leaf.

A few sprigs of dill.

½ cup chopped beets.

Cover meat with cool water and bring to a boil.
Let simmer until almost tender.  Add water if necessary
to keep meat covered.  One hour before serving, add chopped
vegetables and seasoning.  Potatoes may be cooked separately
before serving.  When ready to serve, remove from heat and
add sour cream.

GRANDMA’S SPAGHETTI AND MEAT BALLS.
½ cup………………….(125 ml)……………………onions
2 tablespoons (30 ml)…………………….margarine
1 pound…………….(500 g)……………………ground beef
2 cups…………………(500 ml)…………………tomato sauce.
2/3 cup………………(160 ml)…………………sliced mushrooms.
4 cups…………………(1000 ml)………………can tomatoes.
½ cup………………….(125 ml)…………………chopped parsley.
1 ½ teaspoon. (7.5ml)……………………oregano or sage
1 teaspoon………(5 ml)………………………salt
¼ teaspoon………(1.25 ml)………………thyme
1 bay leaf
1 cup………………….(500 ml)…………………water
2 cloves garlic

In a large skillet, cook onion in hot oil until tender.  Add
Meat and garlic, brown lightly.  Add remaining ingredients.
Simmer uncovered 1 ½-2 hours or until sauce is nice and thick.
Stir occasionally.  Remove Bay leaf.  Serve hot over spaghetti.
Top with Parmesan cheese.
YIELD:  6 servings.
Time:   2 ½ hours.

Beef And Potato Cakes

You can use ground meat if desired.  A treat for children.

8 oz. Beef.

8 oz. Potatoes.

1 small 2-3 inch onion chopped finely.

1 egg yolk.

Dark soy sauce.

1 teaspoon salt.

Cook the potatoes and mash.  Mix in egg yolk and salt.  Chop onion finely, brown with 1-tablespoon oil, and add ground meat.  Brown for 4 minutes.  Add soy sauce and mix the batch with the potatoes.  Shape into balls the size of golf balls, flatten into cakes.  Heat the cooking pan. Grease lightly with oil; use medium heat to brown the cakes, turn to brown both sides.  If you have an electric skillet set temperature at 340.  When automatic control light blinks, turn cakes over.

Baked Winter Squash

1 large acorn or butternut squash
2 tablespoons maple syrup
1 teaspoon cinnamon
Margarine or Nonstick cooking spray

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly grease a baking sheet with the margarine or cooking spray.

Slice the squash into rounds 1/4 inch thick. Remove seeds on each slice and arrange squash in a single layer on the baking sheet. Bake the slices for 8 minutes, turn, and drizzle lightly with maple syrup and cinnamon. Bake for 8 minutes longer; remove from the oven and let cool. Serves 4.

GRANDMA’S WHIPPED SHORT BREAD COOKIES

1 POUND………(500 G)……………..BUTTER OR MARSRINE

3 CUPS………..(750 ML)……………FLOUR

1 CUP ……………(250 ML)…………..ICING SUGAR

Beat with mixer until creamy.  Drop on cookie sheet and bake at 350 F, (175 C) until slightly brown.

YIELD: approximately 5 dozen cookies

TIME:  1 hour (includes cooking and cleaning time)

AUNT PAT’S FAVOURITE BUTTER TARTS

1/3-cup ………………………(80 ml) …………………butter.
1-cup………………………………(250 ml)…………………brown sugar.
2 tablespoons…………(30 ml)……………………milk or cream..
1/3 cup……………………….(80 ml)……………………currants
1 egg beaten well.
1 teaspoon……………….(5 ml)………………………vanilla.

Mix all ingredients together.  Put in unbaked tart shells. 
Bake at 450 F, (230 C), for 8 minutes.  Turn down to 350 F,
(175 C), and cook until brown.

LIGHTSIDE

Dinner Blessings

The housewife invited 2 couple and their children for dinner one night. As they get ready to eat, the housewife asks her son, “Would you like to say blessings”?

“I don’t know what to say”, the boy replies.

 “Just say what you hear what your mother says”, replied the mother.

The boy bowed his head and said, “Lord, why on earth did I invite two 2 couples and their kids for dinner”?

BUY LOCAL

Where possible we should buy locally grown foods. As a rule your food is fresher, better flavor, picked within a day of your purchase. Local produce more likely has a higher nutrient content than store-bought produce that has spent time on a transport truck and warehouse. Further farmers who sell directly to local customers receive the full value for their product, can sell cheaper, as there is less cost to processing, transportation, packing, warehouse etc.

This is the time of the year for ice; snowstorms, (with power failure) floods and fire, depending on what part of the country you live.  Below are some helpful tips to keep your food and you safe.

Food Information When Power Out

Have Food on hand that don’t require refrigeration and can be eaten cold or heated on the outdoor grill.  Food boxed or canned milk, water, and canned goods should be part of a planned emergency food supply.  Also, ready-to-use baby formula for infants and pet food.

Always keep meat, poultry, fish, and eggs refrigerated at or below 40 °F and frozen food at or below 0 °F. This may be difficult when the power is out.  Coolers are a great help for keeping food cold if the power will be out for more than 4 hours.

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas. It is produced whenever you burn any fuel—such as gas, oil, kerosene, wood, or charcoal. Generators, pressure washers, other gasoline powered tools and charcoal grills give off high levels of CO. This can build up quickly in closed spaces or partially enclosed spaces—within minutes. Never use gas-powered tools inside—that includes your basement or garage.

Get a battery-powered CO detector to alert you to dangerous levels of carbon monoxide in your home.

Please remember: you CAN NOT prevent build-up of carbon monoxide by using an exhaust fan—or opening your garage doors or windows. Again, never use gas-powered equipment inside.

Be alert to the signs of carbon monoxide poisoning! If you or anyone else in your home feels sick, dizzy or weak—Think carbon monoxide—CO! Get out of the house and seek prompt medical help.

FOOD EXPOSED TO FIRE- HEAT

Discard food that has been near a fire. Food exposed to fire can be damaged by the heat of the fire, smoke fumes, and chemicals used to fight the fire. Food in cans or jars may appear to be okay, but the heat from a fire can activate food spoilage bacteria. If the heat is extreme, the cans or jars themselves can split or rupture, rendering the food unsafe.

One of the most dangerous elements of a fire is sometimes not the fire itself, but toxic fumes released from burning materials. Discard any raw food or food in permeable packaging—cardboard, plastic wrap, screw-topped jars, bottles, etc.—stored outside the refrigerator.

Food stored in refrigerators or freezers can also become contaminated by fumes. The refrigerator seal isn’t airtight and fumes can get inside. Chemicals used to fight the fire contain toxic materials and can contaminate food and cookware.

Food that is exposed to chemicals should be thrown away—the chemicals cannot be washed off the food. This includes food stored at room temperature, such as fruits and vegetables, as well as food stored in permeable containers like cardboard and screw-topped jars and bottles.

In Flood Zone?

If your location is in a possible flood zone plan your food storage on shelves that will be safely out of the way of contaminated water. Coolers are a great help for keeping food cold if the power will be out for more than 4 hours.

Discard any food that is not in a waterproof container if there is any chance that it has come into contact with floodwater. Food containers that are not waterproof include those with screw caps, snap lids, pull tops, and crimped caps. Also, discard cardboard juice/milk/baby formula boxes and home canned foods if they have come in contact with floodwater, because they cannot be effectively cleaned and sanitized.

Inspect canned foods and discard any food in damaged cans. Can damage is shown by swelling, leakage, punctures, holes, fractures, extensive thoroughly wash countertops with soap and water, using hot water if available. Rinse and then sanitize them by applying a solution of 1 tablespoon of unscented, liquid chlorine bleach per gallon of drinking water (or the cleanest, clearest water available). Allow air-drying.

RESPONSIBLE DRINKING
It should be known that like any other drug, addiction is a potential hazard.  Excess of alcohol will affect organs such as the brain, heart, and liver.

If you’re having a party provide food with your drinks.  You can also offer non-alcoholic such as fruit, soft drinks.

BAR MIXES
Hoots Mon.
1 jigger Scotch Whiskey.
½ jigger Lillet.
½ jigger Sweet Vermouth.
Stir with ice and strain.

Apple Cocktail
½ ounce applejack
½ ounce apple cider
¼ ounce gin
¼ ounce brandy
Shake with ice cubes.  Strain into chilled cocktail glass.

Non-Alcoholic Drink

Fresh Fruit Punch
8 ounces each of orange juice, pineapple juice, and grapefruit
juice.
1 bottle ginger ale.  Sugar to taste.
Combine the juices with the sugar.  Stir until the sugar is
dissolved and refrigerate.  Add the ginger ale plus chunks of ice before serving.

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Bruce Chambers
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The process of a man wet shaving has very different connotations depending on whether you are a man or a woman.

First of all, for a man, this process is simple and offers a casual satisfaction of a routine job done well.  The act of washing your face with steamy soap and water opens pores, softens the skin, and relaxes the facial muscles.  Then you apply the comforting, rich, foamy shaving cream.  The easy whoosh of a quality blade is satisfying because the ease of the stroke with high grade steel blade is effortless as it cuts the whiskers and leaves smooth skin in its path.  Finally, you rinse and splash on an invigorating aftershave, revealing a handsome, clean shaven man.  Also, make no mistake guys, in spite of the hype of that half shaven, Miami Vice look, a clean shaven man is much more comforting to cuddle up to.

But, for a woman, watching the process is quite sensual as she watches her men wield the potentially deadly, steely blade with such precision.  Next she takes in the fragrance of his favorite the soap and lather.  Finally sees this steamy and sexy guy ready to take on the world

So ladies and gents get a clue and explore the indulgence of a wet shave.  The first step is to pick a straight edge razor, also know by the unlikely name of cut-throat razor, a safety razor, or a cartridge razor to your liking.  There are many to choose from.  Some men may find that they prefer to use a couple of techniques, depending on mood and time.  There is nothing quite like the straight edge to add panache to your morning routine, but this may have to be a weekend experience.  There are straight edge razors made in a thoroughly high tech, modern style and those recalling Butch Cassidy.  A high quality cartridge or safety razor may be better suited to daily use.  However, with the accompaniment of the cup and brush, and when done with flare, this need not be the old chore you once preformed but a barbershop experience in the convenience of your home. 

Look for high quality razors of all types online, you can fine a variety of styles and prices.  One good source is Excalibur Cutlery and Gifts.  Give wet shaving a try; you and your lady may enjoy it.

Groshan Fabiola
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