Search results

okay, today a 3pm pst will be 48 hours and the soap is well finger printable. it's not hard not mushy but I can make an indentation with my finger by not pushing too hard. Where am I at? total flop? still salvageable? Kristina

I wondered about that as I was putting the frozen goats milk in the lye. I had gotten it in my head backwards, another reason I wanted my backup. but it went okay thankfully. Will Really double check things twice before starting next time. Kristina

So to share my adventure/disaster into the soap making world: My husband was home yesterday and he was going to keep me company in the kitchen and help me out. His main job was going to be my consult on the internet instructions I was using. So right after I got everything measured and started...

I know it's supposed to set for 2448 hours or that was what the websit I followed said. I ended 3pm pst yesterday should it feel like a pumpkin pie that's just been taken out of the fridge? A reallt cold fridge texture wiseagainst the saran wrap?

I have no Idea...I punched what I liked into the soap calculator. probably not the best idea but I had t start somewhere, Kristina

So sorry for the long message above. I either manage to make my first batch of soap today or peanut butter...We'll see:) Kristina

That does not sound very authentic to me. sad When we are camping I simply wrap my wet soap in a corner of my towel and head out. wink I agree. Are these people really going to be using the soap anyway or is it just a play-acting thing? I thought war re-enactments were contrived and...

Oh Lord I know it's me again:) I've been asked by the sutler's to make soap, but to make a soap that is a cream so it can be put in tins. Reasoning behind this no plastic or anything so a soldier would have little time for a bar of soap to dry out before he had to load it up into hia haversack...

Thank you for the suggestions. I will try that. It's not easy to re-create 1861:) But we do our best. I do know the women will love have pretty soap and lotion and maybe some rose and lavender water as well. Kristina @0th Maine United States Sanitary Commission

Me AGAIN:) I am still wondering about molds...Do silicone baking pans work? Someone mentioned the bottom of quart milk containers...how do you clean them? If I want to put the soap into tins to used I know it can be started there so I am thinking it would have to be a soap almost the consistency...

I appreciate all the responses. I guess I'm not being really clear. The soldier's "being men" are asking the shop keeper's for "lye" soap. What they are asking for is a heavy duty cleaning soap in a bar that will clean the soot, black powder etc off their hands. silmilar to what a mechanic...

the soap my gramma made would eat the iron off a cast iron pot:) Like the hard core soaps you would buy in the market to take grease oil, skin, off. I'm looking for something that would be MANLY soap and help them get the black powder, and lord knows what else they get on them. Also to wash the...

Another strange question, in case you haven't all figured out that I am very weird:) my grandmother used to make lye soap. I guarantee she didn't have calculators aor any recipes. She never saw a computer or cell phone. Her brother never even had indoor plumbing until 1975! But my reasoning...

does pyrex work for a mold? Kristina

So abour molds..I'm hearing cardboard and plastic. I read somewhere on here on the PVC pipe thing that they use vaseline on the inside to make the soap easier to get out....would that effect the soap at all? Also do you line the othe molds with anything? Kristina

I want to learn how to make home made lotion and soap and expand toskin care products. I also want to opena bookstore, Move to Gettysburg, open a shop make civil war clothing, have my husband be a park tour guide and do civil war reenactments and living history. Of course everythign but the...

I forgot What on earth is superfatting??? Krsitna

The "recipe" I posted was completely made up. and not in any way intended to be used. just sort of an example of how "duck out of water" I am feeling. Part of the reason for makeinf soaps and lotions arises from my other new hobby as a civil War reenactor. The Sutlers or shop keepers would love...

HI y'all, I've been working my way through the 9,000 pages of this subject. Great information! Only now I think I'm more confused that when I started. There is a lot of mention about putting your ingredients into the calculator or Lye calculator and it gives you the percentages you need. So...

I love having "some" of my blackberries. When my dogs lost their backyard and my horse lost her round pen it was a bit much. But that's what you get for living on a 100 year old house that used to be a berry farm. I do love my apple trees, pear tree, hazelnut trees, My Lilac's are amazing. The...