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No I just list in USD for the sake of consistency across all of the sites I list on
Ross
On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:34:20 +1200, Jenny Holmes <tinks2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Thanks for all the tips that have been coming. I really appreciate it.
I bought some pomace from Davis Trading yesterday (I'm in Wgtn.- thanks Maggie) and made soap for the swap keeping in mind the 8 weeks curing time. I tripled the quantity of the Olive & Coconut recipe - phew it was quite scary the lye mixture got really hot so paniced and put in cold water and ice etc. in the sink. Meanwhile the oils also too hot and took ages to cool down by which time lye mixture too cold. Anyway put it all together. It traced v. fast too - less than 5 mins. I'll cut it up tonight. Hope it will be OK. The colour is creamy with a tinge of yellow - not so different from using the Virgin Olive Oil. Kind of like what full cream milk is compared with trim milk. Not sure about the scent.
For some reason Ross I thought that your soaps were in the US. I had thought of buying one or two but then thought the postage from US would be too big. I thought they looked v. interesting and with v. interesting names.
Thought I might try using a plastic container as a mould. Should I line it with grease proof paper or is it OK on its own. Is there any brand of paper that is better than another.
By the way I do have Soap Makers Companion so if anyone wants I can type up the recipe for a small quantity on this list.
Jenny
On 22/06/2010, at 8:17 AM, Soapcraft wrote:
Yes Louise the Pyreness down the road in Mt Albert.
The tallow/lard /dripping (is what I meant) is usually in the meat section at Foodtown. Comes only in 500 gm packs. I tend to use the tallow for my laundry soap.
Does everyone have visions of Lousie trolling the supermarket this morning........i do.
gina
On 21/06/10 9:18 PM, "Louise Shing" <louiseshing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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I’ve never seen tallow in the supermarket, but I’m not sure where to look, I’ll ask next time. If it’s the French Deli I’m thinking of they sell beautiful food, very expensive but I get the most delicious bread from Pyrenees (little cakes expensive but delicious too!).
Louise
on 21/6/10 7:30 AM, Soapcraft at soapcraft@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Most NZ supermarkets have Tallow. Tallow is just animal fat. Most of us grew up on it as only hippies used oil.
The French Delli down the road from me also sells duck and goose fat.
A good butcher who render there own...........not that that’s done much anymore.
gina
On 20/06/10 10:32 PM, "Jan Martin" <jamar35@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Rebecca
Where do you get tallow from - I have been investigating a little bit but haven't really found what I thought I was looking for.
Thanks
Jan
----- Original Message -----
From: Rebecca Midkiff <mailto:ramidkiff@xxxxxxxxx>
To: soapcraft@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 20 June 2010 3:21 PM
Subject: [soapcraft] Re: newbie
Tallow makes a beautiful hard soap and is an excellent replacement for Palm.
Cheers Rebecca
On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 6:58 PM, katrina batt <katrina.batt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Hi all
> loving this email chat :) So good to have a NZ based exchange - thanks everyone!
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> I am a newbie/stay at home mum - been mucking around with the soaps for about 6 months now and made some very basic soaps sometimes selling at the local market.
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> I am trying for palm free soaps but find it hard to keep to cost down and also quality essential oils are so expensive. Does anyone have any ideas??
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> Also looking for a soap mold?
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> Thanks
> Kat
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