[soapcraft] Re: Request from a Newbie
- From: Louise Shing <louiseshing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "soapcraft@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <soapcraft@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:16:18 +1300
Yes the hardest part is the waiting, but it¹s all worth it.
You can try any of the recipes in ³Soap Naturally² they all work really
well, well the ones I did have, I¹d choose one you have ingredients for or
can get.
50 mls of essential oils is rather a lot, the above book recommends 10-20
mls per kilo of base oils (I recall but do check).
Cheers
Louise
on 21/3/10 5:12 PM, Ross Spencer at galahad@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Congratulations. You will be hooked now!
>
> I highly recommend reading through the threads on The Dish for ideas on recipe
> options
>
> I use 30mls of fragrance per 1000g of soap
>
> Ross
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> From: soapcraft-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:soapcraft-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of gobyrne
> Sent: Sunday, 21 March 2010 5:06 p.m.
> To: soapcraft@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [soapcraft] Request from a Newbie
>
>
> Hi all
>
>
>
> Well I've done it !! I couldn't wait any longer so this weekend made my first
> batch of soap!!! I had been doing a lot of reading and had kept putting off
> getting on with it.
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> I used the recipe that was demonstrated at a recent workshop that I attended
> in New Plymouth -
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> 600 gm tallow (I used a block of Kremelta and made up to the 600 gm with lard)
> 150 ml olive oil, 500ml water and 150 gm caustic soda.
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> Raw ingredients are hard to come by in NP. Anyway, I was pleasantly
> surprised with the finished product - it is nice and white and has cut well -
> I used a potato peeler to trim the sharp edges. I should have used a smaller
> mold as the soap is not as deep as I had planned - never mind. It is now
> going to be a long 4 weeks.
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> Question - what would be a good recipe to try next? I have "Soap Naturally"
> out of the library but would be interested to hear suggestions.
>
> I would like to try adding some essential oil next time although the amount
> recommended for the above recipe was 50mls which would work out quite
> expensive.
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> Any suggestions/recommendations greatly appreciated.
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> Thanks
>
> Pam
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