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Post by dirtsunrain on Jan 7, 2010 19:20:17 GMT -5
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Post by Penny on Jan 7, 2010 19:36:37 GMT -5
You've done a great job with it, well done.
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Post by plantsnobin on Jan 7, 2010 20:51:15 GMT -5
I enjoyed reading your blog. Maybe you can put a link in your signature line, then people can find it easier.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Jan 15, 2010 17:22:51 GMT -5
I love the Pony in your homepage. Her face reminds me of my mare, whom I had to sell having her to love for 16+.
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Post by stratcat on Jan 15, 2010 21:54:44 GMT -5
Nice blog! The Island sounds beautiful.  |
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Post by ottawagardener on Jan 17, 2010 5:49:59 GMT -5
How did I miss this! I'm going to hop over there right now.
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Post by toad on Mar 7, 2010 14:54:27 GMT -5
Inspiring blog - how is the soap in daily use?
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Post by ozarklady on Mar 7, 2010 16:58:52 GMT -5
That does it! I simply can't stay away from soap making. I guess, that I will simply have to try it!
I mean everywhere I go, up pops soap making... seems that my mind is constantly drawn there.
I find the idea scary and fascinating at the same time... fat and lye makes soap...
I found homemade laundry detergent, gotta try that, then I thought, the soap... what if you made your own? And on it goes. Glad that I am not the only one who gets stuck on a subject... like homemade soap.
Can you post the recipe that you used, cause I know that I will end up trying to make soap.
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Post by dirtsunrain on Mar 15, 2010 12:35:39 GMT -5
It took some digging but I found my first ever recipe. Its the soap in the blog. I used a tablespoon of cocoa at trace to create the swirls. This makes a nice solid soap with a good lather. The great thing about this recipe is that it is by weight. You dont have to commit to buying a digital scale.
1 cup plus 2 tbsp Lard
1 and1/3 cup olive oil
1/4 cup lye crystals
6 oz of chilled distilled water
Its as simple as that! I can write a tutorial if you'd like.
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Post by ozarklady on Mar 15, 2010 16:08:33 GMT -5
I completed my purchases today, I finally found washing soda, for my homemade laundry detergent, and some molds for homemade bar soap... I knew I couldn't resist! So, resistance is futile... I gathered the materials...
There are various recipes online...
I want to try this one... but, I want to use my own homemade soap for the soap bar.
Laundry Detergent
3 Pints Water
1/3 Bar Fels Naptha Soap, Grated
1/2 Cup Washing Soda
1/2 Cup Borax
2 Gallon Bucket
1 Quart Hot Water
Hot Water
Mix soap in a saucepan with 3 pints of water, and heat on low until dissolved. Stir in Washing Soda and Borax. Stir until thickened, and remove from heat. Add 1 Quart Hot Water to 2 Gallon Bucket. Add soap mixture, and mix well. Fill bucket with hot water, and mix well. Set aside for 24 hours, or until mixture thickens. Use 1/2 cup of mixture per load.
I am also adding some essential oil...lavendar smells soap like to me... Wish me luck!
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Post by canadamike on Mar 15, 2010 18:02:02 GMT -5
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Post by baby daddy on Mar 15, 2010 18:23:52 GMT -5
Ozarklady,
was at the local food co-op a couple of days ago and picked up a pamphlet that gave a recipie that sounds very similar to yours, cant find the pamphlet now , but i remember they said you could use white vineager for fabric softener, don't remember the amount but it was claimed that the vineager smell evaporates with line drying and whitens your whites.
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Post by ozarklady on Mar 15, 2010 18:33:08 GMT -5
I bet it would! We, ladies often use vinegar to cut the soap film left from shampoo in our hair, and it brings out the shine.
Vinegar would cut the soap scum that is in our clothes. Many of our clothes are not clean, they are too full of soap. Try washing a load, and don't add soap, it will suds up the same, because our clothes are saturated with soap. And it looks grungy.
Also, vinegar in the rinse water is alot better than dryer sheets, and doesn't damage your dryers.
I admit it, I am a tight wad, I really hate paying the prices that laundry detergent has gone up to.
I feel like a mad scientist. Did you feel that way Dirtsunrain, as you tackled your first soap making?
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Post by canadamike on Mar 15, 2010 20:59:12 GMT -5
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Post by JanetM on Mar 15, 2010 22:47:15 GMT -5
I have used white vinegar in the rinse, pour the soften cup on the washer full, for over a year now and like the fact it cut the soap film. I also hated the build up of the softener on my clothes, dryer etc and the cost of it. I started hanging my clothes out on a line 2 years ago and found I cut $20 a month from my electric bill. I hated the fact that everytime I used the dryer I left a 'piece' of the garments in the lint trap. People don't seem to realize that the lint is fibers from the clothes and you don't see these same fibers being beat out of the clothes if you dry them on the line. To take out wrinkels, I do put the clothes in the dryer for 10 min after they are dry to fluff them. It just makes me feel better about how I spend/save my money.
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