A Pictorial Guide to Soap Making

firecrest

Full Member
Mar 16, 2008
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Great tutorial that, I never realised soap was still caustic after its been made.

Did you know under special circumstances a corpse can undergo saponification. They end up as a perfectly preserved human shaped bar of soap.
 

Nagual

Native
Jun 5, 2007
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Argyll
Cheers, Red. I have got around 2 litres of nettle-ish soap made today, very simple to do too, although thought I had messed up something, as trace just wasn't for happening even with a stick blender. So I plopped the lot in to the blender proper and blasted it for a while.. that worked.. :D So, tomorrow or next day I'll cut the soap and the wait begins.. :) Cheers for this, I really enjoyed making it.
 

British Red

M.A.B (Mad About Bushcraft)
Dec 30, 2005
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Mercia
Glad you enjoyed it

Trace is wierd. I've had it take several hours. The stick blender or constant stirring certainly helps.

Try adding pine tar. It traces in a nanosecond!
 

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