[Nfb-krafters-korner] cold process soap

[Lindy van der Merwe]

Hi there,
>From what I have read so far on soap-making, maybe this may help you:
Cold Process soap making is where you make soap from scratch. It involves 
the use of lye (sodium hydroxide), which is a caustic substance for which 
you will need safety goggles, gloves, etc.
Personally, I am not wanting to do this type of soap making, especially 
since I have no experience with the craft.
I have decided to start with melt and pour soap, though.
Joyce will know more about the practicalities of melt-and-pour soap making, 
or soap casting, as it is sometimes called. Most of the recipes I have read 
calls for melting the soap in a microwave for a short time or on the stove 
on low heat. The soap is then left to cool down before pouring, which, I 
hope, means that melt and pour soap making is not likely to be any more 
hazardous than cooking or baking.
Another option, for those interested, one can also find products that have 
different names, which have been formulated to resemble dough. So, basically 
you would make shapes by hand, or with cookie cutters or using moulds, and 
then the soap dough will simply harden like air dry clay.
I haven't tried such products, so I don't know how well they will work, but 
I will let you all know as soon as I have managed to order them.
You can check out this link for more info on different types of soap making.
http://www.teachsoap.com/soapmakingmethods.html
HTH
Lindy
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terry Knox" <tknox6 at sc.rr.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 8:19 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] soap


> Joyce,
>
> In looking at Brambleberry site, I see there they have kits for cold pour
> soap in addition to cupcake fizzies and essestential oil samplers. Will 
> this
> be a kit you might suggest to learn from, or otter things needed because 
> of
> sight difference? Trying not to get ahead of anything, but do not want to
> order something that might not be accessible to use.
> Terry K
>
>
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