[Nfb-krafters-korner] cold process soap

Fri Feb 10 20:09:44 UTC 2012

I bought an entire kit from Brambleberry after talking with one of their
CSR's about it. I was concerned about the injecting process into different
parts of the mold on the bamboo recipe Joyce shared in a newsletter a couple
of weeks ago. I was reassured that if filling small parts of the mold didn't
work well for me, I could simply fill the mold with one color soap and it
would look good and work well. I am planning to tackle this project while I
am on a crafting vacation at my daughter's home next week. I was also
concerned about the cost of getting into a new craft and was pleasantly
surprised to find that for this recipe everything I needed added up to less
than $40 with shipping. I had some trouble with the link to add all the
items for the recipe into my cart and here's how they told me to solve it.
Go to the site and register for an account. Log into your account and then
go back to the newsletter while that session of your internet browser is
still open and click or press enter on the link to add all the items for the
recipe to your cart. When you go back to the web site, Voila! Everything is
in your cart. If you don't want some of the items, it is an easy matter to
remove them or as in my case, increase the quantity so you can make more
bars. I'll keep the list posted as to my success with this project. I am
hoping to add to the items I sell at the craft fair at my church this fall
with a line of soaps.  

Neva Fairchild
972 416-7039 

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[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Terry Knox
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 1:50 PM
To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] cold process soap

Lindy,

I agree with you about lye and not wanting to use it and the cold pour
method. Thank you for the link which I will look at shortly. My question was
to purchase a basic kit from Brambleberry, if it would be accessible or only
be able to be used by someone making soap that was sighted. I believe I will
do more research, though I could purchase entire kit from one places without
shopping all over the web, and wanted to know if anyone has purchased a
complete kit like this before. Thanks.
Did you ever find wash cloths crafts to make to go with your future soap
making?
Terry K

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[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lindy van der
Merwe
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 5:41 AM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] cold process soap

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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