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  • 31-08-2009 6:48pm
    #1
    duncanb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 145 ✭✭


    Hey everyone.

    I would like to take up soap making as a hobby and make blocks of soap for family and friends

    Can anyone suggest how i can find more info on this.

    MATERIALS NEEDED
    EQUIPTMENT NEEDED
    THE SOAP MAKING PROCESS

    i dont know where to start but i though some of you guys could help


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    Gordon
    Registered Users Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    Go to your local liposuction clinic?


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    #3
    Tomebagel
    Registered Users Posts: 1,138 ✭✭✭Tomebagel


    yeah us here in AH are masters of soap making:rolleyes:


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    #4
    TheZohanS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,582 ✭✭✭✭TheZohanS


    duncanb wrote: »
    Hey everyone.

    I would like to take up soap making as a hobby and make blocks of soap for family and friends

    Can anyone suggest how i can find more info on this.

    MATERIALS NEEDED
    EQUIPTMENT NEEDED
    THE SOAP MAKING PROCESS

    i dont know where to start but i though some of you guys could help

    Here you go.


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    Conor108
    Registered Users Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭Conor108


    Eh maybe the cleaning forum would know?

    good luck


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    Hamiltonion
    Registered Users Posts: 416 ✭✭Hamiltonion


    You need to render (boil) fat, skim off the top layer (glycerol) and then a base (NaOH). If you add nitric acid you get nitroglycerine:D


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    Sharpshooter
    Registered Users Posts: 31,859 ✭✭✭✭Sharpshooter


    There you go OP, post 4 has your answer.


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    dr.bollocko
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    Just steal it from hotels.


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