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chamookman:
Nice Jdub - neat project ! Gotta agree that Lilac is a wonderful smell. Always enjoy when the Lilacs in My yard blossom in the Spring. Bob
JW_Halverson:
Have been reading a few more intructional sites on soap making. Some folks dislike deer tallow soap because compared to modern soaps they think it feels "slimey". But one thing that has come up time and again is that deer tallow soap also conditions and softens skin.
For me, it is the satisfaction of doing something using the most raw of materials. Apparently this is now "a thing". It's called Making or the Maker Culture. People that have grown up boying whatever they need, eating out or getting it delivered, are finding a simple satisfaction in going to the farmer's market and buying raw ingredients. Jellies are often one of the first steps, LOL. Yeah, now that is something to get you addicted to doing for yourself, huh?
From Wikipedia:
"'Maker culture' emphasizes learning-through-doing (constructivism) in a social environment...Some say that the maker movement is a reaction to the de-valuing of physical exploration and the growing sense of disconnection with the physical world in modern cities.....Many products produced by the maker communities have a focus on health (food), sustainable development, environmentalism, local culture and can from that point of view also be seen as a anti-response on disposables, globalised mass production, the power of chain stores, multinationals and consumerism."
Betcha you guys didn't know we were the pioneers in this movement, didja?!?!?! You hairy, hippy, counterculture, hipsters!
Danzn Bar:
Right on Jdub.....man can survive without grocery stores! :)
DBar
GlisGlis:
Very very interesting
I started reading some post about soap making
I'm tempted to make my own lye starting from ashes even if right measurements seems critical to obtain the soap
JW_Halverson:
A little further reading on tallow/lye soap and I found out why my hands feel so much softer when I used the bit of lye soap I had bought at a Rondy-voo a few years back. It seems that part of the reaction between the fat and the lye produces glycerine. Most soap manufacturers then remove the glycerine so they can sell that seperately.
Now that's funny. They make a soap, remove the glycerine, and then the soap dries out your skin. So then you go buy some skin moisturizer containing, you guessed it, glycerine! :o
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