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LakeOntarioFarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Brenda
North Rose
NY
USA
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 Posted - Aug 14 2009 : 2:46:40 PM
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Forgive me if this is the wrong place to post this, I just joined today!
I love making my own soap though, and wondered if anyone else here does?
BTW- I also make my own laundry soap.  |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lynner
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sheri
Missouri
USA
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Posted - Aug 14 2009 : 4:52:28 PM
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Hey Brenda,
Welcome to the Farmgirl Connection.
I am making soap too. But I am fairly new at it. Currently I make liquid laundry soap, dishwasher detergent and toothpaste. Still trying to tweek the dishwasher soap though. I still find some whitish powder on some of my dishes, and the dishwasher door does not seem to get cleaned like it did with store bought soap. Hmmmm
Sheri
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Edited by - Lynner on Aug 14 2009 4:53:15 PM |
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marjean
True Blue Farmgirl
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Marsha
Deltona
FL
USA
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Posted - Aug 14 2009 : 5:44:40 PM
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Welcome Brenda,
I make my own dishwasher soap. I want to venture into organic soap making with my daughter.
Sheri,
I use white vinegar in the rinse cycle and that takes off all the white residue and keeps the dishwasher clean too.
Marjean
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
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sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
3775 Posts |
Posted - Sep 28 2009 : 8:24:37 PM
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| i make cold process soap too. i would love to have a recipe for dish, laundry and auto dish. will anyone share their recipes, i sure will. i also make chapstick and a body butter. love this site. all you girls are so friendly and helpful.i love the toothpaste one. |
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QueenofQuiteAlot
True Blue Farmgirl
865 Posts
Dalyn
Milk 'n Honey Ranch
Central, WA
USA
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Ga Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Karen
Meansville
Ga.
USA
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Posted - Sep 29 2009 : 05:38:10 AM
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I also make laundry detergent, am hoping to get me 2 goats so I can make some hand and body soap also.
Blessings,Karen
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herbquilter
True Blue Farmgirl
891 Posts
Kristine
Bonney Lake
Wa
USA
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Posted - Sep 29 2009 : 6:13:28 PM
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I make herbal cold process soaps & laundry soap, too. Have fun!
Blessings,
Kristine ~ Mother of Many & MRET ~ Energy Healing & Wellness Coaching Sessions
http://herbalmommasda.blogspot.com/
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Wildcrafter
True Blue Farmgirl
340 Posts
Suzanne
Seattle
WA
USA
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Oct 06 2009 : 11:52:29 AM
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I am getting soap making lessons in a few weeks from a girl I met at the market. We are bartering a buck for her to breed her does in Dec. but she will be making soap in a few weeks. So I will get to finally learn how from someone who has done this for a while now. She doesn't live in a house so has to wait for good weather to make soap. This should be interesting.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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Wildcrafter
True Blue Farmgirl
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Suzanne
Seattle
WA
USA
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Oct 06 2009 : 5:38:42 PM
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I don't know what she lives in. She is part of a community called Sequatchie Valley Institute in Tn. not far from me. They live in a very wooded place and build homes from whatever is on the property. I haven't been there yet so am not sure but have seen pictures on their web site. There was a log home but it's open and they don't use electricity. So no AC and it gets humid so it's hard to make soap most of the time. They do alot of work shops and grow all their food and raise their owm meat. She has some goats of course for the milk and soap. The guy that wrote Wild Fermentation, Sandor Katz, goes their alot to give talks on fermenting. I want to meet him. They are all very interesting people. I want to live there myself except I'd have to have air conditioning! I'll let ya know when I go.
Kris
Kris
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farmmom22
True Blue Farmgirl
616 Posts
Tammy
Scottsville
KY
USA
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Toots
True Blue Farmgirl
68 Posts
Barb
Brussels
Ontario
Canada
68 Posts |
Posted - Nov 03 2009 : 4:37:09 PM
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Hi Brenda, I also am a newbie. This is my first day on as well. I would love to learn how to make soap. I would love if someone would share some recipies also. And were to buy the products needed to make the soap.
God Bless you all.
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corabela
True Blue Farmgirl
79 Posts
Laura
Mount Vernon
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Nov 23 2009 : 09:43:24 AM
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Hi Brenda! I make my own soap and I also sell organic soap on my etsy site. : ) It's been a very rewarding craft to learn and I absolutely love it.
A good source of soapmaking supplies is GloryBee. They have the fats, molds, oils, and all the extras.
~Laura
Please stop by my blog and my etsy site and say hello : )
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prayin granny
True Blue Farmgirl
1874 Posts
Linda
Kansas
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Posted - Jan 07 2010 : 11:09:05 AM
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| Hi Ladies! I am new as well. Have wanted to try soapmaking and think I will get brave. Any recipes for an olive oil based soap? |
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Canadian farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
482 Posts
Lori
Ontario
Canada
482 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2010 : 07:15:00 AM
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Another rookie here, just made my very first batch last night! I am still waiting to uncover mine, but here's the recipe I used, from "The Soapmaker's Companion" by Susan Miller Cavitch:
Soap Essentials Bar
201 grams sodium hydroxide
1 lb. 3 oz (538.7 g) distilled water
1 lb. 5 oz (595.3 g) olive oil
1 lb. (454 g) coconut oil
14 oz. (396.9 g) palm oil
12 grams grapefruit seed extract (optional preservative)
7 tsp. (35 mL) pure essential oil or fragrance oil, optional
I mixed the lye solution and oils together at 100 F, and added the fragrance at trace before pouring into the mold. This makes 15 four-ounce bars.
Going to have to find a large-quantity supplier of coconut oil. Had to pay $15 for 1000 g. Yikes!
Lori
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clothedinscarlet
True Blue Farmgirl
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Siobhan
Battle Creek
MI
USA
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Posted - Jan 10 2010 : 07:37:53 AM
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Hmmm...I wish I could be brave enough to try making soap on my own. I learn better watching someone though. I'd even love to learn how to make my own lye from ash..Lord knows I have plenty of ash LOL! Maybe not a good idea with little boys around al the time though. Maybe I'll wait on that until they're grown and out of the house. It just fascinates me because I grew up near the Frontier Culture Museum in Virginia (if you've never been there...SO COOL) and as a kid I would watch them make their own lye and soap on the farms.
Anyone know if there's a soap making DVD out there somewhere? Or a really good online tutorial? |
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Canadian farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
482 Posts
Lori
Ontario
Canada
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Posted - Jan 10 2010 : 07:45:27 AM
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Have you searched YouTube? You can find just about anything there! I'm on dial-up here, so it's hopeless trying to watch a video on the internet.
Lori
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Wildcrafter
True Blue Farmgirl
340 Posts
Suzanne
Seattle
WA
USA
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clothedinscarlet
True Blue Farmgirl
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Siobhan
Battle Creek
MI
USA
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Posted - Jan 10 2010 : 08:35:07 AM
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Originally posted by Wildcrafter
http://www.millersoap.com/
Lots of soapmaking tutorials.
Thank you! I will check that out later when I get some time! |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jan 10 2010 : 1:41:55 PM
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Lori, you added the oils to the lye? I saw somewhere a lady mixed her lye and water then added the solid oils to melt them then the liquid oils then used her stick blender to mix then poured into molds. Is that what you did?
Have you uncovered yet?
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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Claude09647
True Blue Farmgirl
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Claudia
Our Dairy Farm
Pennsylvania
USA
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Wildcrafter
True Blue Farmgirl
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Suzanne
Seattle
WA
USA
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Claude09647
True Blue Farmgirl
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Claudia
Our Dairy Farm
Pennsylvania
USA
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