[TheForge] Lowes has lye

[schade at acegroup.cc]

On Nov 14, 2006, at 1:02 PM, Bruce Freeman wrote:

> Try this:  Take a bar of soap that you like.  Grate up an ounce or two
> of the stuff using a kitchen grater.  Mix in some corn meal, and knead
> it together.  See if that's anything like the stuff you remember.
>
> I suspect that this is the way such soap would be made, because
> ingredients like corn meal are generally added after the soap is made.
> They don't tolerate the lye too well...
>
> Bruce
> NJ
>


can you 'melt'? and reshape (rebar!!) small pieces of soap?

Bob