[TheForge] Lowes has lye

[David Childress]

Sure you can melt and "rebar" soap, but it is easier to just put the
little pieces in a cloth bag (sew up a wash cloth on two sides) and
just use it that way.  soon it will be one mass.  The things you learn
from your Scotch grandfather.

David Childress

On 11/14/06, schade at acegroup.cc <schade at acegroup.cc> wrote:
>
> 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
>
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