[TheForge] Lowes has lye

[Bruce Freeman]

I'm not aware that soap can be melted.  Perhaps it decomposes on
melting?  I can't find a melting point listed for soap or for sodium
stearate.  (I haven't tried real hard.)

However, milling and reforming of soap is a common process.  You can do
it by hand with a kitchen grater.

Bruce
NJ

>>> schade at acegroup.cc 11/14/2006 2:22 PM >>>

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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