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Comment on What We Watch - Television and Soap by Proctor & Gamble Out of Soap Operas | Soap Bits

Proctor & Gamble Out of Soap Operas | Soap Bits — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:54:51 +0000

[...] with it’s last episode (the 13,661st!) to air in September. Their other remaining soap opera, Guiding Light, was canceled in April, 2009. That ends their 76 years in the soap opera [...]

Comment on Harsh Lye Soap by Marie Gale

Marie Gale — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:43:09 +0000

That’s true. However, in the scenario in this book, the author points out that BOOKS are available as well as non-electric scales. So they should have been able to master the craft pretty easily. The “tongue test” alone will determine if soap has excess lye!

I don’t think it was the author’s attempt to malign handcrafted soap, but rather just not checking the facts of soapmaking before making statements.

Comment on Harsh Lye Soap by Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:05:10 +0000

Those are great points, although I can also see it from a slightly different angle. A society that is newly rediscovering all the pioneering crafts would not be very good at them. If I tanned an animal hide, it would be very poorly done! I may know the approximate method, but without any master craftsman to show me how, I’d have to fumble my way along.

Same with soap. Even though I’m an experienced soapmaker, I would have a hard time making good soap without my digital scale. And if I didn’t already know how to make soap before “The Change” happened and I only vaguely knew that you should mix potash with oils in a cauldron over a fire, my soap would be very lousy indeed. It would either turn out harsh or oily.

So, perhaps the author’s intent was not to malign handcrafted soap, but simply to illustrate the fact that artisan crafts take many years to perfect.

Comment on Grandma’s Lye Soap (1952) by Barb

Barb — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:29:01 +0000

I have searched and searched for this record. Thank You, Thank You!! We used to own it but Mom and Dad ‘cleaned’ one time and that ‘useless old stuff’ went the way of the dinoaurs.

Comment on Promote the Benefits of Soap and Water by Clean Hands Save Lives | Soap Bits

Clean Hands Save Lives | Soap Bits — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:36:53 +0000

[...] Clean Hands Week is September 20 - 26, 2009. This is part of a bigger campaign by the Clean Hands Coalition to help people, especially children, understand the importance of [...]

Comment on Soap for Teeth by Marie Gale.com » Soap-Bits.com Post - Tooth Soap

Marie Gale.com » Soap-Bits.com Post - Tooth Soap — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:05:53 +0000

[...] posted to my other blog, http://www.soap-bits.com, about an article from 1859 on tooth soap. « New Website Launched [...]

Comment on EO Blends for Soap from 1904 by Gail Carter

Gail Carter — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 12:23:48 +0000

I am going to try to duplicate Sweetheart Soap. It was made by Manhattan Soap Company and since the first of 2009 is not longer available. If you have any helpful hints as to how I could find out the oils they used please email me
Gail

Comment on How I Became A Soapmaker by Bramwel

Bramwel — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:19:48 +0000

I am in Kenya but with experience of over 10 years of making soap, but I find this challenging

Comment on Colored and Swirled Soap by Donna Maria @ Indie Business

Donna Maria @ Indie Business — Fri, 22 May 2009 07:10:41 +0000

Swirled soap rocks! Thanks for posting these awesome photos!

Comment on 2009 HSMG Conference by Gabrielle Hebert

Gabrielle Hebert — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:02:30 +0000

Oh, how I wish I was there! Thanks for the video!