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packman

(16,296 posts) Sun Jul 28, 2019, 10:11 AM Jul 2019

Making soap the old-fashioned way

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Making soap the old-fashioned way (Original Post) packman Jul 2019 OP

Cool! K&R. nt tblue37 Jul 2019 #1

What a backbreaking, painstaking job. Fla Dem Jul 2019 #2

I make all my own soap from scratch. About every 5 to 6 years, I get beef fat from the sinkingfeeling Jul 2019 #3

Cool. CentralMass Jul 2019 #5

How it's Made the automated way CentralMass Jul 2019 #4

i thought it read "Making soup"...... Hotler Jul 2019 #6

tblue37

(65,403 posts)

1. Cool! K&R. nt

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Sun Jul 28, 2019, 10:19 AM

Jul 2019

Fla Dem

(23,690 posts)

2. What a backbreaking, painstaking job.

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Sun Jul 28, 2019, 10:53 AM

Jul 2019

I'm sure they were artisans in their field, but there are just some jobs meant for automation.

sinkingfeeling

(51,457 posts)

3. I make all my own soap from scratch. About every 5 to 6 years, I get beef fat from the

Reply to packman (Original post)

Sun Jul 28, 2019, 11:37 AM

Jul 2019

butcher, render it down to tallow, add olive and coconut oils, and make lye soap. one large batch lasts me for a long time.

CentralMass

(15,265 posts)

5. Cool.

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 28, 2019, 11:46 AM

Jul 2019

CentralMass

(15,265 posts)

4. How it's Made the automated way

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Sun Jul 28, 2019, 11:46 AM

Jul 2019

Hotler

(11,425 posts)

6. i thought it read "Making soup"......

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Sun Jul 28, 2019, 11:48 AM

Jul 2019

I went what!

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