The Potting Shed

Libby · Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:33 pm Post subject:

PS
I totally agree with you my mum used to say 'bored, theres no such thing' I am struggling to keep going at the mo and sometimes I get so tired I can't think straight let alone do anything hence I get bored. So am knitting which I can do sitting down Very Happy

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lottie · Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:42 pm Post subject:

Libby · Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:45 pm Post subject:

Can I use any kitchen pan or is it better to have a seperate pan for soap making?
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Libby · Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:50 pm Post subject:

My shopping list
Decent kitchen scales
Soap pot (if can't use a kitchen one saw a good one in Wilkinsons)
Old towels (charity shop)
Plastic Spatulas (don't have any of these)
Sugar thermometers x 2
Coconut Oil
Olive oil
Aweet Almond Oil
Sodium Hydroxide
Essential oils

Any good places to get these oils please???
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Becki · Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 5:52 pm Post subject:

I wish I had time to give it a go.

Maybe when we move...... Rolling Eyes

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Leonie2 · Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 6:11 pm Post subject:

sainsburys do the basic/value range of cooking utensils, their spatulas are good and cost just pennies.

if you're buying all those oils then look at the soap kitchen for them and the essential oils, that's where I've bought lots from.

make sure you have eye protection and a pair of rubber gloves, these are more important than anything else when soapmaking.

they say you can use any stainless steel kitchen pan provided you wash it well after use, but personally I keep a pan separate for soapmaking.

lottie · Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 6:38 pm Post subject:

I got sweet almond oil in Sainsburys, coconut oil which is in a tub and not oil as in runny, I got from the chemist and superdrug (where the hair stuff was), olive oil - not virgin olive oil as that has a different saponification value.

Have fun shopping. The first time I made soap I felt like a mad professor in goggles and gloves, and was a bit apprehensive but it was just common sense really.

Banned husband from the home - which gave me uninterupted peace. Laughing

I made a batch of cream before I plucked up courage to make soap Laughing

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