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Shepard Publications Cool Soapmaking by Anne L Watson
SPECIAL NOTE! -- ANNE WILL PERSONALLY ANSWER ANY QUESTION OF YOURS AFTER READING THIS BOOK. ASK ON HER WEB SITE AND YOULL NORMALLY HEAR BACK WITHIN HOURS!Soapmakers may love to add a variety of materials to soap but they find that some cause more trouble than others. In the heat of the chemical reaction an ingredient might discolor or lose its scent or develop a bad smell. Or it might cause problems during soapmaking giving off noxious fumes or making the soap harden so fast that theres no time to pour it in the mold.Help has arrived.Anne L. Watson extends the low-temp techniques from her book Milk Soapmaking to making soap from a variety of special ingredients including cucumber citrus pine tar beer and wine. Soaps that have long challenged home soapmakers will now pose no problem at all./////////////////////////////////////////////////Anne L. Watson is the first author to have introduced modern techniques of home soapmaking and lotionmaking to book readers. She has made soap under the company name Soap Tree and before her retirement from professional life she was a historic preservation architecture consultant. Anne and her husband Aaron Shepard live in Friday Harbor Washington./////////////////////////////////////////////////CONTENTSGETTING STARTED From High-Temp Soapmaking to LowWHAT DO I PUT INTO IT? The Ingredients of Cool SoapmakingWHAT DO I USE TO MAKE IT? Gathering the Equipment You NeedPROJECT #1: MILK SOAPSRecipe: Annes Cool Milk SoapCOOL SOAPMAKING STEP-BY-STEPFrom Prep to Cleanup and BeyondPROJECT #2: CUCUMBER SOAPSRecipe: Basic Cucumber SoapRecipe: Cucumber Yogurt SoapRecipe: Cucumber Green Clay SoapRecipe: Cucumber Apricot SoapRecipe: Cucumber Avocado SoapSidebar: Designing Cucumber SoapsPROJECT #3: CITRUS SOAPSRecipe: Basic Citrus SoapRecipe: Orange Yogurt SoapRecipe: Citrus Honey SoapRecipe: Ruby Red Grapefruit SoapSidebar: Designing Citrus SoapsPROJECT #4: SOAPS WITH ACCELERANTSRecipe: Sweet Bay SoapRecipe: Pine Tar SoapSidebar: Designing Soaps with AccelerantsPROJECT #5: BEER and WINE SOAPSRecipe: Basic Beer SoapRecipe: Chocolate Ale SoapRecipe: Red Wine SoapRecipe: White Wine SoapRecipe: Annes Coconut Beer SoapSidebar: Designing Beer and Wine SoapsWHY? WHY? WHY? Frequently Asked QuestionsWHERE TO FIND MOREshow more