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Lamb Tallow Soap Formula:
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1. Measure 6 pounds (2.7 kg) of clean purified tallow. Heat slowly in a large enamel pan to between 100 and 110 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 and 43.3 degrees Celsius).
2. Put Two and a half pints (1.2 liters) of water in a smaller enamel pan. Place the pan on a protected surface. Stand back, and slowly pour in one newly opened can of lye not the type used as a chemical drain opener. Lye is a corrosive alkaline substance and should be handled with care, also take care not to inhale the caustic fumes. The lye will heat the water. Allow it to cool to 98 – 100 degrees Fahrenheit (36.7 – 37.8 degrees Celsius). To test the temperature use a candy thermometer suspended from the side of the pan but not touching the bottom.
3. When the lye is at the proper temperature, pour it into a half gallon (1.9 liter) bottle with a long neck using an agate funnel. Now, put the opening of the bottle on the rim of the pot of tallow, and pour the lye mixture very slowly in a thin stream. At the same time, slowly and gently stir the fat and the lye together. The tallow should be at the right temperature (100-110 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8-43.3 degrees Celsius) and the lye poured into it in a very thin stream. Stirring must be done slowly, very gently, and steadily because the soap will separate or curdle and all your hard work ruined. Stir slowly for 20 minutes, thereafter pour into containers lined with brown paper or clean cotton cloth wetted down with water and wrung out. To be able to remove the soap have the paper or cloth folded out over the outside edge, this will make it easy to remove.
Pour the soap into prepared containers and cover with a piece of wood or a heavy piece of cardboard and then with an old blanket, by doing this the soap is kept from cooling too fast. This hardening process takes a day or two in a warm place. As the soap begins to harden it will lose its sheen. After 2 or 3 days before it becomes too hard, remove it from the containers. Cut the soap into separate bars to age for several weeks or months before use. One way to cut the soap up neatly is to use a fine, taut wire wrapped around it and then pulled tight. To age these bars they must be unwrapped so that air can circulate around them for several weeks. Should any liquid appear on or in the soap is lye and you should through the soap away.
Different varieties of soap:
Perfumed soap can be made by adding the oil of lemon, the oil of lavender, or other oil perfumes but not those containing alcohol. Soap absorbs odors, therefore it can be perfumed easily after it is in bars,
A helping hand makes life easier!
1. Measure 6 pounds (2.7 kg) of clean purified tallow. Heat slowly in a large enamel pan to between 100 and 110 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 and 43.3 degrees Celsius).
2. Put Two and a half pints (1.2 liters) of water in a smaller enamel pan. Place the pan on a protected surface. Stand back, and slowly pour in one newly opened can of lye not the type used as a chemical drain opener. Lye is a corrosive alkaline substance and should be handled with care, also take care not to inhale the caustic fumes. The lye will heat the water. Allow it to cool to 98 – 100 degrees Fahrenheit (36.7 – 37.8 degrees Celsius). To test the temperature use a candy thermometer suspended from the side of the pan but not touching the bottom.
3. When the lye is at the proper temperature, pour it into a half gallon (1.9 liter) bottle with a long neck using an agate funnel. Now, put the opening of the bottle on the rim of the pot of tallow, and pour the lye mixture very slowly in a thin stream. At the same time, slowly and gently stir the fat and the lye together. The tallow should be at the right temperature (100-110 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8-43.3 degrees Celsius) and the lye poured into it in a very thin stream. Stirring must be done slowly, very gently, and steadily because the soap will separate or curdle and all your hard work ruined. Stir slowly for 20 minutes, thereafter pour into containers lined with brown paper or clean cotton cloth wetted down with water and wrung out. To be able to remove the soap have the paper or cloth folded out over the outside edge, this will make it easy to remove.
Pour the soap into prepared containers and cover with a piece of wood or a heavy piece of cardboard and then with an old blanket, by doing this the soap is kept from cooling too fast. This hardening process takes a day or two in a warm place. As the soap begins to harden it will lose its sheen. After 2 or 3 days before it becomes too hard, remove it from the containers. Cut the soap into separate bars to age for several weeks or months before use. One way to cut the soap up neatly is to use a fine, taut wire wrapped around it and then pulled tight. To age these bars they must be unwrapped so that air can circulate around them for several weeks. Should any liquid appear on or in the soap is lye and you should through the soap away.
Different varieties of soap:
Perfumed soap can be made by adding the oil of lemon, the oil of lavender, or other oil perfumes but not those containing alcohol. Soap absorbs odors, therefore it can be perfumed easily after it is in bars,