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serendipity17Up and out, early for me, to the Co-Op for "member work in the dairy." It turned out to be a two-hour lesson on cheese, how to wrap different shapes and types, and a very good conversation with one of the Artery managers about stuff going on over there.
Spent half an hour in line at the post office to send off two packages.
Got lunch at Orange Hut, which has very good broccoli chicken. Brought home sugary wonton triangles for dusting with cinnamon, which is the way I first had fried wontons, thirteen years ago.
Dusted some furniture, made tea. Jasmine green brews surprisingly well in this water.
Crafted soap--first time in a year. My hands now smell like "outdoor fragrance." I've got solidified glycerin mucking up the rotational doohickey in the microwave, so I need to carve it loose. :-/
Still need to see Narnia. Would like to read #1 beforehand (read around 3rd grade) but Barnabas' copy is floating around here somewhere.
Has anyone seen King Kong and care to comment thereupon?
Spent half an hour in line at the post office to send off two packages.
Got lunch at Orange Hut, which has very good broccoli chicken. Brought home sugary wonton triangles for dusting with cinnamon, which is the way I first had fried wontons, thirteen years ago.
Dusted some furniture, made tea. Jasmine green brews surprisingly well in this water.
Crafted soap--first time in a year. My hands now smell like "outdoor fragrance." I've got solidified glycerin mucking up the rotational doohickey in the microwave, so I need to carve it loose. :-/
Still need to see Narnia. Would like to read #1 beforehand (read around 3rd grade) but Barnabas' copy is floating around here somewhere.
Has anyone seen King Kong and care to comment thereupon?
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Date: 2006-01-12 01:36 am (UTC)Soap
Date: 2006-01-12 03:09 am (UTC)Take glycerin soap base chunk.
Cut some off.
Put in microwaveable bowl.
Melt.
Add scent and color.
Pour into mold.
Chill soap.
Pop out of mold.
Wrap soap.
Lye soap is much trickier, because you have to get proportions correct. In essence, though:
Soap from Chemistry Lab
Mix lye with water, let cool to Temperature X.
Melt fats and oils, heat to Temperature X.
Mix oil and water.
Let react fully.
Pour into molds, let cure.
Cut into bars, let dry.
What you've got there is alkaline hydrolysis of triglycerides, producing glycerin and free fatty acids. The reaction mechanism is in o-chem textbooks.
Re: Soap
Date: 2006-01-12 06:39 am (UTC)Re: Soap
Date: 2006-01-12 07:42 am (UTC)Color can also come from some herbs/plant material, but I've no experience with doing so.
Re: Soap
Date: 2006-01-12 10:07 am (UTC)HI! :)
Date: 2006-01-12 04:55 pm (UTC)~ C
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Date: 2006-01-12 10:01 pm (UTC)