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- Newsgroups: rec.crafts.misc
- Path: sparky!uunet!super!jill
- From: jill@super.org (Amelia J. Scott-Piner)
- Subject: Re: Soap making
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.172137.20183@super.org>
- Sender: news@super.org (USENET News System)
- Nntp-Posting-Host: bart
- Organization: Supercomputing Research Center (Bowie, MD)
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 17:21:37 GMT
- Lines: 25
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- In a previous post on soap making:
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- sardine 191 .135
- sperm whale, body 122-130 .086 - .092
- sperm whale, head 140-144 .099 - .102
- baleen whale 195 .138
- butterfat 227 .161
- human fat 196.2 .139
- *^^^^^^^^^*
- lard 194.6 .138
- neat's foot 190-199 .135 - .141
- beef tallow 197 .140
- mutton tallow 194 .138
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- An example: you have 12 oz of lye, and want to mix your oils 75% soy
- (shortening) and 25% coconut.
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- <etc..deleted for brevity>
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- Hmm, leads to some rather interesting experiments....
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- :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
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