WHAT YA GOT SWAP Chat Thread

[pdsavage]

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I have some that are turning allmost all blue except the part that is not getting direct sunlight.The ones that get the most blue will be the ones I save for next year or for swaps or SESE..

 

[BHep]

WOW those will look good in my garden.... keeping my eyes on the swap for them.

 

[tazcat70]

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I have some that are turning allmost all blue except the part that is not getting direct sunlight.The ones that get the most blue will be the ones I save for next year or for swaps or SESE..

UGH! I am so depressed about my garden, or actually lack of garden, that even tho I would love some of those, I can't get up the excitement for seeds. Does that make sense?

 

[saddina]

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Oh! lol ok i can explain this. Soaps are made with 2 parts a "base" (this is the formulia, you don't make any adjustments, substitutions or changes here, it's like canning, you fast and loose it, you can get hurt), and additives, this is the colorants, scents, extras (oatmeal, seeds, teas, what have you). Most sites will offer a "base" racipie, and they it's up to the soapmaker to determine scents and color add-ins. Example, you can pour a bottle of food-grade mint extract and 8 drops of green food coloring and make a mint bar. I use 2 bases, one is a refined clear base, the other is a creamy silky opaque one, the color and scent differances are all based on dye and scent oil choices. let me know how many pounds of soap you're making and i can give a suggest scent amount per LB of soap.

Oh, Okay great. The recipe I found to make Goats Milk Soap is 2 lbs. Now I am just trying to find how much of additives to add. Such as oil, & Herbs.

All the recipes I am finding are not Goats milk soap. Thanks to everyone for there help. You guys have all been very helpful.

Like beer and champange soap, milk soaps MUST be made COLD, like slushy smoothie cold. The milk can cause superheating and that's dangerious (i've had beer soap go from 34 F to boiling at room temp). You may want to do a small non-milk batch first, to get the steps right first. for 2lbs you'd put in 1/2 bottle of food grade extract (skip citrus, they're not strong enough to survive the lye), or about 1/2 oz in soap scents (some are stronger than others, but some scent is mellowed in curing). for colorants you'll want special high-ph soap dyes, food colors will do interesting things, blue turns purples. Yellow or green food dye will keep clors.

 

[saddina]

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mine are vegan, so no milk, i've made milk ones before (Goat's milk is $12-$16 a gallon in CA, and no room for my own goat).

 

[pdsavage]

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I have some that are turning allmost all blue except the part that is not getting direct sunlight.The ones that get the most blue will be the ones I save for next year or for swaps or SESE..

UGH! I am so depressed about my garden, or actually lack of garden, that even tho I would love some of those, I can't get up the excitement for seeds. Does that make sense?

Whats wrong with your garden?

 

[JenEric Farms]

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dont you know ur supposed to email me the swap items first...so I can inspect and approve???

Sorry NAT! I was all jacked up on energy drinks at work and couldn't stop myself from jumping in!

 

[pdsavage]

Lanatwo what server do you play on and are you Horde Or Alliance?

 

[Nimby Chickens]

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Horde!

I'm on Gurubashi. Troll shaman. I do have a few Alliance characters floating around though, on Blackhand and Mal'Ganis and somewhere else. I think servers are still down so I can't check. How about yourself?

How odd, never though I would find a kindred spirit who like purses, gardening, chickens, and WoW!

 

[BHep]

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Horde!

I'm on Gurubashi. Troll shaman. I do have a few Alliance characters floating around though, on Blackhand and Mal'Ganis and somewhere else. I think servers are still down so I can't check. How about yourself?

How odd, never though I would find a kindred spirit who like purses, gardening, chickens, and WoW!