Basic Soap Making: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started

by Elizabeth Letcavage, Patsy Buck (Contribution by)

Overview

Handmade soap is inexpensive, soft on skin, and makes a great gift for anyone. Readers will learn the basic four-oil soap recipe, which can then be enhanced with additives such as oatmeal, fragrance oils, colored swirls, two-tone nuggets, and moisturizing butters. Charts on saponification, base oils, and luxury oils make creating unique soap recipes easy.Hundreds of step-by-step, full-color photographs illustrate exactly how to make cold-process soap Instructions on molding soap, cutting bars, creating original recipes, packaging gifts, and more Includes a chapter on constructing a soap mold, liner, and cutter at home

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811735735
Publisher:	Stackpole Books
Publication date:	09/15/2009
Series:	How To Basics
Pages:	132
Product dimensions:	8.80(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Elizabeth Letcavage is the editor/author of Basic Soap Making, Natural Soap Making, and Basic Leathercrafting. She gardens, crafts, and writes in central Pennsylvania. Patsy Buck is a soap maker who operates Handmade Soap by Patsy in Pennsylvania.