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I live in Vancouver, British Columbia

Louise

From: Bev Hammond <bevhammone3@...>

Subject: (unknown)

I am thinking of making a batch of soap tomorrow. I

know I am supposed to heat the oil to about 120 deg.,

then add the lye to the water slowly (separately in a

plastic container). Once the lye is all added, do I

need to heat it also in another stainless steel

container on the stove (or do it in the microwave in

glass), or does the reaction take it to 120 deg.

without additional heat?

I know this seems pretty basic, but I'm not sure I'll

make it to the library tomorrow and I want to get this

going if at all possible.

Also, my four year old, Josh, wants to know the names

of my friends on the soaplist and where they live. I

told him one of the names was " The Empress " , but I

wasn't sure where she lived. He has actually helped

with my soapmaking, although I thought it was a huge

accident at first. I told him there are cool men and

women all over the world that like to make good

smelling things.