Guest guest Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 Happy Holidays to everyone! I have a question.....actually 2 questions! Has anyone ever used the melt and pour soap base from Columbus Foods? It is that time of year to look into supplies for a 4-H project again and while perusing the various sites I saw they carry MP base. For small projects I usually have just gone to buy the 2 lb blocks at the craft store with my coupons but this project requires a bit more! Also, are there any local crafters that have a CP soap base suitable for handmilling? Thanks for your input! Kirstie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Thanks for the input! I need to purchase about 50 pounds of the MP soap and really wanted some others firsthand experience! As for the CP soapbase, I wanted to try the handmilled soap and see if it is feasible to do that with the kids as well...not sure if it would be too lengthy a process though! > > Kirstie, > > I did buy CS's m & p once quite awhile ago. As I recall, it was fine--better > than the craft store product. > > Shaye sometimes has extra base to sell, too. > > I could make a cp base if you'd like. > > Beth > _www.soapandgarden.com_ (http://www.soapandgarden.com/) > www.saponifier.com > > > In a message dated 12/31/2007 8:52:56 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > kermit13166@... writes: > > Has anyone ever used the melt and pour soap base from Columbus Foods? > It is that time of year to look into supplies for a 4-H project again > and while perusing the various sites I saw they carry MP base. For > small projects I usually have just gone to buy the 2 lb blocks at the > craft store with my coupons but this project requires a bit more! > Also, are there any local crafters that have a CP soap base suitable > for handmilling? > > > > > > > **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes > (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 It's quite fast with a microwave. I just put my liquids in with it and zap it for a couple of minutes and take it out and stir, then put it back in, and so on, until it's mush. Then, I glop it in the mold. If the soap is still soft, it can take only a few minutes. Beth _www.soapandgarden.com_ (http://www.soapandgarden.com/) www.saponifier.com In a message dated 1/6/2008 7:48:54 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, kermit13166@... writes: I need to purchase about 50 pounds of the MP soap and really wanted some others firsthand experience! As for the CP soapbase, I wanted to try the handmilled soap and see if it is feasible to do that with the kids as well...not sure if it would be too lengthy a process though! **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 I like the microwave for " rebatching " too but it can only do a pound maybe two at a time. If you do a whole batch wich for me is abotu 7-8 pounds.. I use a large crockpot but that does take a few hours time to melt al way thru but you dont have to constantly babysit it.. Actually I have two sort of medium size ones that I use. And that is if the soap is freshly made and grated. You dont have to add a lot of liquid if its fresh but you do have to add more if it is not. Shaye Re: Re: MP question It's quite fast with a microwave. I just put my liquids in with it and zap it for a couple of minutes and take it out and stir, then put it back in, and so on, until it's mush. Then, I glop it in the mold. If the soap is still soft, it can take only a few minutes. Beth _www.soapandgarden.com_ (http://www.soapandg <http://www.soapandgarden.com/> arden.com/) www.saponifier.com In a message dated 1/6/2008 7:48:54 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, kermit13166@ <mailto:kermit13166%40> writes: I need to purchase about 50 pounds of the MP soap and really wanted some others firsthand experience! As for the CP soapbase, I wanted to try the handmilled soap and see if it is feasible to do that with the kids as well...not sure if it would be too lengthy a process though! **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body. <http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489> aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 LOL, yes, it can! Beth _www.soapandgarden.com_ (http://www.soapandgarden.com/) www.saponifier.com In a message dated 1/6/2008 6:30:55 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, kermit13166@... writes: Great...it sounds like the rebatching is a feasible thing to do with the kids. Now my microwave can be used for more than a glorified popcorn maker! **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Hmm, I thought it was for cooking vegetables! Beth _www.soapandgarden.com_ (http://www.soapandgarden.com/) www.saponifier.com In a message dated 1/6/2008 9:29:13 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, jlv40@... writes: Isn’t the microwave for reheating coffee?? **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Great...it sounds like the rebatching is a feasible thing to do with the kids. Now my microwave can be used for more than a glorified popcorn maker! > > It's quite fast with a microwave. I just put my liquids in with it and zap > it for a couple of minutes and take it out and stir, then put it back in, and > so on, until it's mush. Then, I glop it in the mold. If the soap is still > soft, it can take only a few minutes. > > Beth > _www.soapandgarden.com_ (http://www.soapandgarden.com/) > www.saponifier.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Isn’t the microwave for reheating coffee?? Jeanine Jeanine's Hummingbird Soap Works _____ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of ByrneBunch@... Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 9:06 PM Subject: Re: Re: MP question LOL, yes, it can! Beth _www.soapandgarden.-com_ (HYPERLINK " http://www.soapandgarden.com/ " http://www.soapandg-arden.com/) www.saponifier.-com In a message dated 1/6/2008 6:30:55 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, HYPERLINK " mailto:kermit13166%40 " kermit13166@- writes: Great...it sounds like the rebatching is a feasible thing to do with the kids. Now my microwave can be used for more than a glorified popcorn maker! ************-**Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. HYPERLINK " http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 " http: //body.-aol.com/fitness/-winter-exercise?-NCID=aolcmp00300-000002489 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 LOL, never thought of that one! I had a friend who kept her bread and baked goods in her oven, and had to pull them out every time she wanted to use it. I just KNOW I'd bake everything in there by forgetting to take it out before I turned the oven on. Beth _www.soapandgarden.com_ (http://www.soapandgarden.com/) www.saponifier.com In a message dated 1/7/2008 7:48:37 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, notionslotions@... writes: I actually think mine is a bread and sweets keeper. Never can have enough storage. Isn't that what it was designed for? heheh **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Yup, it was second nature. It would take me awhile and several mistakes to get used to it, LOL. Living in a household with 6 kids, 7 counting the hubby, I never go into a bathroom without checking for the existence of toilet paper. . . LOL BTW, speaking of oven, I have a painful story to report. My brother made me this gorgeous loaf soap mold made out of some kind of marine resin. It even had slots where I could slide in dividers after pouring my soap, so as not to have to slice it after unmolding. I don't have to line it, either. The other day, I made soap before I went to work for the evening. I almost always do cpop, and did it this time. I took care to tell my dd's (the only ones home) about the soap pot that had active lye soap in it, to stay away, and that the soap was in the oven. I had a skillet meal planned and ready for them to fix up for dinner, so no one would be using the oven. Do you know where I'm going? Yes, I came home to soap oozing out of the mold, and its being bent out of shape because my ds decided he wanted to eat a frozen pizza. He turned the oven on and preheated it without looking inside first. Waahhh!!! I thought I had my bases covered, but no. . . Never again will I put soap in the oven without hanging a sign on the door. In fact, I'm going to make a sign and put it in a page protector with a hanger that I can just hang from the handle. I think I'll make it bright orange, and about 36 " X 36 " . :-( Beth _www.soapandgarden.com_ (http://www.soapandgarden.com/) www.saponifier.com In a message dated 1/7/2008 11:04:52 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, shaye@... writes: When we were first married, my hubby would put baking pans and stuf in the oven to store because his grandmother did that. After a few times of wondering what that smell was, I had to cure him of that. I suppose he thought everyone stored them that way. **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Yup, it was second nature. It would take me awhile and several mistakes to get used to it, LOL. Living in a household with 6 kids, 7 counting the hubby, I never go into a bathroom without checking for the existence of toilet paper. . . LOL BTW, speaking of oven, I have a painful story to report. My brother made me this gorgeous loaf soap mold made out of some kind of marine resin. It even had slots where I could slide in dividers after pouring my soap, so as not to have to slice it after unmolding. I don't have to line it, either. The other day, I made soap before I went to work for the evening. I almost always do cpop, and did it this time. I took care to tell my dd's (the only ones home) about the soap pot that had active lye soap in it, to stay away, and that the soap was in the oven. I had a skillet meal planned and ready for them to fix up for dinner, so no one would be using the oven. Do you know where I'm going? Yes, I came home to soap oozing out of the mold, and its being bent out of shape because my ds decided he wanted to eat a frozen pizza. He turned the oven on and preheated it without looking inside first. Waahhh!!! I thought I had my bases covered, but no. . . Never again will I put soap in the oven without hanging a sign on the door. In fact, I'm going to make a sign and put it in a page protector with a hanger that I can just hang from the handle. I think I'll make it bright orange, and about 36 " X 36 " . :-( Beth _www.soapandgarden.com_ (http://www.soapandgarden.com/) www.saponifier.com In a message dated 1/7/2008 11:04:52 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, shaye@... writes: When we were first married, my hubby would put baking pans and stuf in the oven to store because his grandmother did that. After a few times of wondering what that smell was, I had to cure him of that. I suppose he thought everyone stored them that way. **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 I actually think mine is a bread and sweets keeper. Never can have enough storage. Isn't that what it was designed for? heheh Re: Re: MP question Hmm, I thought it was for cooking vegetables! eth www.soapandgarden.com_ (http://www.soapandgarden.com/) ww.saponifier.com n a message dated 1/6/2008 9:29:13 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, lv40@... writes: Isn’t the microwave for reheating coffee?? **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. ttp://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 When we were first married, my hubby would put baking pans and stuf in the oven to store because his grandmother did that. After a few times of wondering what that smell was, I had to cure him of that. I suppose he thought everyone stored them that way. Shaye > > I had a friend who kept her bread and baked goods in her oven, and had to > pull them out every time she wanted to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 When we were first married, my hubby would put baking pans and stuf in the oven to store because his grandmother did that. After a few times of wondering what that smell was, I had to cure him of that. I suppose he thought everyone stored them that way. Shaye > > I had a friend who kept her bread and baked goods in her oven, and had to > pull them out every time she wanted to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Oh no Thats not soo good. S Re: Re: MP question Yup, it was second nature. It would take me awhile and several mistakes to get used to it, LOL. Living in a household with 6 kids, 7 counting the hubby, I never go into a bathroom without checking for the existence of toilet paper. . . LOL BTW, speaking of oven, I have a painful story to report. My brother made me this gorgeous loaf soap mold made out of some kind of marine resin. It even had slots where I could slide in dividers after pouring my soap, so as not to have to slice it after unmolding. I don't have to line it, either. The other day, I made soap before I went to work for the evening. I almost always do cpop, and did it this time. I took care to tell my dd's (the only ones home) about the soap pot that had active lye soap in it, to stay away, and that the soap was in the oven. I had a skillet meal planned and ready for them to fix up for dinner, so no one would be using the oven. Do you know where I'm going? Yes, I came home to soap oozing out of the mold, and its being bent out of shape because my ds decided he wanted to eat a frozen pizza. He turned the oven on and preheated it without looking inside first. Waahhh!!! I thought I had my bases covered, but no. . . Never again will I put soap in the oven without hanging a sign on the door. In fact, I'm going to make a sign and put it in a page protector with a hanger that I can just hang from the handle. I think I'll make it bright orange, and about 36 " X 36 " . :-( Beth _www.soapandgarden.com_ (http://www.soapandg <http://www.soapandgarden.com/> arden.com/) www.saponifier.com In a message dated 1/7/2008 11:04:52 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, shayemysoapshack (DOT) <mailto:shaye%40mysoapshack.com> com writes: When we were first married, my hubby would put baking pans and stuf in the oven to store because his grandmother did that. After a few times of wondering what that smell was, I had to cure him of that. I suppose he thought everyone stored them that way. **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body. <http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489> aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Oh no Thats not soo good. S Re: Re: MP question Yup, it was second nature. It would take me awhile and several mistakes to get used to it, LOL. Living in a household with 6 kids, 7 counting the hubby, I never go into a bathroom without checking for the existence of toilet paper. . . LOL BTW, speaking of oven, I have a painful story to report. My brother made me this gorgeous loaf soap mold made out of some kind of marine resin. It even had slots where I could slide in dividers after pouring my soap, so as not to have to slice it after unmolding. I don't have to line it, either. The other day, I made soap before I went to work for the evening. I almost always do cpop, and did it this time. I took care to tell my dd's (the only ones home) about the soap pot that had active lye soap in it, to stay away, and that the soap was in the oven. I had a skillet meal planned and ready for them to fix up for dinner, so no one would be using the oven. Do you know where I'm going? Yes, I came home to soap oozing out of the mold, and its being bent out of shape because my ds decided he wanted to eat a frozen pizza. He turned the oven on and preheated it without looking inside first. Waahhh!!! I thought I had my bases covered, but no. . . Never again will I put soap in the oven without hanging a sign on the door. In fact, I'm going to make a sign and put it in a page protector with a hanger that I can just hang from the handle. I think I'll make it bright orange, and about 36 " X 36 " . :-( Beth _www.soapandgarden.com_ (http://www.soapandg <http://www.soapandgarden.com/> arden.com/) www.saponifier.com In a message dated 1/7/2008 11:04:52 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, shayemysoapshack (DOT) <mailto:shaye%40mysoapshack.com> com writes: When we were first married, my hubby would put baking pans and stuf in the oven to store because his grandmother did that. After a few times of wondering what that smell was, I had to cure him of that. I suppose he thought everyone stored them that way. **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body. <http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489> aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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