Directory: Self Sufficiency: Homemade Personal Hygiene Products: Soaps (6)   Articles Castile Soap Recipes There are differing definitions of what castile means, but for Kathy Miller, these are soaps that have a predominant amount of olive oil. Modern Soap Making Tchniques Covers using a stick blender, soapmaking procedure, using fragrant oils, colouring with alkanet root infusion, wooden soap mold, cutting the bars, making soap balls and swirling suggestions. Soap Recipes Recips for Baaaasic Goat's Milk, Baby Soap, Castilian Summer, Health Bar, Mama's Milk and Mango Madness, Shea Loves Me, Silk Soap, Three Kings, Tropical Breezes and Vegan Delight. Traditional Soap Making Techniques Based on a pamphlet from the Pennwalt Corporation who manufactured Lewis Lye. Kathy has added many notes to include others sources or easier ways. Ideal if you are hand stirring or making soap from tallow and salvaged kitchen fats. Measuring the pH of Soap An article on soap pH and how test papers may underestimate the pH of soap by up to 3 units compard to pH meters.   Web Resources Soap Recipe Calculator An excellent tool for developing soap recipes. Just feed in the quantities of oils, select a milk or water base and a hard or liquid soap result and the program will produce a recipe showing how much lye to use along with complete instructions. Current Weather Warnings | Bookmark this page | Suggest a listing | Advertise on this page | Our Philosophy This page was last updated on 03 Jan 2010 All content and images copyright © 2010 Small Kiwi Farms New Zealand. Copyright of linked pages is retained by their owners. Small Kiwi Farms New Zealand is unable to give any assurance regarding the accuracy of this information.