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2. Lye - Wikipedia

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   "Hot process" soap making also uses lye as the main ingredient. Lye is added to water, cooled for a few minutes and then added to oils and butters. The mixture is then cooked over a period of time (1–2 hours), typically in a slow cooker , and then placed into a mold.

3. Fels-Naptha - Wikipedia

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   Fels-Naptha is an American brand of laundry soap manufactured by Summit Brands. The soap was originally created in 1893 by Fels and Company. It originally included the ingredient naphtha, effective for cleaning laundry and removing urushiol (an oil contained in poison ivy).

4. Melt and pour - Wikipedia

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   Some soapmakers prefer "melt and pour" because the process is simple and safe, allowing the soapmaker to concentrate more on the aesthetic aspects of soap making. Because it avoids the need to handle lye , a hazardous and very caustic chemical, it is a hobby even children can enjoy under adult supervision.

5. 9 Creative Uses For Fireplace Ashes - AOL

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   DIY Soap Making. The next time you start to panic about running out of soap, just turn to your fireplace. Wood ashes have a fantastic ability to create lye, an alkaline chemical compound that's ...

6. Saponification value - Wikipedia

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   Handmade soap makers who aim for bar soap use sodium hydroxide (NaOH), commonly known as lye, rather than KOH (caustic potash) which produces soft paste, gel or liquid soaps. In order to calculate the lye amount needed to make bar soap, KOH values of SV can be converted to NaOH values by dividing KOH values by the ratio of the molecular weights ...

7. As Americans bargain shop, six-figure earners flock to Walmart

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   Walmart’s business is surging. Customers making more than $100,000 a year are fueling the growth.. Walmart’s US sales at stores open for at least a year grew 5.3% last quarter compared with ...