[plumseverywhere]

Its a bit addictive too    then comes the urge to make goats milk bath bombs...sherbet...melts....candles...the list is endless 

[HappyHippy]

Can you make candles from goats milk    But seriously........can you ?

I've made candles in the past (pre-soap, when I was put off by the 'red tape' of soaping  ) and still have a HUGE bag of wax......

[Lesley Silvester]

Lisa found this for me.

http://homeguides.sfgate.com/make-goat-milk-candles-74284.html

[HappyHippy]

 
I'm gonna need more goats 

[Lesley Silvester]

Everyone needs more goats. I know I do but can't due to:-

a) not enough space unless I give up growing veggies

b) struggling to manage the two I have now I am disabled

c) OH would leave home. He's fed up with having to help with the two we I have.

Maybe I will try soap-making. Where do I buy lye and flavours you you know what I mean?

[shygirl]

Lisa found this for me.

http://homeguides.sfgate.com/make-goat-milk-candles-74284.html

do they go mouldy? has anyone actually tried them?

[shygirl]

Maybe I will try soap-making. Where do I buy lye and flavours you you know what I mean?

here is the lye -
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SODIUM-HYDROXIDE-CAUSTIC-SODA-x-5kg-SOAP-BIO-DRAINS-/321093748184?pt=UK_BOI_Medical_Lab_Equipment_Lab_Supplies_ET&hash=item4ac2adc5d8

www.bathbbomb.biz are quite good for other things. or search on fleabay.

im just getting the courage together for CP soap, will start searching for the equipment i need and hopefully try in a few weeks time. how do you know if spoons and bowls are not aluminium? 

[plumseverywhere]

Mad goatwoman - go to B&Q or Countrywide for your LYe - so much cheaper than buying online and having to fork out postage 

Soaposh, Bathbomb biz, gracefruit, fresholi are all good online stores.  Essential oils need to be good quality or they will fade (grrrr!)   Palm oil is a taboo for Its Baaath time due to ethical reasons  you need to find a good recipe and check it on a lye calc (online)  just give me a shout - I'll guide you through 

[shygirl]

Mad goatwoman - go to B&Q or Countrywide for your LYe - so much cheaper than buying online and having to fork out postage 

Soaposh, Bathbomb biz, gracefruit, fresholi are all good online stores.  Essential oils need to be good quality or they will fade (grrrr!)   Palm oil is a taboo for Its Baaath time due to ethical reasons  you need to find a good recipe and check it on a lye calc (online)  just give me a shout - I'll guide you through 

are there any trade suppliers in the uk? all the sites i find seem so pricey.
what do you literally ask for in b&q for lye- im scared of buying the wrong thing - or wrong percent. 

[plumseverywhere]

In B&Q its the one in the white pot, orangey red lid. Its pure caustic soda. So long as you don't buy a drain preparation that only contains 'some' caustic soda you'll be ok = ie. you need it to be pure CS.

BB biz have a wholesale trade site allied to their hobby one now.

 

[Lesley Silvester]

Thanks, Plums. When we get back from holiday, I'll get in touch with you. I'm going to have to make some now aren't I?

[plumseverywhere]

YES!! 

[Lesley Silvester]

 

I'm getting an ice cream maker as well.

[plumseverywhere]

I bought a yoghurt maker and we use that sometimes - Ice cream I make by hand and just stir it a few time while in the freezer 

[Lesley Silvester]

I tried that but I always forget and it goes rock hard so I need to defrost it before I can stir it.  I make yoghurt in a wide necked thermos flask even though I had a yoghurt maker.