Teach Soap

I very rarely knock someone for giving advice, since we all have more to learn no matter how practiced your hand is. Myself especially! But I came across this on google and it nettled me so much that I had to share it with you:

http://www.ehow.com/how_4711427_pour-so ... ruits.html

"The Fresh fruit is your preservative...thats what will keep your milks and fruits and other oils from going bad."

For the record, things like this are why I bring every small question I have to you guys If it doesn't come from this forum or the manufacturer, I don't trust it.

I've seen a lot of people use "Fresh Fruit" as a preservative because they figure since it's used as a preservative in canning, you can use it in soap. Umm..no.

I saw on the related articles, this article "How to Make Goat Milk Soap Without Lye" Ugh!!

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Please pardon my ignorance, but what do they mean by "fresh fruit"? It says "Add about 1 teaspoon of fresh fruit to every 1/2 cup of soap being made." Juice? Or like a slice of orange or...?

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Linda
I know the voices in my head aren't real, but they sure have some great ideas!

Yep, my mistake ljm, the "Fruit Fresh". I just remembered that my mom used to sprinkle that stuff on apples that she'd send to school with me when I was little.

I've also heard of people using Fruit Jell Pectin in bath bombs in place of the citric acid, because it has citric acid in it
My coca cola has citric acid in it, but I'm not going to use it in my bath bombs.

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That why what you see on the net take with a grain of salt. I commented the other day on someone's online blog recipe that was in cups for cold process soap and it had WAY too much lye and too much water.

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that's true. i guess i was hoping that users would read the content and make an educated guess, but being an IT person, i should probably know better.

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