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History of Smallpox - CDC https://www.cdc.gov › smallpox › history › history Feb 20, 2021 — The basis for vaccination began in 1796 when the English doctor Edward Jenner noticed that milkmaids who had gotten cowpox were protected from ... ^^^^^This!!!! Repeat this millions of times over...

I dilute in my crock pot. I have always done so, and probably always will. It is just so convenient for me. And I watch for the moment when I have just a few bits of undiluted paste so I can unplug and SB. Sometimes it forms a skin while cooling, but I just add a bit of water and bottle when cooled.

I am of the firm opinion that not much survives the lye bath. If you want to add other ingredients to MP, well then you get to worry about what is in the MP. If you want to add it to HP, go for it. However, since soap is a wash off product, maybe you would be better served by adding it to a...

I had the Moderna vaccines and a Pfizer booster. Same side effects on all of them. Sore arm. It is good in a way, but even my immunologist thinks I may not be producing the antibodies. This is not a new issue for me, I took three rounds (three injections each) of Hepatitis B vaccine without...

I blocked and reported that person a while back. They just don't normally get more of my time than that.

See, here's the generation gap. I think of this:

I've already had the flu this fall. I called my doctor's office and they said it was safer to stay home and nurse myself through it than to come in and get the medication. They were really unsurprised I had it, they said it hit the first week of September. I did go ahead and get my flu and...

This is why I have only left my house for a few trips to the doctor and outdoor trips to big box home improvement stores (with gloves and mask) since this began. My immune system is not good at all, as my hematologist just warned me, and I have lost two very dear friends to this. I don't need to...

Just to let everyone know, we already have the flu going around. So much fun!

Prayers for both of you @Zing !

DH is typically (on this forum anyway) an abbreviation for Dear Husband. DD is Dear Daughter, DS Dear Son, etc.

I found no appreciable difference in the liquid soap with NaOH. It is not worth your time to try it. Trust me when I say I made liquid soaps from 5%-45% NaOH with no improvement. If you need to use NaOH, I would suggest bar soap and maybe pretzel or bagel making. Of course, you can also clean...

I used to use whatever flat surface was available, then I had my husband's library, which is now my office. I don't know where I am going to put the next batch of soap, but I have ~100 bars left right now, so I have a bit before I have to solve that issue. I am on a soaping ban until we are at...

The gal at the end of the bar just got insulted that I turned on the light in the living room. Her human (my child) is working nights right now, so the gal at the end of the bar comes out into the living room to sleep while waiting for "the human that feeds". However, she prefers total darkness...

Congratulations!!! Welcome to the *ahem* cleanest addiction ever!!! :nodding: Not trying to downplay your sobriety. That is a battle that many people never try to fight. And the successes are hard won.

I typically create my simple syrup and keep it separate from my lye solution. I "masterbatch" everything, including my simple syrup/aloe/EDTA mixture. So, I have SS/A/EDTA in one container, lye solution in another, and oils in their own. Then I only have to measure out the appropriate amounts to...

I am going to have to respectfully disagree on using books to learn soapmaking. Many libraries' soapmaking book list is both extremely small and extremely old. We've learned so much more now than is reflected in some of those books. Don't get me wrong, not all books are outdated, but newbies...

@John Harris I know you don't want to hear this, but sometimes you just have to have brown soap in order to get the scent you want. I just go ahead and use cocoa to darken up some of it and use some gold mica pencil lines to highlight just how beautiful that brown is. I get it to a med-heavy...

^^^Everything Earlene said! There is a difference between a religious issue and an ethical one. When I was considering selling soap, I asked a local rabbi if he would have a problem with using a lard soap. His reply (paraphrased) was that he wasn't going to eat the soap. He also said that...

I know this is over for you, but for everyone else that might have a problem going forward, my best advice is to document every call with time, date, person spoken to (even if you can only get the employee number), and what they said. Ask for their supervisor if you don't get the desired...