Thank you for the warm welcome
Since I haven't mastered "quotes" yet I'll just try to answer some of your questions. Zany, I learned to make soap on You Tube, the Internet, and books that I downloaded onto my Kindle. By the way I consider myself a Coloradan too since I lived in Loveland for 30 years. Go Broncos. Artemis, would that be a reference to Artemis Gordon ? I went swimming in Lake Michigan last week for the first time in about 45 years, loved it. Susie, fantastic another Harry Potter fan. Alan Rickman's untimely death was very sad. Check out my Harry Potter tattoo. So, tonight I made a 32 oz. HP batch of cucumber soap. I ran one cucumber through the food processor, which gave me approx. 9 oz., next I pealed two more cucumbers and ran the skins through the food processor. I combined 3 oz. of pureed cucumber with 3 oz. of dist. water and used that for the lye mixture. After achieving light trace I put the crock pot on low, about 45 min. later I was at fluffy mashed potato stage, turned the crock pot off and added the remainder of the cucumber puree. Looks really good so far, love the color and the little green specks. By the way, Dollar Tree has some nice soft plastic loaf pans that are just perfect for two pound loafs. They work great and you can't beat the price. Soap on my friends and keep an eye on the Eastern sky.
