OT - Finally!

"Bob" wrote in message
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On Oct 1, 8:53 pm, "Matthew" wrote:

Now we do need a recipe. Isn't it pretty easy and inexpensive to
make
bubble bath?

b.. 1 Bar castile soap, grated

e.. 1 bar of castile soap. (4 oz. Bar), grated

These recipes are repeated all over the place, but only by persons who
haven't actually USED the products of them. Practically speaking, a
bath foam made from actual soap is going to be disappointing.


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That is what the glycerin is for.!

Its also why you use glycerin when making homemade 'bubble stuff' for
kids to play with.

Only problem, as I recall glycerin is fairly expensive.

So while you are finding fault with others for promoting a product you
assume they haven't tried, you are criticizing a product you have
never tried. I'd say that's worse.

Jo

Jofirey wrote:

b.. 1 Bar castile soap, grated
...
e.. 1 bar of castile soap. (4 oz. Bar), grated

These recipes are repeated all over the place, but only by persons who
haven't actually USED the products of them. Practically speaking, a
bath foam made from actual soap is going to be disappointing.

That is what the glycerin is for.!

Its also why you use glycerin when making homemade 'bubble stuff' for
kids to play with.

Only problem, as I recall glycerin is fairly expensive.

That's easy - all you have to do is make your own biofuel. Take
some leftover fast-food frying oil, strain it to get the pieces of
food out, and mix with lye. What you end up with is a separated
liquid - burnable gasoline on top, and glycerin on the bottom.

(OK, I know the process isn't quite that simple. But that's the gist
of it.)

--
Joyce ^..^

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On Oct 4, 3:22 pm, "Jofirey" wrote:

Now we do need a recipe. Isn't it pretty easy and inexpensive to
make
bubble bath?

b.. 1 Bar castile soap, grated
e.. 1 bar of castile soap. (4 oz. Bar), grated

These recipes are repeated all over the place, but only by persons who
haven't actually USED the products of them. Practically speaking, a
bath foam made from actual soap is going to be disappointing.

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That is what the glycerin is for.!

Doesn't work, sorry.

Its also why you use glycerin when making homemade 'bubble stuff' for
kids to play with.

THAT it works for. It makes large, discrete bubbles last longer IF
the solution is already able to blow bubbles. It does NOT in any way
keep suds from being turned into soap scum/curds by water "hardness",
and it's not practical for making foam last longer in a bath. The
amount of glycerin you'd have to use for that to be effective would be
huge; in much lower concentrations it actually causes foams to break a
little faster.

So while you are finding fault with others for promoting a product you
assume they haven't tried, you are criticizing a product you have
never tried. I'd say that's worse.

Who said I haven't tried? I've done the soapsuds bath with actual
soap many times. Even in NYC's close to completely "soft" water, it
takes a lot of soap, and therefore tends to leave me itchy. The suds
are also not very long lasting, although they can be re-foamed with
splashing.

I've also tried it on others. Gwen (the oldest one, in the middle at
http://users.bestweb.net/~robgood/small1.jpg ) didn't like the suds
when I had her try Ivory Snow (when that was still made of soap).

Robert

On Oct 4, 4:56*pm, wrote:

* Only problem, as I recall glycerin is fairly expensive.

That's easy - all you have to do is make your own biofuel.

If the object is to make a mixture of soap & glycerin, then you should
just make soap. Starting with fat & lye, with anhydrous methanol you
get your biofuel (fatty methyl ester) & glycerin, with water you get
soap & glycerin.

Robert

Bob wrote:

On Oct 4, 4:56?pm, wrote:

? Only problem, as I recall glycerin is fairly expensive.

That's easy - all you have to do is make your own biofuel.

If the object is to make a mixture of soap & glycerin, then you should
just make soap. Starting with fat & lye, with anhydrous methanol you
get your biofuel (fatty methyl ester) & glycerin, with water you get
soap & glycerin.

I hope you realize that I was just joking.

I've talked to people who have either made or bought home-made biofuel
from recycled fast-food frying oil. The byproduct of this process is
glycerin. The big question is always, "What do I do with all that
glycerin??" Easy, make bubble bath. After that process, you're going
to need it!

--
Joyce ^..^

(To email me, remove the X's from my user name.)

Bob wrote:
On Oct 4, 4:56 pm, wrote:

Only problem, as I recall glycerin is fairly expensive.

That's easy - all you have to do is make your own biofuel.

If the object is to make a mixture of soap & glycerin, then you should
just make soap. Starting with fat & lye, with anhydrous methanol you
get your biofuel (fatty methyl ester) & glycerin, with water you get
soap & glycerin.

Robert


If I remember correctly, bubble baths were replaced by bath oils. The
oils were less irritating to sensitive skin, and other parts. I
remember a wonderful pine bath poi. Then again, the bath oils were hard
on plumbing and left the tub needing a good scrubbing. Then the Jacuzzi
came along to make the bubbles.

On Oct 6, 9:08*pm, wrote:

I've talked to people who have either made or bought home-made biofuel
from recycled fast-food frying oil. The byproduct of this process is
glycerin. The big question is always, "What do I do with all that
glycerin??" Easy, make bubble bath. After that process, you're going
to need it!
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So just change that to "Make bubble blowing solution. After that
process, you'll be huffing & puffing."

On Oct 7, 12:45*pm, MLB wrote:

If I remember correctly, bubble baths were replaced by bath oils. *The
oils were less irritating to sensitive skin, and other parts.

Maybe for some people. However, one of my test subjects got the same
vulvovaginitis from emulsified bath oil (presumably from the
emulsifier) as from bath foam or soap.

Robert

"Bob" wrote in message
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On Oct 7, 12:45 pm, MLB wrote:

If I remember correctly, bubble baths were replaced by bath oils. The
oils were less irritating to sensitive skin, and other parts.

Maybe for some people. However, one of my test subjects got the same
vulvovaginitis from emulsified bath oil (presumably from the
emulsifier) as from bath foam or soap.

Robert

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Bath oils *and* bubbles are also the cause of UTIs.

Hugs,

CatNipped