[Jewelry making - Article 00295] - Re: [Orchid] [Source] Lye

[R . E . Rourke]

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>     For many purposes, such as saponification, they're equivalent. 

    soap is soap 

    whatever the form..liquid- bar- paste- powder both chemicals
    transform oils and whatever ingredients one adds additionally, in
    whatever proportions one combines them, into a saponified something.
    .that something is soap; 

    if I want soap I take either chemical and a base oil or blend
    thereof ( and usually vegetable glycerine, and 100% natural essential
    oils from plants,herbs, woods,flowers, roots, and/or seeds, and / or
    plant based waxes ) ending up up with a saponified batch of something
    that cleans and lathers quite effectively (and may have other
    properties as well like softening, dermabrading, exfoliation,
    anti-microbial/fungal/bacterial activity, insect repellent activity,
    or whitening to name a few)..i call whatever it is soap...and it
    contains no Free Lye after the process is complete ( and i waited
    long enough) .where's the question or discrepancy in that? 

    I don't want to go as far- in a jewelry making discussion,where my
    responses are, in general off the top of my head,- to have to get out
    or search a dictionary for the exact definition of saponification.
    Experience tells me...if its a saponified compound that is oil based,
    lathers and cleans, and maybe does something else too, it's Soap
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