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Soapmaker's Companion: A Comprehensive Guide with Recipes, Techniques & Know-How (Natural Body Series - The Natural Way to Enhance Your Life) | 
| Author: Susan Miller Cavitch
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Category: Book
List Price: $18.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  63 reviews
Sales Rank: 14036
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8 x 7.8 x 0.9
ISBN: 0882669656
Dewey Decimal Number: 668.124
UPC: 037038009651
EAN: 9780882669656
ASIN: 0882669656
Publication Date: January 7, 1997
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Product Description
Basic soapmaking instruction and specialty techniques like marbling, layering, and making transparent and liquid soaps.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 58 more reviews...
 Great guide to making soap at home April 8, 2008
I found her information very helpful and clear. My mother also uses this book and is the one who suggested it to me. She has been making soap at home for years and finds this book the best one she's seen.
Great Soapmaking Book for Beginners and Experienced Soapmakers April 2, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Soapmakers Companion has been in print for more than ten years now. My copy of this book is worn and stained from many soapmaking sessions. Despite the drift of time and my accumulated knowledge, this is one book that I return to frequently for review of all that pertains to Soapmaking. One of the strong points of this book is that it gets you up and running making soap. The recipes work their way from the relatively simple Soap Essentials Bar comprised of a basic coconut/olive/palm oil mixture to more elaborate recipes such as transparent soap and soap in the round. While Susan Miller Cavitch notes that this book is not that much of a basic book, yet I believe that even if one has never made soap before, this is an excellent book to start with.
Good teacher February 15, 2008
I've been making soap for some time and have enjoyed this book immensely. It has lots of good suggestions and tons of excellent recipes.
 Some good advice for novice soapmakers, with limitations November 19, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am only just getting into soapmaking and found this book to be comprehensive and interesting for the most part. What I did not find helpful was the limited (and often dangerous) lack of direction that the author gives re: safety and soapmaking. References like, 'be ready to leave the room' or words to that effect, if you are overcome by fumes, is not my idea of dealing with safety issues, in a professional and sustainable way. Im still looking for information before I begin making soaps but this book did pique my interest even more. Limited what's available at present, finding a book on soapmaking that covers all bases, completely and accurately. It is a craft/business that is growing by leaps and bounds though, hopefully someone will write a book that really covers every issue in detail. Ill be ready to purchase!
Excellent Soap Making Book!! October 28, 2007
I have plans to start making soap in the near future and I was told this was the book to have. Lots of information here. I haven't started the project yet but this book will be right there with me when it happens!!
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