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Perfumes can be added immediately 4) Hale, P.R. and B.D. Williams Papua- New Guinea :
before pouring into the moulds but it (ed): "Liklik Buk";Liklik Buk Prof. Majid Al-Dabbagh , Dept. of
is wise to cool the melt almost to Information Centre, P.O.Box 107, Electrical & Communication
solidification before vigourously Wewak, Papua-New Guinea, 1978 Engineering, P-N.G University of
mixing in the perfume. Patchouli, p95 Technology, Morobe Province,
lavender, spikenard, rosemary and Private Bag, Lae, Papua New
pine oils have all been used with Further Reading Guinea.
success. Some of these perfumed oils mdabbagh@cc.unitech.ac.pg
can be made by skimming the oil Mitchell R.J.:"Experiences in
from above the water in which leaves Appropriate Technology"; The Australia : Dr. D.S. Mansell, Faculty
of the plant are being boiled. Canadian Hunger Foundation, of Engineering, University of
Ottawa, Canada. (1980) --- Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052,
If your soap grows whiskers or Soapmaking in Mali p65 Australia.
remains too soft, you probably have d.mansell@devtech.unimelb.edu.au
too much free caustic in the soap. Resource People
You can check this with pH paper Pacific Islands :Michael Allen,
because your finished soap should Indonesia : Mr. Arjuno Brojonegoro, Department of Chemical & Materials
have a pH of about 10.5. If the pH is Centre for Research & Development Engineering, University of
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soap and then add borax and/or Kompleks LIPI, Jl. Cisitu 21/154 D Auckland, New Zealand.
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soap . You should also reduce the
quantity of alkali used in the Malaysia : Dr. Mahdi B. Abdul
processing stage of future batches. Wahab, Faculty of Engineering,
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If you want to make a soap that looks Lumpur, Malaysia.
as good as the commercial product, Mahdi@fsas.upm.edu.au
you will have to shred your soap and
wash it with salt-water to remove Korea : Dr. Yong-Soo Rhee, Dept.
excess caustic and glycerol. This of Horticul. & Breeding, College of
may involve dissolving your soap in Industry, Chung-Ang University, 221
the minimum amount of fresh water Huksuk Dong, Dongjak-ku, Seoul
and salting out the soap. The 156-756 Republic of Korea.
granules can be sold as soap-powder
or compressed into tablets. Thailand : Dr. Norkun Sittiphong,
(Incidentally, most commercial soap Faculty of Engineering, Chiang Mai
manufacturers sell the glycerol as a University, Chiang Mai 50002,
valuable by-product.) Thailand.
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