Recipe for cucumber soap?

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Recipe for cucumber soap?

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Stacey

Joined: 18 Jul 2005
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Location: Kernow

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 05 12:19 pm Post subject: Recipe for cucumber soap?
I want to make cucumber soap but can't find a recipe. My concern is that cucumber is very watery so will it affect the amount of lye you use? Anyone got a UK friendly recipe?

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 05 12:27 pm Post subject:
Sorry. I'm no help - I read that as cucumber soup

Stacey

Joined: 18 Jul 2005
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Location: Kernow

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 05 12:55 pm Post subject:
I don't care if it gets me clean

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 05 1:02 pm Post subject:
Trust google. Google is your friend https://www.maryjanesfarm.com/snitz/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1104 Never made cucumber soap myself, but there are many recipes around and about. Someone here might have had a go... Sally?

Stacey

Joined: 18 Jul 2005
Posts: 8380
Location: Kernow

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 05 3:37 pm Post subject:
That's a US site though. I don't understand their recipes I've googled for UK sites but haven't come up with anything.

sally_in_wales
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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 05 4:14 pm Post subject:

Never made it myself, but my gut feeling would be to grate or liquidise and strain your cucumber first- retain the strained bit, and use that as part of your water allowance in the lye mixture. I think I would make the lye with the 'real' water, and add the 'cucumber water' after the initial mixing, then add the mushy bit of the grated cucumber at trace. As I say though, just a guess, but you could use a good basic plain soap recipe and have a go, do a small batch at first, as the additional bucumber may make the soap a bit softer and may also give it a slightly shorter shelf life.

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