Skruben Blog
…soapmaker, that is. It has been suggested to me, by people whose opinion I trust, that when someone makes a handcrafted product like I do, folks like to know a bit about the person who made it. I struggled for a while with...
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How does soap clean? Soaps and detergents both do a good job of cleaning. They are “surface active” substances (surfactants), which means that they make water better at cleaning surfaces. The water is doing most of the work, and...
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How are handcrafted soaps different from commercial soaps? The chemical process used to make soap is dictated by nature, but the ingredients and process used by large scale commercial soapmakers is very different from handcrafted (small scale) soapmaking. The...
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What is soap? Soap is simply the product that comes from mixing a mild acid (fats and oils) and a base (sodium hydroxide, also called lye) together. When combined, those two ingredients produce a basic salt (soap) and glycerin. This...
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It's been quite a weekend! On Friday, my soaps were featured in a lovely post by Ree Drummond on her widely read blog The Pioneer Woman. She is a great writer (very funny), a great photographer, an excellent cook (from what I hear) and an...
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