Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1883 — TRANSPARENT GLYCERINE SOAP. [ARTICLE]

TRANSPARENT GLYCERINE SOAP.

Twenty pounds of fresh tallow and 10 pounds of best cocoanut oil are heated to 167 deg. Fahr. On the other band, 15 pounds of solution of caustic soda of 40 deg, 8., or speciflo gravity 1 384, 12 pounds of 96 per cent alcohol, 15 pounds of glycsriue, 6 pounds of brown sugar, and 2 pounds of water are mixed, likewise heated to 167 deg. Fahr., and the mixture gradually mixed with the former under brisk stirring. Sapon, ideation takes place in this manner without tho necessity of boiling. The reaction is accompanied by a con. •iderable increase in bulk. It may hen be covered, and after it has become a little cooler, it may be scent ted: fcnallv it is transferred to moulds, which must be so placed that the soap can congeal quickly.—New Bemedies.