Encyclopedia of Practical Receipts and Processes

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Filled Soap

Hard soaps are usually made according to the process before described (sce No. 520), the excess of water being separated from the paste by the use of salt: this class of soap is termed grained soap. But there are some kinds-cocoanut oil and soda soap, for instance-that are so hard in their nature that the operation of salting, or graining, is

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