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To Make Resin Soap
Boil 12 gallons caustic soda lye of 30° Baumé in a 547. Το Make Hard White Tallow kettle, and add 100 pounds well pulverized Soap. Dissolve 2 pounds sal soda in 1 galsal soda in 1 galresin, 10 or 15 pounds at a time, stirring con- lon boiling soft water; mix into it 2 pounds stantly and thoroughly, the heat being kept fresh slacked lime, stirring occasionally for a up to or nearly at boiling point. Saponifica- few hours; then let it settle, pour off the tion will be effected in about 2 hours. The lightest resin is the best for scap. clear liquid, and boil 2 pounds tallow in it until all the tallow is dissolved. Cool it in a fiat box, and cut it into bars or cakes. It can be