I. lbs. Tallow 1,200 Soda Lye, 35° B. 850 Sodium Silicate 750
II. Tallow 475 Ceylon Cocoanut Oil 100 Soda Lye, 37° B. 325 Potash Lye, 37° B. 56
III. Tallow 500 Soda Lye, 37-1/2° B. 297 Sodium Silicate 416 Potash Lye, 37-1/2° B. 37-1/2
IV. Tallow 450 Soda Lye, 37-1/2° B. 255 Sodium Silicate 450 Potash Lye, 37-1/2° B. 50
V. Tallow 450 Soda Lye, 35° B. 470 Sodium Silicate 650
VI. Tallow 420 Sodium Silicate 600 Soda Lye, 37-12° B. 270
A very good grade of chip soap is made by employing no filling material whatsoever, but unfortunately the price of this soap has been cut to such an extent that these can not compete with a filled chip. A number of the best soaps of this kind are made from a settled soap using a light grease with corn oil. A soap of this nature is made as follows.
lbs. Settled Soap 800 Sal Soda Solution, 36°-37° B. 252 Soda Ash 182
If this soap is run into frames it may be stripped and chipped in two days.
Soap powders have become so great a convenience as a general cleansing agent that to eliminate them from the household necessities would mean much unnecessary energy and work to the great number of consumers of this product. They may be manufactured so cheaply and still be efficient, that their use has almost become universal for cleansing and scouring purposes. The uses to which soap and scouring powders are adapted are too well known to enter into a description of their employment. Since they offer a greater profit to the manufacturer than ordinary household soap, many brands are extensively advertised.
Numerous combinations for soap powders might be cited and it is a simple matter to vary the ingredients as to fat content and manufacture a powder of this sort as low as a cent a pound. Many substances are incorporated with soap, such as salt, soda ash, tripoli, crushed volcanic deposits, ground feldspar, infusorial earth of various kinds, silex, etc. In addition to these various fillers, compounds with true cleansing and bleaching properties, in addition to soap, are added, such as the salts of ammonium (sal ammoniac, carbonate of ammonia), sodium perborate and the peroxides of various metals. The public, however, have been accustomed to receive a large package of soap or scouring powder for a small amount of money and it is a difficult matter for the manufacturer to add more expensive substances of this nature to his product, to increase its efficiency, without raising the price or decreasing the size of the package.
