556. To Marble Soap

556.    To Marble Soap. The mottled or marble appearance is usually given to soap, on the large scale, by watering the nearly finished soap with a strong lye of crude soda (preferably one rich in sulphurets), by means of a watering-pot furnished with a rose-spout. In Castile soap it is given with a solution of sulphate of iron, used in the same way. On the small scale, with toilet soaps, the mottle is either given in the way noticed under "Mottled Soap Balls" (seeNo. 576),or, in a like manner, by combining some of the soap, colored at the time of scenting it, with the remaining uncolored portion.

557. Almond Soap

557.    Almond Soap. This is a very white soap, which, when genuine, is made by the cold process (see Nos. 582 and 583), and from pure oil of sweet almonds. The kind, however, generally met with, is made as follows : White curd soap, 100 pounds; cocoa-nut oil, 15 pounds; purified as before directed (see No. 554 (To Refine Soap for Making Toilet Soap)), and perfumed with a mixture of attar of bitter almonds, 11/2 pounds; and attars of cloves and caraway, each 8 ounces.

558. White Windsor Soap

558.    White Windsor Soap. The genuine old white Windsor is made from a body of which a mixture of lard and olive oil is the fat stock; and attars of caraway, lavender, and rosemary, constitute the perfume.

The modern Windsor soap is made from fine white curd soap, 115 pounds; cocoanut-oil soap, 20 pounds; perfumed with a mixture of attar of caraway, 11/2 pounds; attars of thyme and rosemary, each 8 ounces; and attars of cassia and cloves, each 4 ounces.

559. Brown Windsor Soap

559.    Brown Windsor Soap. Curd soap, 100 pounds; cocoanut oil soap, and pale yellow resin soap, each 25 pounds; color with caramel (see No. 694 (To Make Caramel)), 8 ounces; and perfume with a mixture of attars of caraway, cloves, thyme, cassia, petit-grain, and lavender, each 8 ounces. Morfit's oleic soap, of first grade, is peculiarly adapted as a body for brown Windsor soap, as it gives a rich lather, and is very smooth and highly emollient. Moreover, it contains its normal moisture for a great length of time.

560. Honey Soap

560.    Honey Soap. White curd soap, 40 pounds; melted and crutched with white honey, 10 pounds; storax, 2 pounds; and powdered benzoin, 1 pound.

561. Imitation Honey Soap

561.    Imitation Honey Soap. An imitation honey soap is made by melting together pale yellow soap, 100 pounds; soft soap, 14 pounds; and perfuming with attar of citron-ella, 11/2 pounds.

562. Frangipani Soap

562.     Frangipani Soap. Curd soap, colored brown with caramel, 7 pounds; perfumed with a mixture of attars of neroli and vitivert, each 4 ounces; attar of rose, 2 drachms; attar of santal, 11/2 ounces; and civet, 2 drachms. The latter is to be previously triturated with the attars.