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Modern Soaps, Candles, And Glycerin is a lucid, hands-on compendium of the science and craft behind everyday soap and candle manufacture. A practical manual for makers. Part technical ledger, part recipe book, Lloyd Lamborn’s manual reads as a practical chemistry handbook: precise methods for fat and oil utilisation, step-by-step glycerin production methods, process notes for both small-batch artisanal soap recipes and large-scale industrial craft techniques. As a soap and candle making manual it addresses the full spectrum of practice - from household formulations and traditional home chemistry to factory processes - and remains a professional soapmakers resource as much as a historical soapmaking guide. Its diagrams, tables and procedural voice reveal the era’s approach to safety, yield and efficiency, capturing early 20th century manufacturing and a strain of vintage chemical engineering now largely absent from modern texts. Readers will find clear attention to raw materials, measurement and economies of scale, alongside adaptable advice for modifying recipes to local fats and oils. Accessible language and hands-on detail reward diy soap and candle enthusiasts and experienced makers alike.Historically, Lamborn’s work sits at the intersection of trade writing and practical engineering: a document of methods for recovering glycerin, economising fats and oils, and optimising saponification at scale. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today’s and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector’s item and a cultural treasure. For casual readers intrigued by traditional home chemistry, for diy soap and candle enthusiasts seeking tested artisanal recipes, and for classic-literature collectors drawn to specialised technical texts, this edition offers both usable instruction and archival value. It is equally at home on the workbench of an independent maker and on the shelf of a collector tracing the history of early industrial craft. A quietly indispensable reference.
