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| − | A soft, or semi-fluid [ | + | A soft, or semi-fluid [[soap|soap]]. Soft soap is made by the saponification of oils, such as [[candlenut%20oil|candlenut oil]] or [[olive%20oil|olive oil]], with [[potassium%20hydroxide|potassium hydroxide]]. It has been used as a parting compound to separate [[plaster|plaster]] casts from their molds. |
== Sources Checked for Data in Record == | == Sources Checked for Data in Record == | ||
Revision as of 12:19, 10 May 2016
Description
A soft, or semi-fluid Soap. Soft soap is made by the saponification of oils, such as Candlenut oil or Olive oil, with Potassium hydroxide. It has been used as a parting compound to separate Plaster casts from their molds.
Sources Checked for Data in Record
- Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998
- Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000