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A soft, or semi-fluid [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=soap soap]. Soft soap is made by the saponification of oils, such as [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=candlenut%20oil candlenut oil] or [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=olive%20oil olive oil], with [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=potassium%20hydroxide potassium hydroxide]. It has been used as a parting compound to separate [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=plaster plaster] casts from their molds. | A soft, or semi-fluid [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=soap soap]. Soft soap is made by the saponification of oils, such as [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=candlenut%20oil candlenut oil] or [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=olive%20oil olive oil], with [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=potassium%20hydroxide potassium hydroxide]. It has been used as a parting compound to separate [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=plaster plaster] casts from their molds. | ||
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* Ralph Mayer, ''A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques'', Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing) | * Ralph Mayer, ''A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques'', Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing) | ||
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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