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| The Droyt’s factory |
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The Droyt’s factory is in Progress Mill, in Chorley, Lancashire. We have been making soap here since 1937, although the history of the company goes back much further than that. |
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| Blocks of soap waiting to be cut |
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The hot soap is poured into a one tonne frame (approximately 2m by 1m by 50cm) to make the blocks shown here. These blocks are too large to handle easily, so when the soap has cooled and set, each large block is cut into about seven smaller pieces. These smaller blocks are left to mature for at least two weeks before being cut down further.
You can read an explanation of why this laborious process helps make better soap on the About our soap page. |
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| The Lab where we prepare perfumes and dyes and test soap |
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The green tins in the picture store perfume components like Geraniol, Rosemary Oil and Benzyl Alcohol. Some of our perfumes (such as Mandarin and Peach) are made to our specifications by a fragrance house. We make the rest ourselves using our own recipies. Some of these recipies, such as our Eau de Cologne and Rose, date back to the days when the company was based in Berlin (1920’s and early 30’s).
The dyes we use are all approved for use in cosmetic items. Because our soap is clear, we do not need to use much dye to make beautiful colours. Sometimes we use as little as 3g per tonne, and the most we use is 30g per tonne.
There are several stages during the manufacturing process where the soap is checked, but the main one is checking every batch for alkalinity. Our soap is generally between pH 8 and pH 9, which is normal for soaps. |
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