there's a solution: fruit fly traps. While fruit fly traps vary in size and design, most are easy to set up and make short work of ridding your kitchen or home of these unwanted visitors. With a good trap, in no time, you'll turn each fly into a "flew." That was corny, we kn...
Homemade soap is great for many reasons, but it can be a bit daunting to make. One of the reasons is the need to work with lye. It’s definitely not something you want to be working with when you have little ones running around. Thankfully there’s an answer for that and I’m su...
Can You Make Goat Milk Soap Without Handling Lye? May 27, 2021 ·Melanie Teegarden·Soapmaking The idea of making goat milk soap without handling lye is certainly appealing, but the truth is that somewhere along the line, someone has had to use lye in order to make soap. ...
To make lye and be successful at soap making your lye has to be at the right strength. Now there are 2 ways in which this can be done, both of which indirectly involve chickens. If you live on a farm and keep chickens, then this test is fine for you. If not, then you can use ...
HOW TO MAKE SOAP USING LYE When it is all said and done, lye is caustic, corrosive, volatile and if not handled correctly can be very dangerous. However, if it is handled correctly it will be your friend, because the basic products to making soap is lye and fat. Lye can either be ...
Measure out the lye and slowly pour it into the water (never the other way around) while stirring. You may notice it making groaning noises as it dissolves; this is normal. You cannot make this liquid soap without lye; see more below. Once mixed, add the water/lye mixture to the ...
Without having someone there to walk me through the process of how to make soap, many things took far longer than I had planned, but eventually I “got it”. Now I create incredible-smelling, creative, and unique soaps that people can’t seem to get enough of. It’s exciting to be ...
Before we continue on the methods, there’s one thing that I need to emphasize. ALL real soap, at some stage, has been made with lye. It’s just what soap is! In another article, I explain what is soap if you want to learn more. There are ways how to make soap without handling...
t have to be hard or scary. You can learn how to make soap with lye, also known as old fashioned lye soap, using modern soap making methods, techniques and homemade soap recipes. This beginning soap-makers guide on how to make cold process soap will instruct you on starting this ...
Learn how to make lye from ashes for soap-making using a lye-leaching barrel to help filter rainwater through hardwood ashes. Read more.