We show you how to make lye which is perfect for making natural soap including some old, pioneer soap recipes. It isn't difficult, although if you have access to commercial lye, you may prefer to use that instead. This is because commercial lye will give you consistency in your lye soap...
How to Make Homemade Lye Soap To make handmade soap, all you need is fat, water, and lye. For the fat, you can use tallow, lard, or palm oil depending on what is most accessible to you. Some natural soap recipes use coconut oil or olive oil as well. Your water should be filtered...
Caution:Neglecting to make sure both the oil and lye are close to the same temperature will result insoapthat doesn't set up correctly. Be sure to use the meat thermometer to measure both mixtures and complete this crucial step. Carefully pour the lye mixture into the oil mixture. Use a ...
Because of these dangers, keep small children away from the processing room while soap is being made. How to make lye from ashes Commercial lyes can be bought in tins from pharmacies in larger towns, and these are a standard strength to give consistent results. However, if they are not ...
Make your own soap at home and know what is in the product you are using. Old fashioned homemade soap was made using simple lye water and animal fat. The lye water came from running water reapeatedy through a bucket of wood ashes with a hole in the bottom. Eventually the conce...
How To Adapt This Recipe To Make Laundry Soap Normally it is not advised to make soap with under 4% superfat due to the fact that it can be excessively drying and even burn skin if some of the lye remains unconverted, but for laundry soap it’s perfect!
So there are 3 different ways to make soap. Melt and Pour Cold Process Soap Hot Process Soap Many many people start with the melt and pour because it’s easy and fun. It’s also a great craft to do with children because you don’t use Lye actively (more on that in a bit). ...
An American folklore was built around the image of rural families mixing animal fat and lye created from ashes to produce their own soaps. That self-reliance no doubt was an influence on the emergence of soap-making hobbyists and thriving boutique businesses putting their own spin on the practi...
Ash soap is made from lye derived from hardwood ash. Once you concentrate the lye water, you can turn it into soap by cooking it with fat. Traditional colonial recipes used animal fat, but you can use other types of fat too. Because of the...
these dangers, keep small children away from the processing room while soap is being made. How to make lye from ashes Commercial lyes can be bought in tins from pharmacies in larger towns, and these are a standard strength to give consistent results. However, if they are not available or....