The problem with making lye from wood ash, although it is a simple process, the end result can be that your lye water is either too strong, or too weak. Either way, it could spoil your batch of homemade soap. Having said that, none of our ancestors had access to commercial lye and ...
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...
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 and pure, and the lye you ...
Castilesoapis a biodegradablesoapmade witholive oil,water, and lye. It was invented in Aleppo, Syria and brought by the crusaders to the Castile region of Spain where it became popular. For centuries, people have been using this gentle cleanser for everything from bathing skin and hair to wa...
Care is needed when handling lyes and ‘green’ (uncured) soap. Details of the precautions that should be taken are given below. 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 ...
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!
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...
(uncured) soap. Details of the precautions that should be taken are given below. 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 ...