Anybody make soap in here?

[CortneyIro]

Well I'm bored (can you tell?) and haven't been spending enough time at the cabin! So, I made soap http://countryplans.com/smf/Smileys/default/smilesm.gif

First time ever and I messed it up but was able to remelt to fix it http://countryplans.com/smf/Smileys/default/smilesm.gif Worked out great in the end. Here is the final remelted Canolive II soap (recipe from millersoap.com). Love the stuff too!

[DalFemi]

I haven't made any for a couple of years but you hit a primal nerve with this post and I see some in the next weeks agenda http://countryplans.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif

Lye soap was a standard when I was a kid. I love the smell and as far as I'm concerned, it worked better than the store bought stuff.

I have plenty of fat and grease in he freezer. The Birds and the Bears can do without a little of it. I just need a can of Red Devil Lye now.
The formula I've always used is the one they put on the can.

[deirdreon3]

Always wanted to. Ellen makes her own laundry detergent. Works fair to okay but is a lot easier on the septic tank and drain field than store bought from what I have read. And a lot cheaper. http://countryplans.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif

[Darmowaeu2mus]

I made a batch way back in my "mother earth wanna be stage"

I purchased beef fat and a can of lye. Rendered the fat added the lye and got a bunch of soap that looked like yours Oljarhead.

I also learned not to use an aluminum pan.

My wife was afraid to use it. It finally found a home in the diaper pail years later, where it performed well.

[DinahZtr00]

Yup, a lot cheaper. The wife has made all our soaps from time to time, including the washer. Really makes a dent in the budget, and yes, a primal nerve is struck for sure.

OJ, that soap looks to be the same color of that cheese.....careful now.