mix lye, water, and fat in large pot. heat and stir. you will get soap.
Some people made home-made lye soap, but soap was also available in the stores if you could afford it.
Fat and lye made from wood ashes.
In the Colonial times, many people brought over supplies from Europe. The Colonists needed to be sanitary, so they made soap from natural substances. Colonial soap was made using two key ingredients: lye, which colonists made from the ash of wood fires, and fat, which was the byproduct of butchering animals.
no... because by that time there was no such thing as soap they may have used water or rain water. i do know that they used their urine to clean their feet to take off the germs and soak it in water after.
The simple answer is that the Nazis did not make soap from body fat.
Yes, lye soap is safe to use in fact that is what I use every day. When I was a child, my father used to make lye soap which we all used regularly. Except that it didn't have perfume, it was no different from 'store bought' soap. In previous centuries, many people made and used lye soap.
Lye Soap is made by combining Lye (Sodium hydroxide), Oils and water together at the right temperature and ratio as to begin saponification. Ordinary soap like in the supermarket is not this type of soap. They do not contain lye at all.
Along with animal fat, you could make lye soap.
Kiss my Face does not disclose their specific soap-making process, but it is possible to make soap without using lye directly by using pre-made soap bases that have already undergone the saponification process. These bases are often referred to as "melt and pour" soap bases. It is also possible to make soap without lye by using alternative methods such as the cold process method with ingredients that naturally contain saponins, like soap nuts.
Traditional soap-making processes involve using lye (sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide) to react with fats to create soap. However, there are now alternative methods to make soap without lye, such as melt-and-pour soap bases that have already undergone the saponification process.
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Typically, soap is not acidic. It is slightly alkaline Lye or sodium laureth sulfate is the typical active ingredient in soap
Yes, they both brought soap with them as well as the materials needed to make soap (lye and fat) on the trail should they need more. If they ran out of lye they could make it from wood ash. Fat could be obtained from meats.
Normally you don't make lye, you usually purchase it. It depends on your use of Sodium Hydroxide (lye) but one of the ways that lye can be made is by taking ashes from a fire and dripping water of it. The liquid resulting is lye. When most people think of Grandma's soap they think of the harsh feel and smell of it, it is because she probably made her lye this way. The way most in home soap makers get lye is in dry pearl format from a chemical company.
No, sodium chloride (table salt) cannot be used to make soap instead of lye. Lye (sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide) is the essential ingredient needed to saponify fats and oils to make soap. Sodium chloride does not have the same chemical properties to facilitate the soap-making process.
Typically, soap is not acidic. It is slightly alkaline Lye or sodium laureth sulfate is the typical active ingredient in soap
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