Making Lye Soap

[sexypoetry]

I SEEK POLE SHIFT SURVIVAL GROUP

[murdockpt]

...song at the end?

[shaorin321]

how did they make those boxes

[paulyhart]

about the addendum to the soil thing... don't add too much. since hard wood ash doesn't contain nitrogen, only certain other elements, it is a good element to add, you just don't want to add too much, you might "burn" your land... make sure you get a litmus test first before adding ash.

[GrannyStewart]

We enjoyed working at Festivals in the south and meeting so many nice people. And we hope that we passed some information on to them that was new to them. It's a good day when we learn something useful. Now due to my husband's health toubles, we are not traveling and working at Festivals anymore. The best source to learn about the simple old-time ways is through the Foxfire book series. I think there are about 12 volumes now, but you can survive by what's in the first six.

[GrannyStewart]

Someone asked why the ash hopper is full of charcoal! That is a good question. At first we just carried white ashes in it, but when I opened the lid of the ash hopper city folks asked me why was I showing them dirt? They didn't recognize pure burnt ashes. So I asked my husband to half burn some wood and we scattered it on top of the real ashes. Then folks seemed to think that they were really looking at "ashes." I'm glad to see that some of you know the difference.

[GrannyStewart]

Hi, I finally found out how to put a comment in here with this video. I'll be glad to answer any questions that you have about the information on this video. It was made of me by a gentleman in Tryon NC at the Barbeque Festival. He did a good job and I thank him for putting it on here. All of our ancestors were very smart to make what they needed. Making lye is just one of the things they did for themselves. My website is lyesoap dot com if you would like to know more. May God bless you.

[TheRealGreenAcres]

Thank you so much this is the only video i saw for  millions on this site that made it so easy to make soap thank you so much :)

[Aelnyana]

What is it she said you have to stir till it's "thick as mashed potatoes?" Anyone know? Was it the lye...or the fat...or what? :)

[ConcernedMushroom]

@Aelnyana you stir the lye water and tallow (melted animal fat) together until they are "thick as mashed potatoes" or in the soap making vernacular it is called "trace" :)

[bombonasecino1]

I made soap and its been a week and the soap is still soft as a brownie. what have I done wrong?

I used 3 liters of olive oil , 3liters of water and 500ml of lye. can anybody help me? thank

[bobe1997]

@bombonasecino1 I think you have to much water. I used 32 oz of oil and only use about 8-12 oz of liquid. The link below is a soap making calculator. Use it to make perfect soap every time. When you check your recipe if the lye amount is ok with the amount of oil used then your just gonna have to wait till all the water evaporates or you can re-batch it.

[MurasakiVampire]

@bombonasecino1 Hi. I think you used too much water. You must calculate very precise the fat/water quantity. Also according to the type of oil you use there is a diferent quantity of lye you would need. The chemical reaction between the alkali and the oil depend on the oil acidity. And actually, if you use lye (which is water mixed with NaOH), you don't need to put extra water. Just the lye and the oil. I recommend you this site: soapcalc dot net. It willcalculate for you.It's so helpful for me.

[Bucinka]

@bombonasecino1: Try it next time with an oil that is a solid at room temperature, such as coconut oil.

[LYinKansas]

Thank god for old people sometimes.

[PurdyBear1]

I just love these videos!  We rely to much on manufacturing these days.

[jmk1a1]

What's the ash : fat : water ratio?

[InTheSticks1881]

Yet it can be hard to get enough fat up. Got to have hogs or lots of something else.

Appreciate the tips.

[maniacalmike]

You need to burn a lot of wood to get enough ashes to make a batch of soap. For the best effect you want just white/grey ashes and no charcoal, too.

[woolyhairs]

Isn't she a lovely lady

[pumkinvine]

nice vid, but why is the ash hopper full of coals?

[FriendlyStudiosFilms]

man if you ever want to dissolve a body lye soap is the shit your gonna wanna use aye

[annkus3]

What I want to know , who worked out that ash is lye and you can make soap from it. ?????.

[woosucker]

Im off! elk bow season starts tommorow. Hopefully in a week I will have some sick nasty buckskin pants, and a stomach full of elk! Nice video!

[25millbrook]

This is THE most Fantastic video! I still make lye soap almost every month with this method. When I don't have ashes I just make it with a can of draino!

[starshock01]

drano=sodium hydroxide+sodium nitrate+sodium chloride and aluminum chunks...i hope your removing the other chemicals instead of just dumping drano into a bucket...

[smidgen25]

Sure do, isn't that common sense?

[bizskithead]

what's the amount of each ingredient?

[bushuraloser]

nice an 80 year old lady taught me how to make soap out of store bought lye years back. It really works. Then she would shave or grate her soap into water to have laundry soap too.Thanks again

[NancyToday]

Thanks, interesting.

[peterpeterpeter]

interesting host pictorals the name tag and what historical site is this?

[elfslay]

Mmmmmm, mashed potatoes... Wouldn't want to eat it though.

[niva1962]

what is the wooden box called? I would like to make one.

[EbolaV1rus]

Ash hopper

[myworldmyboys]

this could be very useful in the times we are living in today...never know what tomorrow may bring..thank you for the post..best wishes

[McDrinky]

great for buckskins!

[katrosado5]

Excellent video explaining how resourceful people were in times past and the making and uses of potash. Thanks!

[KARStarla]

What did she say after she said "when the water runs clear she'd take the bucket away" and *something about* the soil.. I want to hear this... why are all the decent videos the ones you cant hear? lol

[bbqtv]

She said the remainder is a good soil amendment for the garden--It was sot w/ ambient sound--no time to put a body mic on the soapmaker

[KARStarla]

Thanx!

[vudumojo]

Greta job getting this video made and uploaded.

By the way, I see some typos in your description on the sidebar you might be unaware of "Descritions of amking lye soap from ashes to lard to soap"

[JBLAKIE1]

@bbqtv

thanks for posting, great info, it's surprising how smart older civilations really were, and how far we have gone.

[ShesThe1yup]

great to see but you needed a microphone to exentuate your voice :)))

[soapgranny]

great to actually see the wooden device for making potash!

[JonSpink]

good film shame about the sound level

[chemostat]

hard to hear but very informative.

[coquivagabundo]

can't hear you. need a mic.