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How To Make Soap
The intention here is to provide the basic data on how to make soap from the most
basic materials.
There are many fancier soap recipes which make better soaps,...
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How To Make Soap Page 1 of 5
http://www.
i4at.
org/surv/soapmake.
htm 8/30/01
How To Make Soap
The intention here is to provide the basic data on how to make soap from the most
basic materials.
There are many fancier soap recipes which make better soaps, as
long as you have all the ingredients.
The first write-up assumes you can just go to a store and buy the ingredients.
The
second only assumes you have some animals you will be butchering and that you
have been burning wood fires and cleverly saved the ashes.
Basic Method
[A.
This first write-up is taken from Hulda Clark’s book, "The Cure for All
Diseases," pages 529-530.
]
A small plastic dishpan, about 10" x 12"
A glass or enamel 2-quart saucepan
1 can of lye (sodium hydroxide), 12 ounces
3 pounds of lard
Plastic gloves [really; use eye-protection too]
Water
1.
Pour 3 cups of very cold water (refrigerate water overnight first) into the 2-quart
saucepan.
2.
Slowly and carefully add the lye, a little bit at a time, stirring it
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