[Ansteorra] need source for real lye soap

[Thomas Smith]

Not unless you are doing this as an Arts and Sciences project and trying to
be super authentic.  You can go to the store and get a can of Red Devil Lye
- its usually right next to the Draino and other drain cleaning products.
Its pure sodium hydroxide.  Just add water (VERY CAREFULLY), then mix with
the fats/vegetable oils of your choice.  But if you only want one bar, then
order some form Vermont Country Store.

On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Stephanie Suesan Smith <
stephaniesuesansmith at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well,the problem is you need fire, ashes, lye, a large kettle, and all day
> to make it.  It would cost several hundred dollars to do all that for one
> bar, once.
>
> Stephanie
>
> On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Thomas Smith <attewoode at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I agree.  My former lady used to make her own lye soap.  It is not that
> > difficult.  But there were some mistakes in the first batch, and it ended
> > up
> > eating through the finish of our dining room table.
> >
> > On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 2:27 PM, mikea <mikea at mikea.ath.cx> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, May 06, 2010 at 02:18:01PM -0500, Stephanie Suesan Smith wrote:
> > > > I am looking for a bar of real old fashion lye soap.  The kind sold
> as
> > > lye
> > > > soap in the stores will not work for this purpose.  Please send me an
> > > email
> > > > if you know where I can get some.  Thanks.
> > >
> > > Probably the best way to get some lye soap with certainty that it is
> the
> > > real, old-fashioned thing, is to make it yourself: lye plus fat, using
> a
> > > slight surplus of fat to make sure that all the lye reacts. There are
> > > recipes out on the web, searchable through Google.
> > >
> > > Be _very_ careful if you choose to make your own: lye is nasty and
> > > unforgiving.
> > >
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