[Ansteorra] need source for real lye soap

[Jonne Murphy]

Be careful about using Drano. It has aluminum in it. You can get lye
from Tractor Supply for cleaning drains.
Joanna the spinner

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Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] need source for real lye soap



I have made it using Red Devil Lye, lard, and water. No stove needed,
used a plastic 5 gallon bucket and a big wooden spoon. Took about an
hour, I think. It's been a while.

 

Lyneya

 


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> Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 15:15:56 -0500
> From: stephaniesuesansmith at gmail.com
> To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] need source for real lye soap
> 
> 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.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Mike Andrews / Michael Fenwick Barony of Namron, Ansteorra
> > > mikea at mikea.ath.cx / Amateur Extra radio operator W5EGO
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