[Ansteorra] need source for real lye soap

[kris hoffman]

If anyone wants to go the real true blue route and use lye from the remains of burning wood, I have tons of it :)  Just let me know before I clean the pit out again!!

 

Cheers!
Mirabelis
 
> From: davenjo at davlin.net
> To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
> Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 23:16:37 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] need source for real lye soap
> 
> Be careful about using Drano. It has aluminum in it. You can get lye
> from Tractor Supply for cleaning drains.
> Joanna the spinner
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ansteorra-bounces+davenjo=davlin.net at lists.ansteorra.org
> [mailto:ansteorra-bounces+davenjo=davlin.net at lists.ansteorra.org] On
> Behalf Of Susan McMahill
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 5:44 PM
> To: ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
> 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
> > > > Tired old music Laurel; Chirurgeon; SCAdian since AS XI
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