Soap Making Recipes and Tips for the Homesteader

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Soapmaking can be easy if you follow these instructions.

Making soap is yet another down-home pursuit that allows you to feel good inside because you get to recycle and create at the same time. It’s also an operation that can be just as small-scale and simple or as large and sophisticated as you want to make it … anything from throwing ashes into the cookout frying pan to carefully measuring rose geranium petals into a precisely controlled batch of bar soap. Perhaps best of all, this homemade cleaner contains none of the phosphates, NTA, still-caustic sodas and other additives that made today’s detergents so dangerous to the environment. Real homemade soap is all natural, all organic and as welcome on the homestead as a compost pile.

Tips for Making Soap 

  • Never use lye on aluminum utensils (it acts on them). For small batches of soap, enameled or granite ware is suitable … for larger batches, an iron kettle may be used.
  • There need never be a failure in soapmaking. If separation occurs, ingredients can be reclaimed.
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