Soap Making

[Blacksmith101]

By Archerybob's request here are some links to how to make soap.

Soap making links

How to Make Lye from Ashes for Soap-Making

Soap making in the woods can be almost automatic. Hardwood ashes are some of the best producers of lye. By Paul D. Matteoni ( The Mother Earth News Originally Published on Sep 19, 2020, Updated on Dec 29, 2021; links at end to publications on soap making)

https://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/how-to-make-soap-from-ashes-zmaz72jfzfre/



Other Soap References:

Small Scale Soapmaking: A Handbook by Peter Donkor (Note information on making Lime can be found on Internet Archive by searching for Circular of the Bureau of Standards Lime)

https://archive.org/details/small-scale-soapmaking/mode/1up



Circulars from U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Standards

Circular No. 62 published 1916

Circular of the Bureau of Standards no. 62: specifications for and methods of testing soaps

https://archive.org/details/circularofbureau62unse/mode/1up



Superseded by Circular No. 62 3rd edition published 1923

Circular of the Bureau of Standards no. 62 3rd edition: Soap

https://archive.org/details/circularofbureau623unse/mode/1up



Superseded by Circular No. 383 published 1930

Circular of the Bureau of Standards no. 383: washing, cleaning, and polishing materials

https://archive.org/details/circularofbureau383unse_0/page/n2/mode/1up



Superseded by Circular No. 424 published 1939

Circular of the Bureau of Standards no. 424: washing, cleaning, and polishing materials

https://archive.org/details/circularofbureau424smit/mode/1up

 

[dist1646]

People will probably think it's fake when it doesn't float.

 

[RFBfromDE]

Is there a schematic for a soap maker/scrapple cooker/still combo?

That would be enough get me through the rough spot between the Zombie Apocalypse and Rapture.

 

[Threeband]

Is there a schematic for a soap maker/scrapple cooker/still combo?

That would be enough get me through the rough spot between the Zombie Apocalypse and Rapture.

I'm working on an idea for a combination self-cleaning cat litter box, cartridge case/rock tumbler, and chicken-plucker.

Perhaps we could combine our ideas to make a Universal Must-Have Self-Sufficiency Machine?

I just need a little development capital...

 

[dist1646]

Is there a schematic for a soap maker/scrapple cooker/still combo?

That would be enough get me through the rough spot between the Zombie Apocalypse and Rapture.

Just watch re-runs of The Beverly Hillbillies.

 

[RFBfromDE]

It’s like a freaking brain trust in here!

 

[Growler215]

One of my Foxfire books has a section on soap making, including "dripping the lye."

 

[Blacksmith101]

One of my Foxfire books has a section on soap making, including "dripping the lye."

Foxfire series is an excellent resource:
Link:

Foxfire Series - Foxfire

With nearly 9 million copies in print, The Foxfire Book and its eleven companion volumes stand memorial to the people and the vanishing culture of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, brought to life for readers through the words of those who were born, lived their lives, and passed away...

www.foxfire.org

 

[XCheckR]

You know Tyler Durden?