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To: Texan5

***I was worried about using “regular” soap ***

Even Lifebouy no longer has carbolic acid in it.

I still make my own with pig lard and lye. Lye is becoming hard to find.


242 posted on 03/04/2016 4:13:03 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

I do remember that commercial...

None of that stuff has anything that is a germicide any more-I’ve made soap on several occasions-I have a neighbor who does, too-I usually barter with her for some-it actually smells cleaner than some of that body wash. I tried to find old fashioned lye to clean out an outdoor drain, and it was difficult, even out here where people still use old stuff-finally found it at the hardware store in the nearest “town”, of all places...


248 posted on 03/04/2016 4:26:55 PM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

You can make lye from wood ashes and water.


258 posted on 03/04/2016 6:48:24 PM PST by piasa
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

http://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/how-to-make-soap-from-ashes-zmaz72jfzfre.aspx#axzz2RoPhB892


259 posted on 03/04/2016 6:54:46 PM PST by piasa
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