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To: 30Moves

>> how to make lye and render animal fat to make soap <<

Execellent skills to have. Would you please point me toward when I can find this info.

Thanks in advance.


62 posted on 02/23/2012 5:59:16 AM PST by appalachian_dweller (Live each day as if it's your last. It might be.)
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To: appalachian_dweller

Enter “readers digest books” into Amazons search engine.

They have several really good books on “how to” and “do it yourself”


63 posted on 02/23/2012 6:52:40 AM PST by antisocial (Texas SCV - Deo Vindice)
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To: appalachian_dweller; 30Moves
Who many bars....

64 posted on 02/23/2012 6:53:25 AM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: appalachian_dweller

I learned how to make lye by accident - I put too much potash on my potato plants and it killed them so I dug up what potatoes I could and my arms turned bright red and burned. I put vinegar on them to neutralize the alkaline.

As far as how to find that info - just Bing it - step by step - homemade lye, rendering fat, soap making. A lot of info that is most helpful is from Mother Earth News - :) - those hippies in the 1970’s that went back to earth have perfected some great ideas.

It is all fun - my neighbors however, think I am a bit strange.....


69 posted on 02/23/2012 3:13:09 PM PST by 30Moves
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