I’ve let go of liquid soaps in the last few years and opted to used classic solid soaps for my hygiene but between trendy scents or seasonal supply I haven’t been able to find a soap I can stay with.
This led me to consider making my own soap but is it worth it?
Artisanal soaps are expensive and hard to find in my country and mostly pass the notion they are targetting luxury customers and not making something for everyone to use and enjoy and trying to make an effort to create change.
I am aware initial costs have to be considered and that there is a learning to it.
There is a soap making comm, but it’s dead last I checked.
Whenever I think about making soap I think about making my own lye in a pottery kiln. Would fire pots while burning up clam shells or whatever to make the
NaOHCaOH, at least that’s how I remember it’s made.never done it, but afaik it’s just normal hard wood ash in a barrel that you pour soft (traditionally rain) water over and the lye leaches out
Ohhh cool, thanks!
I want to go back to basics but I’m not considering going that basic. But it’s a nice idea.
You’d make CaO that way, which mixed with water forms Ca(OH)2 (milk of lime). I’m not sure, but as I remember it NaOH is used to make liquid soaps, lime is used to make solid soaps.
Right! I was wondering where the sodium would come from…
Thanks!